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Most of the Pacific Command’s mission will focus on aiding others in need rather than warfighting efforts.

Keeping assets safe from air and missile attack will require a coordinated defense coupled with a dispersal strategy.

Under a new U.S. Asia-Pacific doctrine, friends don’t force friends to choose between Pacific superpowers. Nations can be friendly with both China and the United States.

Previous Asia military operations dealt with one or two warfighting domains; but that was a luxury that no longer is available.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Herndon, Va., is being awarded a $48,176,543 firm-fixed-price contract for E-11A platform maintenance for the Battle

Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense,” the new strategic guidance for the Defense Department, begins with a letter dated January 3, 2012, by President Obama.

The need to upgrade the force prevails over 
austerity measures typical of other nations.

A major aim is to serve as a forum for the nation's defense companies to alleviate concerns over fiscal austerity.

Cybersecurity remains the foremost concern for the man tasked with overseeing U.S. military communications technology in the Asia-Pacific area as the national defense strategy shifts focus to that region of the globe. New opportunities for technologies and programs are opening, but cyber issues continue to hold top billings in importance, and moves to shore up operations predate the recent official guidance.

Cutting-edge warfighter technologies, ranging from nanoscience products to micro air vehicles, are advancing through the combined efforts of multinational top researchers within the Asia-Pacific region. This technical collaboration is driven in part by a U.S. Air Force research and development office in Tokyo, which is building international relationships while optimizing the intellectual talent within one of the world’s most active arenas for scientific breakthroughs.