“While our adversaries have rapidly advanced a great spectrum of threats … that are intended to defeat US space capabilities, we’re only beginning to get our act together,” said Jeff Gossel, senior intelligence engineer at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC).
By Theresa HitchensThis operation — which involved the FBI removing malware from privately owned and operated victim servers without advance notice — could be unprecedented, at least at this scale.
By Brad D. WilliamsKIEV: Ukraine, faced with Russian troops on two fronts, has gone public with plans to buy combat aircraft that are not Russian-made. The vulnerable NATO partner plans to become independent of Vladimir Putin’s military in a crucial domain. Unlike Poland, which has been operating a “mixed” fleet of US and Russian-made aircraft, Ukraine is evaluating…
By Reuben Johnson“The proactive, nefarious work coming from China and Russia in particular [will make US policymakers] “realize that we don’t have control over everything that we think we have control over,” Tara Murphy Dougherty, CEO of Govini said
By Paul McLearyThe US has a narrow edge in its talent pool, its hardware and its algorithms, but China is ahead in accumulating data, deploying applications, and integrating different functions.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.“This is a journey to see what’s possible, what can we do with today’s technologies, for a relatively minor cost,” Gen. John Murray told us. “Project Convergence ’20 cost us about the same thing as one Combat Training Center rotation” — $23 million.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.“It comes down to data standards and it comes down to architecture. How does the Air Force architecture integrate with the Army architecture and with the Navy architecture? What are those crossover points?”
By Theresa Hitchens“It’s the presence of this insecure gear in our networks that’s the threat, not the source of funding used to purchase it,” Commissioner Carr said.
By Brad D. WilliamsThe document outlines an evolving effort to stand up a series of small, agile units tasked with air defense, anti-ship and submarine warfare, and seizing, holding and resupplying ad hoc bases to support an island-hopping campaign in the Pacific.
By Paul McLeary“From the evidence we have available, it sure looks like Russia is a bigger counterspace threat than China, which is contrary to a lot of the public discussion that focuses almost entirely on China,” said SWF’s Brian Weeden.
By Theresa Hitchens“The Chinese see competition as a whole of government effort [and] they’re actually pretty good at it,” the Army Futures Command Chief told us. “We’re way out of practice.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Everything from social media to military advisors to open war is a potential tool of great power competition, Gen. James McConville writes — and the Army plays a vital role across that entire spectrum.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.