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The Air Force officially established its new warfighter communications directorate Thursday, splitting off from intelligence functions.
Like the Navy, the Air Force years ago chose to integrate its intelligence function — known as the 2 — and its communications and network function, known as the 6, into the A2/6, led by a three-star general. It also added cyber to that portfolio, resulting in an official title of deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and cyber effects operations.

The DSEI UK has hosted a roundtable focused on the acceleration of defence technology development to counter evolving threats.

When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, U.S. troops were looking for nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons. The Americans found a lot of bizarre things – toilets and guns made of gold, a Koran written in blood, and Saddam’s romance novel. While they didn’t find any weapons of mass destruction, they did manage to find some weapons. Specifically, they found aircraft buried in the sand next to a perfectly good airfield.
Saddam was apparently not familiar with what a FOD hazard is (U.S. Air Force/Master Sgt. T.

The Pentagon is shifting $200 million in funds previously appropriated to Marine Corps barracks, military-run schools, a jet pilot training site, facilities in Guam and more to pay for 20 miles of a partial border wall at a service testing range on the border, according to official documents.
The repurposed funds would pay to replace a 12-foot-tall mesh barrier with a 30-foot-tall permanent protective barrier at the Barry M. Goldwater Range, a training site in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, according to a Pentagon letter sent to Senate appropriators on May 28.

England has a long and storied history of having boys serve in the Royal Navy and Home Guard. In a more modern update of that Idea, a new report is now making the rounds in London, one that considers asking kids to help ferret out Russian spies and disinformation online. But at least this time, they can work from home, possibly while playing Minecraft, so at least they won’t be in any extra danger.
It’s part of a new “whole-of-society” approach to defending against Russia’s gray zone threats, where Russia uses tactics short of armed conflict to destabilize its adversaries.

The US defence supply chain is at risk of depending on foreign suppliers due to the limited visibility within the defence procurement system.

WSJ
During conflict, Thaad operators burned through nearly a quarter of interceptors ever purchased by Pentagon

Christine Casimiro, DefPost
The upcoming battalions will use the Lower Tier…

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George Hand, Sandboxx News
As far as Delta Force goes, it all begins with specialized training and assessment at Camp Dawson, West (by God) Virginia