The Marine Corps is preparing to reevaluate its command-and-control and data capabilities in order to identify gaps in the service’s ability to conduct “all-domain” operations, according to the latest iteration of Force Design 2030.
The annual update to Commandant Gen. David Berger’s controversial vision for transforming the Marine Corps was released Monday, outlining the service’s latest plans to prepare for potential conflict in the Indo-Pacific and any challenges it anticipates.
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European defence prime Thales will provide Canadian forces with software development and integration following the award by the Canadian Department of National Defence of the Directorate Land Command Systems Program Management Software Engineering Facility (DSEF) software systems engineering contract.
According to a 1 June release by Thales, the initial term of the contract is for five years through to April 2028 and includes five additional one-year options allowing Canada to extend it. The contract is valued at up to C$136m.
Francis P. Sempa, New York Journal of Books
“Sadler . . . understands the Mahanian dictum that ‘Great nations have great navies, and diminish without them.
Colin Clark, BrDef
The United States, in a rare mention of nuclear weapons, “reaffirmed its steadfast alliance commitments to Japan and the ROK backed by the full range of U.S….
Tara Copp & Sylvie Corbet, AP
War Zone
A powerful blast was heard all across the region, sparking concerns and confusion from the Capital to the Virginia coast.
Military Times
With the debt limit crisis…
In response to a request from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on 5 June the UK Ministry of Defence announced that a group of ten Ukrainian chaplains have been integrated with the Royal Army Chaplains’ Department of the British Army for the past two weeks, completing training with British forces.
The chaplains paired with their British counterparts to receive insights that will equip then in the provision of pastoral care, spiritual support and moral guidance during military operations, as well as the subsequent post-war reconstruction phase.
The Swedish Army plans to have three artillery brigades totalling 72 Archer SPHs in 2030. (Försvarsmakten/Marcus Olsson)
Sweden has been rebuilding artillery from scratch over the last decade, following neglect after the end of the Cold War,
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learnt on the last day of Defence iQ’s Future Artillery conference held in Munich from 30 May to 1 June.
Sweden’s two artillery brigades with 24 Archer 6×6 self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) each will grow by a third brigade with 24 Archer 8×8 SPHs in 2030.