The National Intelligence Program was budgeted for $71.7 billion while the Military Intelligence Program was funded at some $26.6 billion in fiscal 2023.
By Lee FerranNew “quantum resistant” encryption standards won’t be finalized until next year, but officials and experts say agencies and industry should start hunting vulnerabilities hidden in their software and hardware, including embedded chips critical to US weapons.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.“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.
By Theresa HitchensChina’s growing number of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance satellites are “designed to find, fix, track and target US forces and allied forces. They’re designed to help kill sailors, airmen, soldiers, and Marines,” said Brig. Gen. Anthony Mastalir, head of the Space Force’s Indo-Pacific component command.
By Theresa HitchensFrom Asia to the Middle East, worries rise like flood waters over the future of water security.
By Lee Ferran“If we don’t adapt, others will set the rules and challenge our new leadership. We should set the rules,” said Stacey Dixon, deputy director of national intelligence.
By Theresa HitchensODNI is working on providing outside partners with declassified explanations of the office’s science and technology priorities, said John Beieler, director of science and technology.
By Theresa Hitchens“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.”
By Brad D. WilliamsSpace Force is not a voting member of the new(ish) IC Commercial Space Council to improve coordination on commercial space policy — but NRO and NGA are.
By Theresa Hitchens“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.
By Brad D. WilliamsCorell spoke on information and communications tech (ICT) supply chain risks on the same day DARPA and Intel announced a three-year partnership to develop and domestically manufacture new semiconductors for DoD applications.
By Brad D. Williams“Adversary use of disinformation, misinformation and propaganda poses one of today’s greatest challenges to the United States, not just to the Department of Defense,” said Pentagon official Chris Maier.
By Theresa HitchensPart of a special Breaking Defense reference series profiling key defense decision-makers in the new administration and Congress.
By Catherine MacaulayNRO, NGA, CIA, DIA and NSA are the “standing members” of the new council, says its chairman David Gauthier of NGA.
By Theresa Hitchens