Nineteen Air Force cadets graduated with sixteen military and civilian colleagues from a 10-week long cyber security boot camp, held at the Air Force Research Laboratory information directorate in Rome, N.Y. The course entailed lectures, real-world problem-solving, and collaborating with AFRL staff on military and industry projects and ended with a two day “hackfest”—a large cyber security exercise. Working with AFRL on the course are Syracuse University and the CASE Center of New York, among other organizations. (Read more here.)
House, Senate Unveil Competing Proposals for 2026 Budget
July 11, 2025
Lawmakers from the House and Senate laid out competing versions of the annual defense policy bill on July 11, with vastly different potential outcomes for some of the Air Force’s most embattled programs.