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Battlefield 2030

Predicting what kinds of wars to prepare for has always been a guessing game in the Pentagon--but one with high stakes. For its annual research-and-development issue, National Defense looks at four global trends the U.S. military will need to prepare for by the year 2030: fighting in urban environments; fighting in anti-access/area denied battle zones; fighting in a world with a changing climate and; fighting in the ultimate high-ground--space. While 2030 may seem a long ways off, the time to begin developing new technologies to prepare for conflict in these environments is now.

LRSO

As the Defense Department gears up to modernize its nuclear arsenal, the Air Force has released a solicitation to industry for a long-range standoff weapon, known as LRSO. While Pentagon officials and other...