US Cyber Command commander and NSA Director Adm. Michael Rogers believes preparing the US against cyber attack shouldn’t focus solely on networks, but rather on a combination of networks, platforms, weapon systems, and data.
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As the country contemplates the meaning of the violence and turmoil in Charlottesville, Va., the heads of the military have come out unambiguously opposing it.
The Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $46 million modification to the production contract for geosynchronous vehicles five and six in the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program. SBIRS satellites provide advanced early missile warning and battlefield awareness. Three...
The eighth satellite in the Air Force’s Operationally Responsive Space series demonstrates the progress the service is making in speeding up space acquisition, said David Hardy, associate deputy undersecretary of the Air Force for space on Wednesday. “This is a...
The Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center has awarded four $500,000 contracts to study replacement systems for its Space Based Environmental Monitoring mission, which performs space-based cloud characterization and produces theater weather imagery. Electro Optical Vista, Millennium Space Systems,...
Two retired Air Force generals and a retired admiral told Congress Thursday that US Cyber Command and the National Security Agency should be separated. “NSA is a crucial component of the intelligence community, and I don’t believe it’s healthy for...
Retired senior military leaders told Congress Thursday the US must demonstrate its offensive cyber capabilities in order to effectively deter adversaries from launching more cyber attacks on the US. “Using an appropriate, demonstrative, offensive capability can have a wonderfully clarifying...
Despite an increasing need to grow the ranks of cyber operators in the US military, the Pentagon should not create a separate service to focus on online operations, the head of US Cyber Command told lawmakers Tuesday. Adm. Mike Rogers,...
Human personnel alone cannot adequately respond to the cyber threats facing the US military today, Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work told Congress Wednesday. “This is an area where we will not be able to solve it with people,” he...