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Sluggish deployment of emerging tech hampers US military, officials say
The Pentagon rolled out its largest-ever innovation and modernization budget earlier this year, requesting $145 billion from Congress for fiscal 2024.
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Cyber
House defense bill adds special Ukraine IG, Taiwan cyber cooperation
The House's FY24 National Defense Authorization Act sets up a Special Inspector General for Ukraine and requires cooperation on Taiwan cybersecurity.
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Lawmakers seek clearer picture of nuclear command and control
A filter specifically for NC3 would help "aggregate and better track sustainment and modernization efforts," according to the draft language.
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Electronic warfare is ‘new frontier’ for US Missile Defense Agency
EW is a fight for control of the electromagnetic spectrum, relied upon for communications, situational awareness, weapons guidance and more.
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Former Army CIO joins ServiceNow as global head of public sector
Raj Iyer in January said he would leave his military job, after two and a half years, and would return to industry.
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How is the US military space sector doing? Depends who you ask.
Despite a robust pipeline of activity, the military space-industrial base is facing a number of economic and industrial challenges.
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Biden proposes Pentagon spending increase with industrial base focus
Biden is proposing a 3.2% increase in Defense Department spending with an eye on the Pacific and bolstering the naval industrial base.
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‘Special pay’ keeps Pentagon’s cyber experts from jumping ship
Services “spent at least $160 million on cyber retention bonuses annually” from fiscal 2017 to 2021, the Government Accountability Office said.
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Geospatial-intelligence agency to expand capacity amid ‘data deluge’
The added resiliency and higher bandwidth will allow the agency to share intelligence more quickly, particularly in disconnected regions.
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Congress boosts Pentagon budget, Ukraine spending in omnibus
The Pentagon will receive a $69.3 billion budget increase over FY 22 on top of another $27.9 in emergency funding to support Ukraine.
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Congress reveals plan to increase defense budget by 8%
The $858 billion bill allocates funds to help the Pentagon cope with inflation, procure additional weapons systems and bolster munitions production.
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Kendall: Stopgap budget would delay 61 programs, hurt readiness
Without enough money to fund aircraft maintenance and aircrew flying hours, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said, readiness rates would decline.
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Technical debt: The cybersecurity threat hiding in plain sight
The Biden Administration’s executive order on cybersecurity in May 2021 jump started the movement toward a zero trust architecture.
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Government-private sector cooperation vital in cyberwar: Senator King
King, who sits on Senate Intelligence panel that investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election, said citizens must develop their media literacy.
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Sweden boosts cyber, defense spending with NATO in mind
Stockholm's plans also include a new ministry and additional spending on cyber defense to better address hybrid threats.
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Pentagon fails audit, CFO cites Ukraine as ‘teachable moment’
It's the fifth comprehensive audit failure for the Defense Department.
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It’s time to reset America’s long-range strike deficit
America simply has far more demand for long-range strike aircraft than planes and crews.
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