The Pentagon needs to improve coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, particularly to bolster plans for dealing with cyber attacks, according to the Government Accountability Office.
The Pentagon needs to improve coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, particularly to bolster plans for dealing with cyber attacks, according to the Government Accountability Office.
The Pentagon should build a missile defense site in the Northeast United States to help protect the nation from potential threats from Iran, a move that would take about six years from initial authorization to completion, according to recommendations in a new report issued by the National Academy of Sciences.
Results of
this year's U.S. Army North-run training exercise to simulate response
procedures in the event of a domestic nuclear terrorist attack showed that
improvements could be made in the areas of response time and training
sustainment, according to USARNORTH's deputy commanding general.
Senate authorizers want the defense secretary to provide annual reports on the Pentagon's progress on research and development to integrate unmanned drones into the national airspace and related funding needs.
House authorizers and appropriators disagree on whether the Pentagon should develop a multimillion-dollar East Coast missile defense system, but there is no formal process for reconciling such differences, according to House Appropriations Committee spokeswoman Jennifer Hing.
U.S. Southern Command and its partners lack the maritime assets needed to stop two-thirds of the traffickers they track, the command's top general said.
Army
Secretary John McHugh has issued a new policy Army unmanned aerial vehicle
operators must follow when flying these systems outside restricted military air
space in U.S. skies.
The Department of Homeland Security plans to acquire a Wide Area Aerial Surveillance System to patrol U.S. borders, leveraging a capability rapidly developed by the Air Force to fight the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan by giving operators the ability to monitor an area the size of a small town with an "unblinking eye."
Senators are weighing a variety of amendments to the fiscal year 2012 defense authorization bill, including provisions that would codify audit-readiness dates, prohibit cost-type contracts and call for more cybersecurity cooperation between the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security.
The Defense Department has issued new guidance explaining how it tracks intelligence on civil aviation.
The Pentagon is incapable of persistently tracking all ships in the Arctic that might threaten U.S. security or interests and will likely wrestle with that capability gap for decades, the Defense Department warns Congress in a new report.
A new Pentagon study has identified gaps in the military's Arctic capabilities that could be costly to fix, but stops short of urging significant investment in high-tech solutions amid a major effort by the White House and the Defense Department to slash security spending over the next decade.
A recently signed multilateral search-and-rescue agreement that involves the Coast Guard and the Defense Department underscores the increased attention the Arctic region is receiving from governments around the world.
The Defense Department could need a "topline increase" in its budget in order to play a supporting role in the defense of the nation's critical infrastructure, according to Marine Forces Cyber Command's chief of staff, Col. Steve Zotti.
A House panel wants the Pentagon to prepare a study on economic warfare threats to the nation, expressing concern about the long-term vulnerability of the military to attacks designed to erode the economic health of the nation and sap investments required for the armed forces to sustain technological superiority.
The Pentagon will team with Canada's defense ministry to develop ultra-wideband noise radar technologies that could provide a last line of defense against deadly terrorist attacks by covertly detecting concealed weapons, suicide bombers and improvised explosive devices.
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