The Navy is taking steps to change its technological infrastructure to facilitate moving data between ashore and afloat more quickly and reliably, according to an admiral overseeing cybersecurity.
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September 18, 2018 |
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NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Pursuing an Advanced Battle Management System will require an entirely new approach to acquisition with an "architect" who can see the big picture and trade requirements within the system of systems, according to the Air Force's acquisition chief.
September 18, 2018 |
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The Defense Department will "defend forward" in daily competition with Russia and China in cyberspace, according to a new cyber strategy that defines a more prominent role for the U.S. military in protecting critical infrastructure and the defense industrial base.
September 17, 2018 |
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The Defense Intelligence Agency wants to upgrade its legacy database with a machine-assisted, cloud-based system and seeks to hit initial operational capability within the next three years, preferably two, according to DIA Director Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley.
September 16, 2018 |
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DAYTON, OH – Rapid-acquisition authorities could bring down the cost of next-generation sensor development, particularly for geospatial and signals intelligence, according to the Air Force's program executive officer for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and special-operations assets.
September 15, 2018 |
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The Air Force formally announced today it has awarded GPS III incumbent Lockheed Martin a sole-source contract worth up to $7.2 billion to develop 22 follow-on satellites.
September 14, 2018 |
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House and Senate lawmakers, acquiescing to the Air Force's request to end the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization program, are now turning to address maintenance issues with the legacy fleet.
September 14, 2018 |
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The defense spending bill agreed to by conference negotiators limits how the Pentagon can spend its funding for cloud efforts, including the high-profile Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure initiative.
September 13, 2018 |
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A document published by the Army this month details the role intelligence plays on the battlefield and the challenges to collecting intelligence within multidomain operations.
September 13, 2018 |
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The Marine Corps' Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar Block 2 is on track for initial operational capability in Fiscal Year 2019, but the service will not opt for a previously considered early fielding decision in 2018.
September 11, 2018 |
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The Defense Department is putting the final pieces in place for its Spaced-based Kill Assessment project that aims to give combatant commanders the ability to determine whether an interceptor hit or missed an enemy ballistic missile, a new capability to help inform whether a second shot needs to be taken against an incoming threat.
September 10, 2018 |
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Getting commanders to recognize the utility of cyber, space and other assets is one of the most important parts of moving toward multidomain operations, according to Army officials.
September 10, 2018 |
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The Defense Department is helping the federal government respond to growing and evolving cybersecurity threats by moving into non-traditional areas for the military such as protecting financial institutions and election systems, based on recent comments by high-ranking Pentagon and administration officials.
September 10, 2018 |
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The Defense Department is providing backup resources to the Department of Homeland Security's center for tracking and responding to cyber threats under a new formal arrangement that will be set up within the next week, according to the director of the DHS' National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center.
September 07, 2018 |
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Aggregating data from varied data systems presents the biggest challenge to the Navy's foray into artificial intelligence, the chief of naval research said this week.
September 07, 2018 |
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The United States needs to pursue a new approach of "consistent engagement" in cyberspace, according to the head of U.S. cyber forces, potentially previewing a forthcoming revision of the military's cyber strategy.
September 06, 2018 |
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The head of the Missile Defense Agency says more work is needed to mature the configuration of an updated missile-tracking sensor on General Atomics' MQ-9 Reaper ahead of flight tests in 2020.
September 06, 2018 |
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U.S. Cyber Command has had acquisition authority for more than two years, but the increasingly important command has struggled to make full use of its buying powers due to workforce gaps.
September 06, 2018 |
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The Pentagon is exploring options to harden protection of radars in the Ballistic Missile Defense System from attack against hypersonic glide missiles and is planning new "activities" to demonstrate increased protection of select sensors critical to the $180 billion missile shield.
September 06, 2018 |
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The Pentagon is working with the Department of Homeland Security in gathering cyber-threat indicators from the financial services industry as part of a model program that is expected to be applied to other sectors, according to Defense Department Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy.