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Tech uses cameras, microphones and AI to pinpoint gunfire, allow targeting, firm says.
By Arie Egozi
Both nations will host annual technology forums, starting later this year, on specific topics. The first will focus on space domain awareness.
By Jaspreet GillA major overhaul is coming in software for missile warning
Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
The Army will perform mobility, environmental, radar performance and logistics testing over the next year as it works out the kinks on the new radar system.
By Andrew Eversden
The GAO report brings to light the cause of a delay buried in the Navy’s budget justification books.
By Justin Katz
Future inevitability of quantum computers is a security problem today
‘Store Now, Decrypt Later’ attacks must be thwarted now with Zero Trust cybersecurity.
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The subcommittee is “encouraging the use of commercially available data” to help fill ISR gaps identified by military commanders, but there’s also has concerns about overlap in acquisition of commercial ISR.
By Theresa Hitchens
Lawmakers want to mandate the maintenance and modernization plan’s annual delivery.
By Justin Katz
B-21, hypersonics and more: How digital development is driving industry innovation
Technological advancements are key to keeping pace with customer demands and evolving threat landscapes.
“We’re not going to change bureaucracy as a whole,” CDAO Craig Martell said. “We need to find the right gaps, the right places where we can leverage value and then that value is going to drive a virtuous cycle of change.”
By Jaspreet Gill
“The space industry is evolving, expanding at an extremely fast pace. As new players come on board the number of risk rises but so does the number of opportunities,” said French Ambassador Philippe Étienne.
By Theresa Hitchens
GAO found delays in more than half of the programs it studied. Also, 4-pound birds are a problem.
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From Javelins to high-altitude ISR, the HASC tactical air and land subcommittee offers a view into lawmaker’s tactical concerns.
By Andrew Eversden
The House subcommittee’s markup of the fiscal 2023 defense policy bill also calls upon GAO to review the effectiveness of the NC3 Enterprise Center run by STRATCOM.
By Theresa Hitchens
The draft legislation also requires DoD to submit an overarching strategy for defeating hypersonic missile threats using asymmetric capabilities, including directed energy, microwave systems, cyber and “any other capabilities.”
By Andrew Eversden
The markup also calls for a comprehensive report on how DoD plans to leverage ISR data from commercial radio frequency (RF) satellites, noting that lawmakers have been “encouraged” by the successful use of RF geolocation in exercises, including by European Command.
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.
“We are getting close to the tipping point where the only option is to go into full triage mode for the service, and the Congress needs to lead us in this urgent recovery,” writes John Ferrari of AEI.
By John Ferrari