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The crew of USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) inspect the holds of a Philippine-flagged transshipment vessel in the North Pacific Ocean on March 31, 2023. The team returned to Guam on April 9, 2023, following the 30-day patrol supporting the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency’s Operation 365 and Operation Rematau to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in the Pacific. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir)

NGA buys maritime data to help Indo-Pacific Command, via first-ever CSO

Two senior officials briefed DefenseScoop on how the intelligence agency is thinking about innovating its acquisition processes.
Sgt. Victor Sanchez, a fire direction coordinator assigned to Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 258th Artillery Regiment, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the New York Army National Guard, operates an advanced field artillery tactical data system to calculate aiming data to relay to the howitzer teams during an air assault artillery raid on Fort Drum, N.Y. on June 9, 2017. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Alexander Rector)

Army’s Cyber Quest sought to standardize data from vendors

“We really managed to make massive strides securing a really short three-week dedicated integration window here in the battle lab,” an exercise planner said.
A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Bomb Squadron and U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron fly in formation above U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships in the Pacific Ocean in support of Valiant Shield 2024, June 7, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keegan Putman)

Joint force, international partners, contractors test command and control capabilities in Pacific exercise

Valiant Shield provided an opportunity for the Department of Defense and its partners to put interoperability and CJADC2 concepts to the test.
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Leaders assemble for a meeting of the heads of state of the North Atlantic Council, Indo-Pacifc Partners and the European Union, during the 2024 NATO Summit on July 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. NATO leaders convene in Washington this week for its annual summit to discuss future strategies and commitments and mark the 75th anniversary of the alliance’s founding (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

NATO seeks to confront the growing ‘pressure of hybrid war’ 

Officials from nations that border Russia reflected on the rise in hybrid warfare tactics — and how NATO is moving to counter them.
Security fencing set up outside the Washington convention center where the NATO summit will be taking place in Washington, DC, from July 9th to the 11th. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

NATO eyes new tech pursuits with Indo-Pacific partners at D.C. summit

Leading up to this week's NATO summit in Washington, senior U.S. officials previewed leaders’ schedules and reflected on the historical context of this gathering.
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