C4ISR Watch

The Defense Department's new suites of regional security systems aren't up to the task of defending DOD networks from realistic cyberattacks because the U.S. military has a dearth of properly trained network defenders, according to the annual report from the Pentagon's top weapons tester.

The Air Force chose to field upgrades to the Air Operations Center Weapon System last year even though it knew cybersecurity vulnerabilities persisted, the Pentagon's director of operational test and evaluation said in his fiscal year 2017 report released this week.

The director of operational test and evaluation said in his 2017 report the Air Force's test plan for the Joint Space Operations Center Mission System is unrealistic and could cause delays to the Space Fence radar.

Air Force Air Combat Command is planning a second airborne networking industry day this spring to build on discussions from last year's meeting, with the goal of developing cloud-based technology that allows fourth- and fifth-generation aircraft to communicate.

The force-level variant of the Navy's afloat enterprise system is "not survivable in a cyber-contested environment," according to the director of operational test and evaluation's latest report released Jan. 24.

Neither the Defense Department nor the Federal Aviation Administration have approved any solutions to address risks related to the implementation of a new technology that tracks military aircraft, according to the Government Accountability Office.

The Defense Security Service is studying how tax incentives could be used to incentivize companies to better protect their supply chains from foreign intelligence threats.

A leaked draft of the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review indicates the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will create a plan to reform nuclear command, control and communications governance, which could shift how the Air Force oversees much of that enterprise.

As momentum picks up on efforts to modernize the GPS enterprise, the Air Force and Lockheed Martin are working to mitigate demand for a key testing resource.