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Cyber authorities “urge critical infrastructure network defenders to prepare for and mitigate potential cyber threats — including destructive malware, ransomware, DDoS attacks, and cyber espionage — by hardening their cyber defenses and performing due diligence in identifying indicators of malicious activity,” the advisory states.
By Jaspreet Gill“The way that Starlink was able to upgrade when a threat showed up, we need to be able to have that ability,” said Dave Tremper, the Pentagon’s director of electronic warfare. “We have to be able to change our electromagnetic posture, to be able to change very dynamically what we’re trying to do without losing capability along the way.”
By Valerie InsinnaThe Navy’s long range shipbuilding plan has been officially released. Lawmakers are not impressed.
By Justin KatzSpace Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron was “re-designated” on April 13 as the “18th Space Defense Squadron,” but will remain SPACECOM’s key provider of space domain awareness.
By Theresa HitchensAll Domain: Connecting the Joint Force
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to spend some $896 million on microelectronics, a total that is more than the combined figures for its second and third big money investment areas, in FY23.
By Lee Ferran“[Air Force] organizations get to manage individual programs, but we don’t have someone who is in charge of the overall design of these things that have to tie together and perform functions as a whole,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said. “I think we need to create something that has more of that kind of responsibility.”
By Valerie InsinnaThe service is offering lawmakers three different ship procurement profiles, a deviation from past long-range plans.
By Justin KatzForward Observer: Technologies for 21st Century Security
The Navy has invested at least $200 million in developing the drone in recent years.
By Justin Katz“The services today are working more what I call ‘service all domain command and control’ — and don’t blame me for the acronym, it sounds like SADC2,” said Scott Stapp, CTO of Northrop Grumman Corp.
By Theresa Hitchens“We view cybersecurity as a compliance problem. And it is most definitely not a compliance problem,” Navy Chief Information Officer Aaron Weis said, arguing the service must shift to a “readiness” focus.
By Jaspreet GillWhether the RVS 2.0 would include changes to the panoramic camera system was a major point of contention between the Air Force and the defense contractor.
By Valerie Insinna
Energetic materials — critical chemicals that help determine the range, size, and explosive power of missiles and rockets — are in dangerously short supply for American interests, write Nadia Schadlow and Brady Helwig of the Hudson Institute.
By Nadia Schadlow and Brady Helwig