Marines put comms skills to the test at Lightning Strike exercise
DefenseScoop takes an exclusive look inside the Marine Corps exercise Lightning Strike.
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U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conduct Lightning Strike 25 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 1-30, 2024. Lightning Strike 25 exemplifies MWCS-38’s ability to establish and maintain up to 15 communication nodes supporting Force Design initiatives by enabling distributed command and control in contested environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luc Boatman) Tech -
U.S., coalition and Five Eyes alliance partners experiment with Air Combat Command’s Tactical Operations Center-enabled Control Reporting Center during the Shadow Operations Center – Nellis’ Capstone event at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Dec. 8, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Keith Keel) Tech Key to the Pentagon’s concept for modern war is standardization
To fully realize CJADC2, data standards must be enacted along with efforts to share successes and architectures across theaters and organizations.
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U.S. and Canadian service members participate in the third series of Global Information Dominance Experiments (GIDE 3) at North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command Headquarters, July 8-16, 2021. (DoD photo by N&C Public Affairs) AI Pentagon poised to launch inaugural ‘challenge’ for Global Information Dominance Experiments
The department plans to to use the the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace to manage the process.
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A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Bomb Squadron and U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron fly in formation above U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships in the Pacific Ocean in support of Valiant Shield 2024, June 7, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keegan Putman) Tech Joint force, international partners, contractors test command and control capabilities in Pacific exercise
Valiant Shield provided an opportunity for the Department of Defense and its partners to put interoperability and CJADC2 concepts to the test.
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Under the direction of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), two F-15s assigned to the Massachusetts Air National Guard and two CF-18 assigned to the Royal Canadian Air Force fly in formation behind a KC-135 assigned to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard during air-defense Operation NOBLE DEFENDER, Oct. 27, 2022. (U.S. Air National Guard Photos by Tech. Sgt. Bryan Hoover) Cyber ‘This is overdue’ — Air Force creating tactical cyber capabilities to ensure air superiority
The Air Force will be relying, in part, on a new National Guard unit to help deliver cyber capabilities to the tactical battlespace in the future.
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Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey
Defense Leadership Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey is a leader in the U.S. Air Force’s modernization efforts. Currently, he’s the Department of the Air Force’s Integrating Program Executive Officer for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management (C3BM). In this role, he oversees the development of the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), a key part of the Pentagon’s […]
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Next-generation air dominance and CCA drone concept art (Lockheed Martin image) Weapons Navy aiming for $15M price tag for CCA drones; avoid long-term sustainment costs
The sea service wants to acquire AI-enabled cooperative combat aircraft that are “consumable,” said Rear Adm. Stephen Tedford, program executive officer for unmanned aviation and strike weapons.
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Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) stand watch in the ship’s Combat Information Center during an operation in the Red Sea to defeat a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, Oct. 19, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau) AI US military deploys new JADC2 capability to Middle East
“It is [the] Hungry Hippo of data. And it’s going out and it’s pulling in lots of data, and then you can layer it and look at it different ways,” Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich said.
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Under the direction of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), two CF-18s assigned to the Royal Canadian Air Force flies behind a KC-135 assigned to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard during air-defense Operation NOBLE DEFENDER, Oct. 27, 2022. (U.S. Air National Guard Photos by Tech. Sgt. Bryan Hoover) AI Air Force looks to industry to provide AI ‘toolkit’ for cloud-based C2 capability
The Air Force is interested in various AI and ML technologies, including data collection tools, large language models and more.
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(Getty Images) Space After delay, SDA soliciting bids for next batch of global communications satellites
The Gamma variant of the Tranche 2 transport layer will be equipped with the Warlock payload, offering fire control capabilities.