Rep. Adam Smith, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said he is reluctant to fully commit funding to the U.S. Air Force’s future stealth fighter. The Next-Generation Air Dominance program, the effort by the Air Force to field a family of sixth-generation fighters, had entered its engineering and manufacturing development phase by the start […]
Wireless technology vendors have demonstrated their 5G solutions to Department of Defense and U.S. Navy officials at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego, California. The DOD is currently working to create a 5G-powered smart warehouse at the military installation, with a focus on transshipments between shore facilities and naval units. Lance Spencer, client executive vice […]
Lawmakers on Tuesday demanded an update on the Air Force Link-16 network’s modernization, which they said has fallen behind its goals. Rep. Jim Langevin, who chairs the House Armed Services cyber subcommittee, called on the Government Accountability Office to conduct a review that would spotlight the challenges facing modernization efforts, Inside Defense reported Thursday. The […]
Chris Krebs, formerly a top homeland security official, has joined zero trust company Rubrik as the chair of its chief information security officer advisory board. As head of the newly created board, Krebs will help private and public-sector organizations address the rise in ransomware and other cyber threats, Rubrik said Monday. Rubrik added that the […]
Fielding economically-priced drones alongside a leaner fleet of manned aircraft is crucial to maintaining the U.S. Air Force’s superiority amid the rising threat from peer adversaries like China, according to Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall. He explained that lower-cost unmanned aerial systems would bridge the capability gap created by downsizing the service’s fleet of crewed […]
The U.S. Navy commissioned the USS Oregon, a Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, during a ceremony on May 28. A live stream of the event at Naval Submarine Base New London is available on the DVIDS website. The new submarine is the third Navy ship to bear the name Oregon. The first was a brig that entered […]
The U.S. Navy has reportedly saved $150 million since it launched its Cattle Drive information technology consolidation effort in 2020. According to a Navy memo, Cattle Drive is intended to accelerate the service’s modernization by phasing out obsolete, unproductive and unsecure IT systems and applications. The Navy wastes billions of dollars in creating and maintaining […]
The U.S. Space Force will meet with industry to learn about what space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance offerings are available on the market, according to top service officials. Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman, the deputy chief of space operations for cyber and nuclear, said that such interactions with industry and the broader intelligence community are important […]
Gen. Jay Raymond, the chief of space operations, on Tuesday told senators that the U.S. Space Force’s billion-dollar investments in new space systems would start paying dividends in 2027 when more satellites have been put in orbit. Defending the service’s 2023 budget proposal, the general said that current efforts seek to give United States satellite […]
Defense Undersecretary Heidi Shyu on Thursday assured lawmakers the Defense Innovation Unit enjoys “strong support” from the Pentagon and said she is pleased with what the agency has accomplished. The Department of Defense’s research and engineering leader, however, acknowledged DIU officials’ frustration with their limited budget, Breaking Defense reported Friday. Shyu’s statements came after DIU […]
