Pentagon wants $500M to get data to manage F-35 parts
"It’s not a matter of data rights, it’s matter of data delivery and being able to have that data delivered is going to cost money,” Lt. Gen. Eric Fick said.
NSA Renews Focus On Securing Military Weapons Systems Against ‘Capable’ Rivals
"In terms of weapons systems, we have computers on wings, at sea, and on land. We don't think of [weapons systems] that way, but none of them work without computers," NSA's Joyce said.
HASC NDAA Markup Adds Slew Of Cyber, IT, Spectrum Initiatives
"If there's one overarching theme of our approach this year, it's to transform where we're heading and focus on technology and innovation and how to start using that better," HASC Chair Smith said in opening remarks.
HASC Votes To Increase Defense Budget By $23.9 Billion
WASHINGTON: Members of the House Armed Services Committee have voted for a $23.9 billion increase in the defense budget request, in a move likely to receive pushback from progressive members of President Joe Biden’s party. The vote, which saw 14 Democrats join with the committee’s Republican block, was a victory for Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., […]
HASC Budget Markup Creates Cyber Info Sharing Capabilities, DISA Cyber Procurement Office
Notably, the committee chair's markup calls for private sector engagement in developing new cyber threat sharing capabilities.
Congressional Report Could Be Major Step To Strengthen US Defense Supply Chain
"Throughout the pandemic, US adversaries like China weaponized supply chain vulnerabilities in a way that threatened Americans’ health and security," warned Rep. Mike Gallagher.
Tech Innovation, Spectrum Strategy Among House Markup Priorities
The markup comes at a pivotal moment for the US as it intensifies competition -- while seeking to avoid conflict -- with China, in particular, which senior department officials refer to as the US's "pacing threat."
Stormy Waters Ahead For Amphibious Shipbuilding Plan
Buried within the Navy’s fiscal 2022 shipbuilding plan is a major disruption of the amphibious fleet and its industrial base. The Navy will build the Light Amphibious Ships (LAWs) it wants, but there’s a trade-off. The number of large amphibious ships will decline by five to nine — 15% to 27%. Marines and others had […]
IT Modernization Strategy, Spectrum Plan Imminent: DoD CIO
Rep. Langevin criticized the 2022 budget overview for its brevity, opacity, and appearance as "nearly a carbon copy" of the 2021 document. "If DoD were a high school student, I would have called [the 2022 budget overview] plagiarism."
House Approps Restores 2nd Destroyer; Cuts Sea-Launched Nuke Cruise Missile
The Democrats’ draft bill trims military personnel and R&D to add money for procurement.
Rep. Langevin Presses SecDef On Cyber, EW Priorities
"The Department of Defense officially recognizes five domains of warfare," Rep. Langevin said. "For four of those domains, the senior civilian is a service secretary. Cyber has a deputy assistant secretary, which is four rungs lower than the other warfighting domains. Why does this make sense?"
CYBERCOM Seeks ‘Hunt Forward’ Funding Boost
"These robust information-sharing operations are just one part of our 'defend forward' strategy — where we see what our adversaries are doing and share that information with our partners in an effort to better bolster both our homeland defenses."
The Five Surprises In Pentagon’s 2022 Budget
Most observers had expected an increase in the Navy's shipbuilding accounts with this budget, especially after the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, said that, even as an Army general, he would support budget increases for the Navy and Air Force in light of the Chinese threat. But this budget decommissions 12 ships and buys relatively few replacements.
China Is Not Outspending US On Defense; ’22 Budget Is Enough
Bill Greenwalt argues the US needs to increase its current level of defense spending by 3% to 5% a year in real terms, because China, our principal geostrategic competitor, is already outspending us on defense and time is not on our side. Greenwalt comes to this conclusion by claiming that in estimating the size of […]