“A cyber service might have some benefits in ease of administrative management, but we have a variety of…military services in the Department of Defense who perform a variety of missions,” Mieke Eoyang said.
By Jaspreet GillMillennium Space Systems is delivering on critical missile tracking constellation
With programs like MTC, Millennium Space Systems is redefining what it means to be an operational prime – rapidly delivering operational small sat constellations on rapid timelines.
The strategy will tackle facility modernization, supply chain vulnerabilities and workforce.
By Andrew Eversden
“China is not mentioned with one single word in the current Strategic Concept,” said NATO SecGen Jens Stoltenberg. “In one [way] or the other, I’m absolutely certain China will be reflected, and the challenges that China poses will be reflected” in the planned 2022 update.
By Theresa Hitchens
“I am confident that accepting the KC-46 with known deficiencies offers the fastest route to fielding a fully operationally capable weapon system,” she said. “That said, serious deficiencies and restrictions remain,” Air Mobility Command head Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost told reporters.
By Theresa Hitchens
The nuclear command control system for nuclear weapons is safe and was not compromised by the massive SolarWinds hack by Russia, the head of Strategic Command says.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Pentagon is finding alternative clouds while waiting for JEDI, Dana Deasy said, so it can upgrade them to JEDI as soon as the courts allow.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Training AI systems “is still a bit of a black art,” says DARPA Acting Director Peter Highnam.
By Theresa Hitchens
Modernizing military simulation with open systems architecture
Best-of-breed common models and architecture enable virtual training and testing with the same data in a cyber-resilient posture.
The HASC chairman sees the handling of intelligence over Russian threats in Afghanistan and the proposed withdrawal of troops from Germany as symptoms of pervasive problems in the Trump Administration.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Before the Air Force will trust AI to pick out targets, Gen. Holmes said, it has to get smarter than a human three-year-old.
By Colin Clark
WASHINGTON: At least a dozen major Army weapons programs face big decisions in 2019. The service will launch a competition for new armored vehicles; award development contracts for scout aircraft and helicopter engines; conduct key tests of long-range missiles, anti-aircraft defenses, rifles, targeting goggles, and multiple battlefield networks; and field new electronics for command posts.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. WASHINGTON: The presumptive House Armed Services chairman, Adam Smith outlined his agenda for reporters this morning in a wide-ranging discussion laced with his trademark tactical snark. While many of his stances were unsurprising — he wants equal treatment for transgender troops, less spending on new nuclear ICBMs, and zero border-wall funding carved out of the…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
WASHINGTON: Stop refueling Saudi warplanes as they fly to and fro, bombing, strafing and generally laying waste to Yemen. Freeze the sale of offensive weapons to the Kingdom of Saud. But the sale of defensive weapons is another matter, Sen. Jack Reed told reporters this morning. The danger posed by Houthi missiles and other threats…
By Colin Clark
We will probably never know much about it, but the Air Force’s top Electronic Warfare task force has completed its first scrub and should report to top service leaders in the next month or so.
By Colin Clark
In a world where knowledge increasingly matters more than physical power, US troops can’t quickly access vital information in a labyrinth of often incompatible and inaccessible databases. The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure — archly acronymized as JEDI — aims to fix all that.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
