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Military must improve acquisition to win future wars, admiral says

Pacific Fleet deputy chief says U.S. should follow Ukraine’s example to be prepared for a potential clash with China.

The Army’s dream of vastly simplified networking is starting to come true

Field commanders want even less gear to tend, but two divisions are showing how things are improving.

In Pacific, Army brigade tweaks its modernization program for jungle warfare

The unit has over 100 drones, but must balance their use against the tropics' punishing heat.

Sales of anti-armor missiles projected to slow

But the tank's not dead, so look for the market to come back in a few years.

Secret space plane tests new orbit-switching maneuver

The aerobraking X-37B will use Earth’s atmosphere to change its altitude using minimal fuel.

DIA's AI-powered intel repository will be fully operational about a year late

MARS, which holds information about foreign militaries, will help pioneer new security tactics.

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Air Force taps Leidos to lead digital infrastructure for connect-everything effort

The $303 million contract charges the company with leading the planning and analysis for the Advanced Battle Management System’s digital infrastructure network.

Two years after rollovers, Marines’ ACV is landing on Pacific beaches

Amphibious Combat Vehicles were sent ashore in South Korea amid “negligible” waves.

The Navy’s new missile sub could cost ‘hundreds of millions’ extra: GAO

Report criticizes Electric Boat’s rosy assumptions, Navy’s spotty analysis.

Replicator 2 effort aims to produce anti-drone defenses

The second phase of the Pentagon’s make-more-stuff-quickly effort will kick off in the 2026 budget request, a memo says.

Is Australia worried about US submarine production? Over to you, SECDEF

At AUKUS meeting, Aussie defense chief defers to Austin, who says US is on the right track.

The Air Force wants to expand cloud-based comms, official says

Maj. Gen. Luke Cropsey, the service’s top digital infrastructure buyer, said the plan is to scale use over the next year across tactical and operational systems.

This ‘cloud in a box’ could save Air Force maintainers years of paperwork

The Air Force has been developing a portable data center that can hold maintenance and sustainment docs for every plane the service has—in a container the size of a window air conditioner.

Budget drama could snag Pentagon’s satellite launch award

While source selection will continue, launch mission assignments for 2025 could stall.