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Envisioning a World Without Pink Ribbons
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among female service members, who constitute about 20 percent of the U.S. military. The Department of Defense (DoD) is understandably concerned about this prevalence in its commitment to health care, as well as to force readiness. Therefore, prevention, screening, early diagnosis, treatment, and continuing care all…
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Lethality on the Battlefield
Tanks and infantry fighting vehicles are the mainstay of armored or maneuver warfare. Still, soldiers who ride them into battle face a barrage of threats ranging from challenging terrain to complex adversarial threat environments. With this in mind, BAE Systems has tapped into our extensive aircraft survivability experience to develop next-generation technologies to protect enduring…
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AUSA 2022: Connecting the Battlefield — DATA, JADC2 & Experimentation
This event happened on October 12, 2022 Across the Defense Department, military leaders want to be able to connect any sensor to any shooter. That means creating a connected battlefield, first with the U.S. military and then with allies. But a key part of this evolution, including for programs like JADC2, is a more sophisticated…
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AUSA 2022: Altering Acquisition Needs
This event happened on October 11, 2022 Russia’s invasion into Ukraine has prompted questions in militaries throughout the world. How have these events changed how Washington thinks of its own national security strategy, including its doctrine and acquisition practices? How should it re-examine the capabilities that will be necessary in a near-peer fight? And most…
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AUSA 2022: How Digital Engineering is Shaping Modernization
This event happened on October 11, 2022 The Army is putting its faith in a series of digital initiatives including digital twins, open-systems architecture, artificial intelligence and machine learning to transform how it fields and sustains its most disruptive technologies and weapons platforms. These approaches can use formalized models to create an authoritative source that…
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AUSA 2022: Brute Force vs. Investments in Emerging Tech
This event happened on October 10, 2022 Russia’s invasion into Ukraine has prompted questions in militaries throughout the world. How have these events changed how Washington thinks of its own national security strategy, including its doctrine and acquisition practices? How should it re-examine the capabilities that will be necessary in a near-peer fight? And most…
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AUSA 2022: State of Modernization
This event happened on October 10, 2022 The Army identified its major modernization priorities — long range precision fires; next generation combat vehicles; future vertical lift; network, air and missile defense; and soldier lethality — in 2019. Three years into the long-term project, what is the state of these priorities? What challenges remain and what…
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Q&A: How LTAMDS Defends Against Aerial Threats
As the nature of aerial threats changes, radar systems have to adapt to provide effective defense. Modern cruise missiles don’t fly a static trajectory. Unmanned aerial vehicles can be piloted by a human thousands of miles away. Hypersonics reach speeds that can put them within striking distance before a radar system can report them as…
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AMRAAM Missile: A long legacy with new capability
The AMRAAM missile is the air-to-air weapon of choice for U.S. and allied militaries. And it keeps getting better. Its roots go back three decades, but today’s AMRAAM missile is vastly different from its predecessors, thanks to multiple updates of its hardware and software. “The AMRAAM missile is arguably the most sophisticated air-to-air weapon in…
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Webcast: SMD Debrief 2022
This event took place on August 12, 2022 The U.S. space and missile defense community’s challenge is simple: stay ahead of the threat from nations such as China, North Korea and Russia. Across the Department of Defense, leaders are adapting existing systems to better counter the current threat, moving forward on major programs of record…
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