President Trump on Monday unveiled his first national security strategy, an “America first” approach that focuses on modernizing the US military, promoting US interests, and countering China’s and Russia’s attempts to revise the world order.
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Partnerships with allies, industry, other US military services, and the intelligence community are working to make “our space capabilities and our space warfighters … the envy of the world,” Gen. Jay Raymond, commander of Air Force Space Command, said.
US government officials from the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Defense told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday they are preparing measures to protect upcoming US elections from cyber attack.
The federal government has made important strides toward improving cyber defenses, US government officials told the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday, but the federal government remains unprepared for a significant cyber attack on the nation.
The Air Force is trying to accept more risk at all levels, but it will take some time to prove to the acquisition corps that individuals won’t be punished for reasonably trying new things and not succeeding.
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.
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...