“A serious problem with planning to fight American doctrine is that Americans do not read their manuals and are not obliged to abide by their doctrines.” —— Notebook from the Soviet Junior Lieutenant (apocrypha)
Dear readers,
The United States and NATO troops withdrew from Afghanistan this year, and French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed on June 10 that French troops will fight Islamic radicals in Mali in the Sahel region of Africa. This shows that military power alone cannot be used. Defeated Afghanistan. The surge in Islamic extremism in recent decades and its connection with international terrorism.
Unfortunately, this is unlikely to solve the long-term problem. Extremism succeeds in places where political power is weak or even in a power vacuum. When those who have barely gotten promises get better promises, they will be ready to listen. The means of spreading this extremism are now easily spread through social media.
The COVID crisis means that attacks on civil society are impossible, at least in the West, mainly because of public screening. This does not mean that terrorist attacks will not come back, because it is possible. The spread of extremism may also continue, which will cause more displaced immigrants to seek safer and better lives far away from their home countries.
If weak countries do not have the financial resources, training or commitment to find extremists, how many other countries might become targets for extremist acquisitions? How long will it take to turn around and redeploy troops to historical or new areas without a specific framework for success.
the best,
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Biden’s defense budget abandons “eternal war” for strategic strengthening
President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 defense budget requires a total of 752.9 billion US dollars for national defense, of which the Department of Defense (DoD) will receive 715 billion US dollars.
According to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, the budget is driven by “challenges from the People’s Republic of China,” and the need to modernize strategic capabilities to deal with “advanced future threats” and address climate issues and other issues. Change, epidemics and extremism.
The U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force will receive “additional investment in response to strategic competition with China”, and withdrawal from Afghanistan means: “For the first time since September 11, 2001, the U.S. Department of Defense has included direct warfare and protracted combat costs into its basic budget. Request, not as a separate overseas emergency operations (OCO) request.” This repurposes funds from the “eternal war” in Afghanistan and Iraq to meet the strategic challenges of global competitors.
A total of 245.6 billion U.S. dollars was spent on procurement and research, development, testing,
And evaluation (RDT&E), including US$133.6 billion and US$112 billion for procurement
Used for RDT&E.
Of this, $73.3 billion will be allocated to 85 major defense procurement programs (MDAP), of which 82 are affiliated to the military sector-15 affiliated to the Army, 39 affiliated to the Navy, and 28 affiliated to the Air Force. The remaining three are dedicated to F-35, missile defense, and chemical demilitarization.
Although non-MDAP individual projects account for 70% of the total (US$172.3 billion), they are less valuable than MDAP and focus on “development of future technologies and procurement of various equipment, ammunition, vehicles, and weapons required by combat forces.”
Funds are divided into mission categories and allocated accordingly: Aircraft and related systems-US$52.4 billion; Command, control, communications, computer and intelligence (C4I) systems-US$12.7 billion; Ground systems-US$12.3 billion; Missiles Defense plan-10.9 billion U.S. dollars; missiles and ammunition-20.3 billion U.S. dollars; shipbuilding and maritime systems-34.6 billion U.S. dollars; space-based systems-16.7 billion U.S. dollars; technology-14.7 billion U.S. dollars; and mission support activities-710 One hundred million U.S. dollars.
To increase the number of people serving in the U.S. military, military and civilian salaries will be increased by 2.7%, and additional funds will be used for construction, family housing and maintenance/modernization of facilities.
Europeans practice helicopter TTP at COMAO
The 15th Hot Knife Exercise organized by the European Defense Agency (EDA) Helicopter Exercise Program (HEP) is currently underway and will be held at the Béja Air Base in Portugal from June 16 to 30, hosted by the Portuguese Air Force.
Participated in this exercise many times, aimed at improving the coordination and understanding of standard operating procedures (SOP) among national assets, which may be required to coordinate operations in composite air operations (COMAO). In this case, the components will use general-purpose helicopter tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) that will be practiced during the Hot Blade exercise.
According to EDA, 15 helicopters and 8 fixed-wing aircraft from five countries including Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Portugal and 550 people participated. Italy, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland and several international organizations also sent observers.
It has become a standard for many years, and a series of COMAO missions will be performed during the day and night, including air assault (AA), special operations aviation (SOA), combat service support (CSS), close air support (CAS) including urban CAS and emergency CAS, escort/helicopter escort, reconnaissance and surveillance, combat search and rescue (CSAR), personnel recovery (PR), medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) and wounded evacuation (CASEVAC).
An instructor team composed of 8 trainers trained in the EDA Helicopter Tactical Instructor Course (HTIC) from Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden will help guide the course.
Major US arms sales (Defense Security Cooperation Agency-DSCA).
There have been no further announcements since last week.
U.S. government contract
It focuses on the government-granted contracts and foreign military sales contracts awarded between June 12-17, 2021, that exceed 100 million U.S. dollars.
June 17
U.S. Navy
Advanced Technology Construction; Environmental Network; IE Pacific; Sea Pac Project; Shape Structure; and veteran NW Construction have respectively won IDIQ award construction contracts, mainly located in the Northwest Area of Responsibility (AOR) of the Naval Facilities Engineering System Command (NAVFAC) project. The combined maximum dollar value is 240 million U.S. dollars. Project types include new construction, maintenance, renovation, demolition and renovation of commercial and institutional facilities, administrative and industrial facilities, housing facilities, warehouses, hangars, and fire stations. The Naval Facilities Engineering System Command is a contracting activity.
Insitu won a $12.5 million IDIQ modification contract to provide additional aircraft, support equipment and spare parts to support the RQ-21A Blackjack Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) and ScanEagle UAS for the Navy and Foreign arms sales customer. Naval Air Systems Command is a contracting activity.
Defense Logistics Agency
Weatherhaven Resources has been awarded a $200 million IDIQ commercial shelter contract. Military services are used by the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps. The contracted activity is the National Defense Logistics Agency, supported by the troops.
June 16
United States Missile Defense Agency
Parsons Government Services was awarded a $2.2 billion contract, providing support including: engineering and technical support; research, analysis, and evaluation; and management and professional services. The Missile Defense Agency is a contracting activity.
Mobius Parsons Solutions won a contract valued at US$566 million to provide testing support services. The Missile Defense Agency is a contracting activity.
U.S. Navy
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems has won US and UK contracts worth US$191 million to provide the strategic weapon system Trident SSI Increment 8 inertial navigation system and related inertial spare parts fleet ballistic missile program for Ohio and Columbia ballistic missile submarine shallow water submersibles Platform. The strategic system plan is a contracting activity.
American armies
Vazquez Forgen Joint Venture; Graham County Land; LRG Construction Joint Venture; and Orion-Brice LLC JV will compete for each order in the $99 million contract to promote time-sensitive disaster, infrastructure, and construction related activities. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is a contracting activity.
June 15th.
U.S. Navy
Applied Research Association; Griffon Technology; HII Mission-Driven Innovative Solutions; ISPA Technology; Ledos; Oasis System; Pellaton; Scientific Applications International; and Serco won IDIQ multiple technical support contracts worth US$118 million. For technical support, including specification and design, manufacturing, installation, testing and evaluation, deployment, maintenance, training, hardware and software configuration and program management, to support unmanned offshore systems for surface and underground mine countermeasures. The Pacific Naval Information Warfare Center is a contracting activity.
American armies
Raytheon Missile Systems has received a modification contract worth US$20.3 million for the purchase of Excalibur 155mm incremental Ib projectiles. 2021 year Foreign arms sales (The Netherlands) undertook US$20.3 million in funding at the time of the ruling. Raytheon Missile Systems also won two similar awards, one for the modification of the US$9.1 million foreign arms sales (India) fund, and the other for the modification of the US$9.1 million foreign arms sales (Spain) fund. The U.S. Army Contracting Command is a contracting activity.
June 14
Defense Information System Agency
Cisco Systems has won a $1.1 billion IDIQ contract to provide Cisco Intelligent Network support services and software support services for users of the Department of Defense. The National Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization is a contracting activity.
American armies
Cole Engineering Services won a USD 192 million synthetic training environmental information system training simulation software/training management tool contract. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Orlando, Florida, is a contracting activity.
U.S. Air Force
Raytheon has won a five-year contract for the logistic support modification of a Qatar early warning radar contractor worth 78.1 million U.S. dollars. Foreign arms sales At the time of the award, US$69.5 million in funding was being committed. The cumulative face value of the contract is USD 1.2 billion. Air Force life cycle management is a contracting activity.
Event confirmation
September 7-10, 2021-MSPO, Kielce, Poland
According to the organizers, the Polish government made a decision on June 6 to allow the exhibition to continue. The Polish Armaments Group is a strategic partner of the exhibition.
Quiz Answer
- The Westland WS-51 Dragonfly helicopter is manufactured by Westland Aircraft and is a licensed version of the Sikorsky S-51 in the United States.
- The Mi-2 is only produced at the WSK “PZL-Świdnik” plant in Poland, which makes it the only Soviet-designed helicopter built outside the Soviet Union.
- Platt LePage XR-1 is the winner of the US Air Force contract design competition. This is the first helicopter piloted by the U.S. Air Force. The prototype was tested for flight in 1941, but due to failure and instability, it was retired from flight testing in 1945.
best wishes,
Andrew De Vega
Main editor
Invincible Fleet International/Asian Military Review
