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A News Roundup for the Week Ahead Northrop Grumman Cyber is Securing the Digital Landscape. Presented by Northrop Grumman How is Northrop Grumman Cyber defining possible? We're able to help identify threats before they strike and turn the tables on hackers when they attack — keeping our warfighters safe and data secure. NIST Hones In On NatSec Quantum Research By Theresa Hitchens; Friday, October 23, 2020 1:51 PM "[I]t's really a good time, and important, for the government to step in and help prime the pump," says Celia Merzbacher, deputy director of NIST's Quantum Economic Development Consortium.   As US Military Moves Into Palau, China Watches Intently By Paul McLeary; Friday, October 23, 2020 1:41 PM In a recent meeting between the Navy Secretary and the president of Palau, the US signaled a commitment to "enhanced presence here and for more US Military activity in the future."   DARPA's Hypersonic OpFires Aims For Army 1,000-Mile Missile By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Friday, October 23, 2020 7:01 AM With ground tests this year and a full-up flight test in 2023, OpFires hopes to become the Army's long-term solution for its Mid-Range Capability missile.   Signaling China, White House Floats Putting Hypersonic Missiles On Destroyers By Paul McLeary; Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:12 PM "This is a terrible idea for several reasons," Bryan Clark of the Hudson Institute said. The oldest ships would need to undergo a service life extension, while the newer ships would have to undergo expensive upgrades for a complex new mission.   An Imminent NIST Compliance Imperative for Defense Primes and Subcontractors [Sponsored] By TOMMY MCDOWELL, GENERAL MANAGER OF CELERIUM; Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:03 PM Five Crucial Details You Must Know.   NSA Warns Companies China Is Exploiting 25 Unpatched Vulnerabilities By Kelsey Atherton; Thursday, October 22, 2020 3:53 PM The NSA cannot mandate patching on its own, but the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) allows the Pentagon to penalize companies in its supply chain that fail to adequately protect their networks.   Services' Fear Of Losing 'Control' Blocking JADC2 Progress, Experts Say By Theresa Hitchens; Thursday, October 22, 2020 3:33 PM "This is a fundamental roles and missions question, and DoD needs to clearly designate a lead service and compel the other services to follow that lead," says Todd Harrison, space and budget expert at the Center for Strategic and International Security.   'Very Urgent' Israeli Defense Minister Visit To DC; Iran & FMF $$ By Arie Egozi; Thursday, October 22, 2020 10:42 AM Gantz left Israel Wednesday night for a quick 10-hour visit to the United States after a security meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu. The chance Trump will not win the US election is driving Israel to try and settle a number of urgent matters and get action on them before the election.   The 5 Faces Of Chinese Espionage: The World's First 'Digital Authoritarian State' By Nicholas Eftimiades; Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:01 AM Chinese spies are different from those of most other wealthy and developed countries where the majority of spies are highly trained, with some serving under diplomatic cover and others operating under what the US Intelligence Community calls Non Official Cover (NOC). Chinese intelligence operations are the first in modern times to use, as a foundation,…   Network, GPS Will Be Jammed In Project Convergence 2021 By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Wednesday, October 21, 2020 4:16 PM In this fall's Project Convergence exercises, it took a heroic effort just to get the network to work at all. Next year, the Army wants the network to function in the face of electronic attack.   CSAF Brown Hedges On 386 Squadron Goal By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, October 21, 2020 3:44 PM "What I'm really trying to do is maximize my capability," Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Brown says.   Air Force Chief Seeks Navy Chief's Cooperation On JADC2 By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, October 21, 2020 2:04 PM "[T]here is a difference in how aggressively the Navy is pursuing JADC2 compared to the Army and Air Force," Bryan Clark, Navy expert at the Hudson Institute, says.   LRPF: Army Missiles, Cannon Face Big Tests In '21 By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Wednesday, October 21, 2020 1:44 PM Weapons from hypersonics to howitzers have key deadlines to meet next year to keep to the Army's ambitious timeline, Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood and Brig. Gen. John Rafferty tell Breaking Defense.   Esper's New Push For Allies; Gilday Unveils 'Tech Bridge' To Royal Navy By Paul McLeary; Wednesday, October 21, 2020 11:20 AM The new plan will focus on four areas, "underwater, our carrier programs, our Marines — so working with the US Marine Corps and their drive for distributed warfare — and linking that with what we want to do with our Royal Marines, and the future commando force," First Sea Lord Adm. Tony Radakin says.   Microsoft Boosts Space Services, Partnerships By Theresa Hitchens; Tuesday, October 20, 2020 6:23 PM SpaceX CEO Gwynne Shotwell said SpaceX would, "where it makes sense," help Microsoft Azure Space sell its data services to current and future customers.   Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe