Artificial Intelligence For Air Force: Cyber & Electronic Warfare

Artificial Intelligence For Air Force: Cyber & Electronic Warfare
Artificial Intelligence For Air Force: Cyber & Electronic Warfare

AFA: The Air Force wants artificial intelligence to track and react to cyber and electronic threats, to update countermeasures against enemy hackers, radars, and missiles faster than human minds can manage. But first you have to fix the basics. Today, the Department Of Defense Information Network (DODIN) is really not a single network, but a…

Thornberry Fears Bureaucracy Hamstrings Cyber Vs. Daesh

Thornberry Fears Bureaucracy Hamstrings Cyber Vs. Daesh
Thornberry Fears Bureaucracy Hamstrings Cyber Vs. Daesh

WASHINGTON: Why does the internet still work in Raqqa? That simple question about the Syrian capital of Daesh, the self-proclaimed Islamic State, posed today by retired fighter pilot Rep. Martha McSally, goes to the heart of how the military will use — or refrain from using — cyber weapons. It goes to deep suspicions that…

Bye Bye QDR; Hello Stand-Alone Cyber Command: HASC Markup

Bye Bye QDR; Hello Stand-Alone Cyber Command: HASC Markup
Bye Bye QDR; Hello Stand-Alone Cyber Command: HASC Markup

CAPITOL HILL: The Quadrennial Defense Review is dead. Long live a unified combatant command known as Cyber Command. Ok, it doesn’t quite ring like Long Live The Queen, but you get the idea. House Armed Service Committee staffers briefed reporters on some of the more important bits of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. Top…

CYBERCOM Writes Own Software: Accelerating Acquisition

CYBERCOM Writes Own Software: Accelerating Acquisition
CYBERCOM Writes Own Software: Accelerating Acquisition

WASHINGTON: A Pentagon procurement process that takes a decade to deliver can’t keep up with fast-advancing frontline of cyberwar. US Cyber Command needs more agile ways to get technology, top officials said today. For now, its nascent Cyber National Mission Force is actually building some key tools in-house. “For us at the cutting edge,” said…