White House unveils $300 million Ukrainian weapon package, thanks to found savings
"Ukraine is not running out of courage and tenacity: They're running out of ammunition, and we're running out of time to help them," said CIA director William Burns.
From information war to emerging tech: new IC strategy centers ‘competition’ with China, Russia
"In addition, shared global challenges, including climate change, human and health security, as well as emerging and disruptive technological advances, are converging in ways that produce significant consequences that are often difficult to predict," DNI Avril Haines writes in the 2023 National Intelligence Strategy.
The future of Zero Trust
Zero Trust is the Pentagon’s foundation for its modern cybersecurity strategy.
Space Force stands up new intel center; Air Force’s NASIC keeps some space-related analysts
Not all analysts charged with space-related intel work at the legacy NASIC will move to the new office, sources tell Breaking Defense.
Russian invasion plans ‘profoundly flawed,’ but ‘ugly next few weeks’ for Ukraine coming: US intel
“If they pursue the maximalist plan, we judge it will be especially challenging for the Russians to hold and control Ukrainian territory and install a sustainable pro-Russian regime in Kiev in the face of what we assess is likely to be persistent and significant insurgency,” said Avril Haines, director of national intelligence.
Afghanistan Has Been ‘Gut-Wrenching,’ ‘Deeply Personal’ For IC: DNI
"There's no question that as you pull out... our intelligence collection is diminished," Haines said. "In Afghanistan, we will want to monitor any reconstitution of terrorist groups."
Global Threats: FBI Launches ‘New Investigation Into China Every 10 Hours’
"That was a list of about as many awful things in 10 minutes as I may have heard in recent time," Sen. Mark Warner said of the DNI's threat assessment. Top of mind: China, cyber, and emerging tech.
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Knowing when to build on commercial systems and when to develop something new can be the difference between parity and information dominance.
Austin Arrives At Pentagon; Votes on State, Treasury Could Come Today
The confirmation of the first African American SecDef comes after Avril Haines was confirmed Wednesday as the first woman to serve as Director of National Intelligence