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Army expands access to encrypted Wickr platform in aim to curb insecure comms, bolster integration

6 days ago | breakingdefense.com | Carley Welch

WASHINGTON — The Army has announced its Army Enterprise Wickr platform is expanding to a wider audience, allowing more users to send messages on the end-to-end encrypted messaging system to protect against adversarial breaches on American and allied communication systems. Army Wickr operates in a Department of Defense IL5 environment — the highest security classification for unclassified information.
NGA field testing new processor to speed imagery to US regional commands

6 days ago | breakingdefense.com | Theresa Hitchens

WASHINGTON — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is working with US Combatant Commands (COCOMS) to operationally test an early version of its Joint Regional Edge Node (J-REN) system designed to speed satellite-based intelligence to the battlefield, according to NGA officials.
Australian thinktank warns of 'less reliable' America, high pricetag for AUKUS sub program

6 days ago | breakingdefense.com | Colin Clark

SYDNEY — With the emergence of “a less reliable and more demanding” partner in the US, it’s time for Australia to look inward for its own defense needs and to reach out to “non-US” allies in the region, according to a new report from an Australian thinktank.
Defense Innovation Unit seeks undersea drone capable of 'long-range' payload deployment

1 week ago | breakingdefense.com | Justin Katz

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s conduit agency to Silicon Valley is seeking a commercially available unmanned undersea vehicles capable of “deploying large payloads” across ranges further than 1,000 nautical miles.
Advana Coverage - Breaking Defense

1 week ago | breakingdefense.com | Carley Welch |David Lat |Elie Mystal

As her signature “Open DAGIR” initiative seeks to bring in smaller, innovative software firms, “we’ve got to be a lot more explicit” in contracting language to protect their intellectual property and data rights, said Chief Digital & AI Officer Radha Plumb. By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Out of 'prototype mode': Officials aim to determine Advana's next moves by mid-June

1 week ago | breakingdefense.com | Carley Welch

WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials see a “huge opportunity” in turning the department’s prototype data analytics platform Advana into an official program of record, but there are still significant questions to be answered about how, exactly, to go about it, two senior officials involved in the program told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview. “We’ve got to take them out of a prototype mode,” Margaret Palmieri, the acting head of CDAO, told Breaking Defense.
Lockheed Martin names company veteran Evan Scott as new CFO

1 week ago | breakingdefense.com | Valerie Insinna

WASHINGTON — Defense juggernaut Lockheed Martin has named company veteran Evan Scott as its new chief financial officer effective immediately, the company announced today. Scott will replace Jesus “Jay” Malave, who has “advised the company that he is pursuing other opportunities,” Lockheed said in a news release.
Space Force's new 'warfighting framework' says 'space superiority' is basis of US military power

1 week ago | breakingdefense.com | Theresa Hitchens

WASHINGTON — A new Space Force document detailing its “warfighting” role not only claims the achievement of “space superiority” as the service’s own raison d’etre, but also asserts that control of space is the central foundation of US military power. “Space superiority is not only a necessary precondition for Joint Force success but also something for which we must be prepared to fight.
Air Force eyes 'Advanced E-7' Wedgetail with upgrades including new radar

1 week ago | breakingdefense.com | Michael Marrow

WASHINGTON — The US Air Force may not have its first E-7A Wedgetail yet, but the service is already exploring upgrades for its future fleet, including the potential for a new radar, according to a notice. An April 15 request for information (RFI) released to industry says that the Air Force, in moving to quickly field two rapid prototype surveillance planes, “intentionally” left out certain “emerging capabilities” for those early jets.
As industry ponders Trump tariff costs, Shaheen seeks info on Pentagon impact

1 week ago | breakingdefense.com | Valerie Insinna

WASHINGTON — A senior Democrat on the Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committees is raising alarm bells about the Trump tariffs’ potential impact to the defense industry, saying that higher prices could hurt Defense Department purchasing power and squeeze small companies. In a Tuesday letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Sen.