Cyberspace is both a tool and a domain in modern warfare, playing a critical role in helping the US and allies make more rapid decisions while enabling capabilities designed to bog down the enemy’s decision-making processes, Lt. Gen. Brad Shwedo said.
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The next GBSD cost estimate will likely go up due to expected higher milcon costs, but swift progress in developing the missile itself leads the head of Air Force Global Strike Command to believe the cost will be “tens of billions” less than projected.
A plan for merging Air Force Air Combat Command’s cyber and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance enterprises will take shape this spring, and officials will announce their path forward this summer, the command’s top general said Thursday.
China is accelerating the improvement of its military, drawing closer to parity with the US in a number of key technologies, and building a smaller but far more professional force of troops, according to a new Defense Intelligence Agency assessment.
The Air Force wants to buy a cyber weapons platform that can arm the online warriors of US Cyber Command at the warp speed of the internet rather than the tortoise pace of acquisition—and it’s looking at proposals now.
The Air Force has undergone an intense review of its force structure, using wargames, modelling and simulation, to determine the number of squadrons it needs to fight future wars and address great power competition.
On June 5, a team including Air Force, CyberWorx, and industry partners presented the latest iteration of a cybersecurity tool to top USAF technology leaders.
There wa?s no Internet the last time USAF dealt with similar certification.
A leaked, “pre-decisional” draft of the Nuclear Posture Review was misinterpreted by writers who deduced from it that the US will respond to any cyber attacks with nuclear weapons, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters Tuesday.
