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The latest Interim Capability Release for the troubled tanker opens up a large number of potential receivers.

Pentagon tries to ‘find the right balance’ on JADC2 standards for services 5 hours ago U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Matthew Strohmeyer, U.S. NORTHCOM scenario coordinator, delivers a capabilities brief to senior leadership in 2019 during the first Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) demonstration, at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. ABMS is the Air Forces contribution to JADC2. (Tech. Sgt. Joshua J. Garcia/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — The Pentagon team developing a new joint war-figh...

By   Theresa Hitchens on May 11, 2021 at 5:02 PM WASHINGTON: The Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC), led by Joint Chiefs Vice-Chairman Gen. John Hyten, is asserting new powers to direct how the services fulfill Combatant Commanders’ needs to ensure the future Joint Warfighting Concept (JWC) is not undercut by competing service imperatives and parochial rivalries. This represents “a little bit of a different take on how the JROC has been run before,” said Brig. Gen. Rob Parker,...

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JADC2 Strategy Nearing Completion, Official Says shulz/iStock.com email April 22, 2021 10:00 AM ET Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall said the strategy has been briefed to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the deputy secretary of defense. The Defense Department is in the final stages of work on its strategy to connect sensors from each military service under a unified network, according to the top project official on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  Both Gen. Mark Mi...

Why the Army Wants Game-Changing Helicopters One key element among the many innovations likely to inspire much focus is just how can these kinds of massive speed increases be achieved? The Army appears to already be flying a new generation of helicopters about twice as fast as a 150 miles-per-hour Black Hawk, breaking new tactical and strategic ground in preparation for warfare in the 2030s. The now accelerated Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program seeks to expand beyond previous technolog...