Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 18, 2015

Boeing’s artistic depiction of the Navy’s FA/XX (Boeing image)

Military.com: U.S. Navy, Air Force to Develop Sixth-Generation Unmanned Fighter

Navy and Air Force developers are immersed in early conceptual work on a new, sixth-generation fighter aircraft designed with breakthrough technologies and an ability to perform for both manned and unmanned missions.

Few details are available about the new aircraft, called F/A-XX by the Navy, because the early work is at this point purely conceptual, said Rear Adm. Michael Manazir, Director of Air Warfare.

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 18, 2015

India and Russia to Press on With Fifth-Generation Fighter Development -- Franz-Stefan Gady, The Diplomat

Russia Shows Off Its New Terrifying Military Hardware -- Value Walk

Russia to Build New Generation Space Surveillance Systems -- Sputnik

Kremlin Worried About U.S. Tanks in Europe -- J. Stavridis, Foreign Policy

Russian Defense Ministry to Modify MC-21 Passenger Aircraft Into AWACS -- Sputnik

Nato shows its teeth to Russia with elaborate Baltic training exercise -- The Guardian

NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg Unveils Biggest Build-Up Since Cold War -- Sputnik

NATO Gets its Biggest Defense Boost Since Cold War -- Monika Scislowska, Real Clear Defense

Norway's NATO Missile Defense Aid Irks Russia -- Defense News

Hungarian Air Force is in a 'Catastrophic' State – Ex-Defense Minister -- Sputnik

James: Allies Should Boost Defense Spending -- Defense News

Is India's Main Battle Tank Finally Doomed? -- Franz-Stefan Gady, The Diplomat

U.S. says hard to recruit for Syrian opposition training program -- Reuters

Carter: US military can’t find enough ‘capable, motivated’ Iraqis to train against ISIS -- RT

US Deploys Powerful Guided-Missile Cruiser To Japan, Vessel Equipped With Latest Aegis Combat System -- IBTimes

US, Spain Sign Deal On Permanent Base For Africa Force -- Defense News/AFP

Boeing, Bell eye up to 100 more sales of V-22 Osprey -- Reuters

Future of Tilt-Rotor Aircraft Uncertain Despite V-22’s Successes (UPDATED) -- National Defense

Boeing’s Super Hornet facility to be kept open because of upgrade work, future sales -- Ottawa Citizen

Flournoy: No Quick Fix Likely to Pentagon Budget Woes -- DoD Buzz

Army expects M9 replacement pistol by 2018 -- Washington Times

Colt's bankruptcy not expected to impact military purchases -- Marine Times

US Navy uses SM-6 to intercept medium-range supersonic target from 'over-the-horizon' -- Raytheon

White House threatens to veto Senate’s defense spending bill -- The Hill

Air Force struggles to keep pace with explosion in the use of combat drones -- Washington Post

Meet the ex-spy behind the Benghazi memos -- The Hill

A Rebuke to Military Tribunals -- New York Times editorial

STRATCOM Must Be Warfighters, Not FAA In Space: Lt. Gen. Kowalski -- Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., Breaking Defense

Just as Our Cops Are Becoming Soldiers, Our Soldiers Are Becoming Cops -- William M. Arkin, Phase Zero/Gawker

A Way Forward on Ballistic Missile Defense -- Jonathan Bergner, Real Clear Defense

China and Russia Almost Definitely Have the Snowden Docs -- Bruce Schneier, Wired