Threats
Navy robot ships on a 15-year path to operating ‘at speed and scale,’ CNO says
Adm. Franchetti’s plans to compete with China include better networks, unmanned infrastructure, and a new robotics rating for sailors.
Business
Air Force will narrow its pool of robot wingman vendors within ‘next few months’
The service might be able to pick three companies for the next stage of the competition—if industry shares some of the cost burden.
Threats
It takes Europe at least a year to fill a Ukrainian order for artillery shells
And it's hard to buy 155mm ammunition from non-Western nations that make it, the Estonian defense ministry’s top civil servant said.
Policy
Air Force announces major shakeup to prep for war with China
Space Force also lists changes, including a futures command.
Policy
Don’t call it a slush fund: Pentagon’s top buyer says looser pursestrings will foster innovation
But some lawmakers and outside experts have their doubts.
Defense Systems
The Navy is building dashboards for its connect-everything effort
A conversation with Rebellion Defense about its new contract for Project Overmatch.
Threats
Russia is using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite devices in Ukraine, sources say
Elon Musk’s company, once hailed for aiding the besieged country, now appears to be helping its invaders as well.
Threats
Expect China to attack US infrastructure within 3 years, MITRE CTO says
The US needs to figure out how to disconnect its industrial-control systems from its networks—and fast, says a top leader of the defense R&D not-for-profit.
Defense Systems
In shakeup, Army cancels planned scout helo, will retire two drones
After sinking nearly $2 billion into the FARA program, service leaders decide "enduring, unmanned, and space-based assets" would do the job better.
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Policy
US may cut info-warfare assets as China, Russia expand influence ops
Key psyops units may get squeezed by a Pentagon effort to trim special-operations forces.
Policy
Air Force’s pitch to retirees: Come back! No bonus or promotion, though
Service revives program to plug manning holes. But will anyone take the jobs?
Threats
Read CISA's security checklist for election offices
From foreign interference to domestic extremists, state and local election officials face more threats than ever.
Threats
How the FBI hamstrung a Chinese hacker group
U.S. operatives tricked its botnet into deleting malware from hundreds of networked devices, a cybersecurity firm reports.
Threats
Russia may be trying to build 10,000 attack drones a year for use in Ukraine
A purported cache of stolen Iranian documents also suggests Moscow is paying a lot more than expected.
Business
F-35 engine upgrade on track, despite congressional dysfunction
Pratt & Whitney plans to start delivering the upgraded engines by 2029.
Defense Systems