United States Defense Thread

[Hoffy]

Just dropping in again to share an interesting discussion in relation to how the USA can share military technology with key allies:

Roundtable on AUKUS and Arms Exports Modernization - YouTube

Includes AUKUS as well as input from Gregory Kausner - (Anduril Head of Global Defense).
Also discusses various supply chain issues that are currently problematic.

Apologies if already posted...

 

[John Fedup]

I guess the money wasted on figuring out where waist measurements occur explains why complex military procurements are even more wasteful.

Military services can’t agree on where service members’ waists are

No two services can agree on where to measure a service member’s waist when deploying the hated, but hard-to-eliminate tape test.

www.militarytimes.com

 

[John Fedup]

A discussion about the importance of S-band radar and the possibility of degradation of performance by allowing commercial players access to part of the spectrum. I am sure big tech donors are expecting a portion of the spectrum.

Trouble Ahead for Military Radars at S-Band | RealClearDefense