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US Air Force’s top acquisitions exec joins Pallas Advisors

February 18, 2021
WASHINGTON ― Former U.S. Air Force acquisitions chief Will Roper has joined strategic advisory firm Pallas Advisors, the company announced Tuesday. A champion of emerging technologies, Roper led efforts to bring commercial technologies into the military through the AFWERX and SpaceWERX initiatives. He also oversaw the development and first flight of a future fighter demonstrator and advocated…
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Iron Dome plans being finalized as US Army begins training on systems

February 15, 2021
WASHINGTON — Plans for where, how and when the U.S. Army’s two new Iron Dome air defense batteries could deploy are being finalized, according to Brig. Gen. Brian Gibson, the lead on the service’s air and missile defense modernization effort. Lawmakers have demanded the service come up with a plan to deploy Iron Dome systems, which were procured as an interim solution to fill a cruise…
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US Army begins equipping first unit with hypersonic capability

February 10, 2021
WASHINGTON —The U.S. Army expects to deliver — in a little more than 200 days from start to finish — the first hypersonic weapon capability to a unit, a service official said. The Army has already started to send that unit the equipment it needs to prepare for a rigorous training program, according to Lt. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood, director of the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical…
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Tiny Drones Are the Biggest Threat in the Middle East Since IEDs, Top General Says

February 9, 2021
Soldiers from 5th Armored Brigade, First Army Division West, developed a course of instruction to counter the threat of commercial, off-the-shelf unmanned aerial surveillance vehicles at McGregor Range Complex, N.M., June 28, 2019. (U.S. Army/ Staff Sgt. Timothy Gray) State and nonstate actors have figured out another cheap way to target U.S. troops, a four-star general warned this week. Small…
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