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🔷 Saved Rounds 11.12.24
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They Said It
“Frankly, I would be comfortable with the Department of the Air Force taking on the … defense of air bases as an organic mission, if the needed resources—human and financial, etc.—were made available.”
— Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall
This is a pandora’s box about roles and missions dating back almost 100 years. Remember during GWOT when the Air Force often drew ire about not caring enough about Close Air Support for the Army? At the same time, the Army divested most of its air defense systems to protect the Air Force in-kind…and no one batted an eye.
Time for that courageous conversation?
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Zoom in
Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar dropped a manifesto of sorts that’s worth the read.
Zoom in here to read about the 18 Theses for a Reformation in Defense.
ICYMI, we chatted with Shyam a few months back—and it’s definitely worth your time too.
In that Number
10 to 15
The Space Force’s Commercial Integration Cell has grown from 10 to 15 companies, with 2 more forthcoming.
CIC 101: The Commercial Integration Cell allows commercial partners who already have contracts with the Defense Department to easily share information with the military—and with each other—at a classified level, including participating in exercises and operations planning.
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Saved Rounds
China unveiled its CH-7 stealth drone and its huge
General Atomics’ MQ-20 Avenger became the first drone operated by the Navy’s MD-5 carrier-based control system (NOT Boeing’s MQ-25, the program MD-5 is intended to control)
Apple is investing $1.5b in Globalstar’s next-gen SATCOM constellation
The Air Force expects KC-46 deliveries to end in 2031, 2 years later than planned
Pakistan test-fired a new ship-launched ballistic missile
Thales and a Ukrainian company signed a deal to co-produce counter-drone missiles
South Korea was approved to buy 4 more Boeing E-7A Wedgetails
France started delivery of 100 Delair loitering munitions to Ukraine
Argentina was approved to buy 34 F-16s
South Korea is buying Meteor air-to-air missiles for its new KF-21 fighter jets
Teledyne acquired electronics company Micropac and struck a $710m deal to buy Excelitas
Saab jumped into the autonomy software market—aimed at unmanned ships
Air Force Global Strike Command launched a 5-year, $100m initiative to accelerate commercial partnerships and rapid acquisition of new capabilities
Bombardier delivered its 8th E-11A BACN (Battlefield Airborne Communications Node) aircraft to the Air Force
Exosonic, a supersonic aircraft startup, is shutting down
BlackSky took full ownership of smallsat manufacturer LeoStella
ARKA acquired Maxar’s radar and sensor technology
BWXT is buying Aerojet Ordnance from L3Harris for $100m
Australia killed its $5B military SATCOM project with Lockheed Martin as they pivot to multi-orbit solutions
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