According to its just released vision statement (see above), the Air Force plans to create a new “cyber command” to expand upon the service’s leading role in cyberspace. We quote: “The Air Force will stand up a “cyber command” to lead its airmen to victory on the digital battlefield. This new command will have offensive capabilities and deliberate target sets, and will be at the vanguard of protecting the nation from an electronic “Pearl Harbor.”
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls for the Pentagon’s Chief Technology Officer to have budget certification authority over the military services’ research and development accounts—a move the services say would add a burdensome and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy.
