Who’s Who in Defense: Scott DesJarlais, Chairman, House Armed Services (HASC) Strategic Forces Subcommittee
DesJarlais leads a subcommittee that oversees critical DoD operations.
Lawmakers fret over rumor of White House cuts to NRO commercial imagery budget
During a HASC strategic forces subcommittee meeting Wednesday, Ranking Member Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., expressed concern that OMB has "slashed" NRO's budget for acquiring commercial imagery.
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
Draft House defense policy bill would speed hypersonic missile defense interceptor
The draft National Space Authorization Act would also push Space Force on integrating commercial data and on over-classification of space programs.
Space Force to implement Santa’s ‘naughty list’ of contractors for under-performance
If contractors are put on the Contractor Responsibility Watch List for failure to meet cost and schedule performance goals, the Space Force has "the ability at that point not to award them any new contracts."
DoD approves next step for GPI to defend against hypersonic missiles
"Industry has told us that they they think they can go faster, and we're hopeful that we can accelerate the program," said Laura DeSimone, Missile Defense Agency executive director.
Strategic forces subcommittee frets over aging ‘Doomsday’ nuclear command planes
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.
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Next-generation C2 won’t be next-gen without the network transport
The network transport architecture for NGC2 could be a hybrid approach that combines high assurance communications with 5G, WiFi, and multi-orbit satellites.
House lawmakers urge spy satellite agency to beef up commercial SAR acquisition
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.
MDA looks to narrow competition for hypersonic missile killer
The Missile Defense Agency's request for funds above the 2023 budget for the Glide Phase Interceptor will go towards reducing risks for critical technologies, including seekers, propulsion systems and thermal protection, says Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill.
MDA Director Sees New Space Investment
"What we don't want to do is launch a weapon that then opens a seeker and there's nothing there, because the target has maneuvered," Vice Adm. Jon Hill, said.
Russian Sat Spits Out High-Speed Object In Likely ASAT Test
"I don't see another obvious explanation other than it was a weapons test," said Brian Weeden of the Secure World Foundation.
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Keeping sensitive information safe in a new AI era
Why edge and endpoint security can’t be an afterthought.
Space Force May Not Fix Space Acquisition Mess
Military space programs have to navigate a maze of 60 agencies. Creating a Space Force may not make things simpler.
Pence: ‘We Must Have American Dominance In Space’
The "separate but equal" sixth service (don't forget the Coast Guard) will be created in stages, because, as Pence finally admitted publicly, it "requires Congressional action." And, as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Paul Selva, admitted today, if Congress passed the relevant laws in a year that would "unprecedented."
Rep. Gabbard Pushes For Heftier Hawaiian Missile Defenses
Pentagon planners aren't only worried about North Korean ICBMs, but Chinese hypersonics and medium-range missiles. That means, according to analysts, that an array of distributed systems are needed to meet a wide range of potential threats.
Lawmakers Push Pentagon on Reforms, AI, New Missiles
The push from Capitol Hill follows a year of the Pentagon promising to do more, and do it quickly, when it comes to developing and buying next-generation technologies.