Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced the start of a series of defense innovation challenges beginning early next year and involving industry partners in AUKUS, the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
DOD is making significant progress in accelerating the delivery of innovative capabilities to the warfighter as part of the recently announced Replicator initiative.
The CV-22A Osprey, assigned to the Air Force’s 353rd Special Operations Wing, was performing a routine training mission off the shore of Yakushima Island, about 630 miles southwest of Tokyo.