Ligado sues DoD, Commerce for $39B in long-running spectrum saga
The lawsuit is the latest in a decade-spanning battle between Ligado and opponents in government.
The lawsuit is the latest in a decade-spanning battle between Ligado and opponents in government.
US Navy reactors currently use about 100 nuclear bombs’ worth of HEU each year, more than all of the world’s other reactors combined.
Both the HASC and SASC have added funds for purchase of commercial space observation capabilities to their draft 2022 defense policy bills.
The new policy is inconsistent with efforts by DoD and NGA to expand the trusted supplier base by better integrating allied firms into their acquisition chains, critics say.
"The risks are real but are not quite as bad as some have claimed in some of the hypothetical 'day without space' scenarios," says Secure World Foundation's Brian Weeden.
"There's a lot of retrofit that will have to take place," Gen. Stephen Lyons said about the replacement of the tanker's faulty boom camera.
"If you try to life-extend a weapon system that was built before the invention of the Internet, and then turn around and ask me why it's not cyber-secure -- I don't know how," Adm. Charles Richard told SASC today.
"Clearly, this is not what Congress intended," one former senior DoD official notes.
Congress is skeptical of the augmented-reality IVAS goggles, which can display everything from cross-hairs for targeting to simulated enemy soldiers for training.
The report, delivered to Capitol Hill on Monday, sketches out the ask for the 2022 budget and in the years out to 2027, envisioning a long-range plan that Indo-Pacom commander Adm. Phil Davidson first introduced last year.
"I will tell you right now, the MQ-9 is still a very popular platform with the Combatant Commanders," Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown admitted. "So, it's not something we can just walk away from."
"We have a lot of work to do before we get there," Vice Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John Hyten says of the Pentagon's efforts to implement its new Electronic Spectrum Superiority Strategy.
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.
With a presidential veto hanging in the air, Congress charges ahead on huge federal spending votes.