Battle For NRO Takes Shape As Space, Air Forces Grapple With Acquisition

Battle For NRO Takes Shape As Space, Air Forces Grapple With Acquisition
Battle For NRO Takes Shape As Space, Air Forces Grapple With Acquisition

DoD officials are extremely aware, almost to the point of paranoia, that even discussing the issue of NRO potentially being subsumed by the Space Force is playing with fire.

COVID-19: National Guard Chief Argues Against Federal Call-Up

COVID-19: National Guard Chief Argues Against Federal Call-Up
COVID-19: National Guard Chief Argues Against Federal Call-Up

With 2,050 Guard troops mobilized by the governors in 27 states and more to come, Gen. Joseph Lengyel said, a national call-up by President Trump would only get in the way.

Air Force Joins Army Parachuting Into InfoWar; Creates New Unified Subcommand

Air Force Joins Army Parachuting Into InfoWar; Creates New Unified Subcommand
Air Force Joins Army Parachuting Into InfoWar; Creates New Unified Subcommand

The Air Force wants to develop information warfare capabilities to “deter malign activities from [the] information warfare level all the way up to conflict,” says Air Combat Command head Gen. Mike Holmes.

New Digital Strategy: DoD CIO To Oversee All $46.4B In DoD IT

New Digital Strategy: DoD CIO To Oversee All $46.4B In DoD IT
New Digital Strategy: DoD CIO To Oversee All $46.4B In DoD IT

DoD’s IT spending includes “a budget of more than $46.4 billion in fiscal year 2019, roughly 10,000 operational systems, thousands of data centers, tens of thousands of servers, millions of computers and IT devices, and hundreds of thousands of commercial mobile devices.”

Trump Orders New Space Service; Will Congress Agree?

Trump Orders New Space Service; Will Congress Agree?
Trump Orders New Space Service; Will Congress Agree?

We’ve already got soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines and Coasties. If President Trump gets what he wants, we may now have spacemen — but the Senate may say no.

Cyber War Against ISIL Hones Weapons Vs. Russia, China

Cyber War Against ISIL Hones Weapons Vs. Russia, China
Cyber War Against ISIL Hones Weapons Vs. Russia, China

WASHINGTON: The US is waging an outright cyber war against Daesh, the self-proclaimed Islamic State, the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs made clear this morning. While Carter did not say so, we believe this is the first official confirmation by a senior military official that the United States has waged…

STRATCOM Lacks Authority, $$ On Electronic Warfare

STRATCOM Lacks Authority, $$ On Electronic Warfare
STRATCOM Lacks Authority, $$ On Electronic Warfare

WASHINGTON: As the world has gone wireless, the electromagnetic spectrum has become a vast, invisible battleground — and we don’t even have a general in command. While US Strategic Command has the responsibility to “advocate” for Electronic Warfare, STRATCOM’s own chief of operations said bluntly today that it lacks the authorities and funding it needs to make…

Thornberry Bill ‘Lets Congress Push Back’ On Drone Strikes, Special Ops

Thornberry Bill ‘Lets Congress Push Back’ On Drone Strikes, Special Ops
Thornberry Bill ‘Lets Congress Push Back’ On Drone Strikes, Special Ops

WASHINGTON: Rep. Mac Thornberry’s new bill has been depicted just as a demand that the executive branch notify Congress about drone strikes, but there’s much more to the “Oversight of Sensitive Military Operations Act,” introduced Thursday by the House Armed Services Committee vice-chairman. [Click here to read the full text of Rep. Thornberry’s Oversight of Sensitive Military…