The Pentagon's operational testers are seeking additional funds in the budget request to better replicate adversaries in the cyber domain and to set standards, policies and practices for the testing of "cyber payloads," according to budget documentation.
C4ISR Watch
June 07, 2017 |
Each of the Air Force's 39 new cyber mission force teams will be fully operational in fiscal year 2018, the service's secretary told the Senate Armed Services Committee this week.
June 07, 2017 |
The Army released multiple requests for information for its assured position, navigation and timing program, designed to help the service expand its PNT capabilities during a time when the service is building its anti-access and area denial capabilities.
June 06, 2017 |
The Pentagon is proposing a $747 million project to acquire a new radar to bolster the defense of Hawaii against ballistic missile attack, an initiative -- if approved by Congress -- that will likely usher in a competition to develop and deliver by 2023 a new long-range sensor to protect the United States' Pacific island chain.
May 31, 2017 |
The Army is continuously expanding its cyber capabilities with expectations for the branch to grow, according to Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley.
May 26, 2017 |
The Air Force's fiscal year 2018 budget request includes $71 million -- and nearly $1.7 billion over the future years defense program -- to begin developing a follow-on capability to the Space-Based Infrared System, though officials confirmed they are still finalizing an acquisition strategy for the effort.
May 26, 2017 |
Boeing last week filed a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office to oppose the Air Force's decision to choose L3 Technologies as the lead systems integrator for the Compass Call cross-deck effort, becoming the second company to contest the award.
May 25, 2017 |
Army senior leadership is conducting a "rigorous review" of the service's communications and network backbone, as Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley has "serious, hard questions" about its reliability, survivability and interoperability.
May 25, 2017 |
The head of U.S. Cyber Command said his organization is seeking an increase in funding in the fiscal year 2018 budget request, in part to elevate CYBERCOM to a full-fledged combatant command.
May 24, 2017 |
The Air Force's fiscal year 2018 budget request, released this week, offers a window into how much money the service needs to smooth out hundreds of issues plaguing an upgrade to the Air Operations Center war planning system.
May 23, 2017 |
A new Navy office focused on stitching together information across various platforms and systems is taking on naval aviation readiness, one of the service's most pressing problems over the past few years.
May 22, 2017 |
The Rapid Capabilities Office passed defensive cyber operations requirements work to the program executive office for enterprise information systems and now has a "monitor role" in the area, according to the product manager for defensive cyber operations.
May 22, 2017 |
Success in a fast-paced, highly lethal future operating environment will require an intelligence corps capable of keeping pace with commanders, according to the Army's deputy chief of staff (G-2).
May 22, 2017 |
The Army is working to augment its intelligence corps with a small cadre of soldiers with unique skill sets to further enable maneuver units, according to the service's deputy chief of staff (G-2).
May 19, 2017 |
Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, the Air Force's military deputy for acquisition, said this week the service began its effort to move electronic warfare equipment from 10 EC-130H Compass Call aircraft to a new platform after the fiscal year 2017 omnibus appropriations bill was signed May 5.
May 18, 2017 |
Defense intelligence officials need to learn from Russia's efforts in Syria and Ukraine and apply similar integration efforts in an aim to maintain superiority in the future, according to President Trump's nominee to be principal deputy under secretary of defense for intelligence.
May 18, 2017 |
The Air Force last week awarded Raytheon a $52 million contract to build the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar after a 2014 protest led to a recompete -- and Northrop Grumman, one of the companies that initiated the protest, opted not to bid a second time around.
May 17, 2017 |
The Army's program executive office for enterprise information systems plans to use fiscal year 2017 funds to expand cyber capabilities in the Army Reserve and National Guard, according to the product manager for defensive cyber operations.
May 16, 2017 |
Testing is underway for electronic warfare capability for Europe-based maneuver units, even as the Army continues to refine prototypes, according to the director of operations for the Rapid Capabilities Office.
May 12, 2017 |
The Air Force has commissioned a task force to evaluate its requirements for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities in support of space operations.