China has been increasingly using civilian ships including hundreds of fishing trawlers to back up its vast territorial claims and project military power.
“We’re going to see if it’s ITN equipment on there that’s giving them some issues,” the product manager said, “or if it’s the type of Stryker they have.”
“Also, when you have a living and breathing threat,” Army Maj. Gen. Robert Collins said, “you need to think about the things such as a contested and congested environment.”
The 31st MEU in the Philippine Sea, soldiers at the Infantry Advanced Leaders Course, Air Force maintainers at Red Flag-Alaska, Navy submariners in the Pacific and more in this week’s Frontline Photos
A new open-standards approach would make replacing or updating capabilities as easy as plugging in a new VPX card — a rugged, standard chip about 1-inch big that’s used for defense applications.