The new defence policy paper does not offer a timeline for the country to meet the 2 percent GDP target but it argues a move to double military spending between 2016-2017 to 2026-2027 is “on track.”
By Tim MartinNew Army mounted system won’t play favorites when it comes to C5ISR, EW and A-PNT
The CMOSS Mounted Form Factor will facilitate tech insertion for new capabilities while co-existing with the Mounted Family of Computer Systems.
China is conducting regional maritime activities “under the cloud of a technical or scientific research, but we think it’s certainly multi-mission to include military” operations, Gen. Gregory Guillot, head of NORTHCOM/NORAD said.
By Theresa Hitchens
“The best missile strategy is to destroy the missiles prior to launch. A focus on missile defeat could enable distributed non-kinetic systems with larger magazines and the ability to engage missiles before they can deploy complex decoys, countermeasures, maneuvers or multiple reentry vehicles,” said Rear Adm. Sean Regan, NORTHCOM’s director of operations.
By Theresa Hitchens
Russia since this spring has been using both newly minted cruise missiles and even hypersonic missiles in its war to annex Ukraine.
By Theresa Hitchens
“Until I get to a good identity management system that’s coupled in with a good zero trust capability that allows me to start to get to network-agnostic data flows, our ability to integrate both across services and with partners is going to continue to be challenged,” Air Force Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey, integrating program executive officer command, control, communications and battle management, said.
By Michael Marrow
“I think the future of homeland defense looks vastly different than it does today,” NORTHCOM/NORAD Commander Gen. Glen VanHerck said Thursday.
By Theresa Hitchens
After what Gen. Glen VanHerck called a “totally deceiving and incorrect” SPACECOM statement, there was widespread confusion about who is charged with the missile defense mission.
By Theresa Hitchens
Future inevitability of quantum computers is a security problem today
‘Store Now, Decrypt Later’ attacks must be thwarted now with Zero Trust cybersecurity.
By bringing the three mission areas of missile warning, missile defense and space domain awareness under one command as the Global Sensor Manager, USSPACECOM can more effectively integrate and fuse the sensor data for rapid detection, characterization, tracking and dissemination to ensure theaters can defeat any threat,” said Gen. Jim Dickinson, SPACECOM commander.
By Theresa Hitchens
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on March 5 sent a letter to Congress endorsing a plan for sharing the disputed 3.1-3.45 spectrum band — but also opening the possibility that DoD could vacate it entirely, according to the Congressional Research Service.
By Theresa Hitchens
After the White House released strategy for the far north, Gen. Glen VanHerck, commander of NORTHCOM/NORAD, said the US isn’t “organized, trained and equipped” to operate there quickly.
By Theresa Hitchens
Even as Canada acknowledges growing importance of space in defense, Jessica West of Canada’s Project Ploughshares said, “The creation of a division within the military [structure] rather than a standalone force points to the integration of space across military functions rather than a ‘warfighting’ orientation.”
By Theresa Hitchens
From the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan to cyber threats posed by cars on military bases, networks and cyber had another interesting year.
By Andrew Eversden
NORTHCOM’s GIDE experiments are aimed at applying AI decision-making tools to realistic scenarios “to show what’s available now, and to change culture,” Gen. Glen VanHerck, NORTHCOM commander, said.
By Theresa Hitchens
Greenland, in the Danish kingdom, could boost North American security as a NORAD member, argue RAND’s Michael Bohnert and Scott Savitz.
By Michael Bohnert and Scott Savitz