A virtual exercise at Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado saw the Space Force test the resilience of America’s satellite network against the growing threat of Russian and Chinese anti-satellite… Continue reading "Space Force Exercise Tests Ability of Satellite Network to Resist Attack"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi ceremonially handed over Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) made Light Combat Helicopters (LCH), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Electronic Warfare (EW) suites to the Indian armed forces… Continue reading "Light Combat Helicopters, UAVs And EW Suites Handed Over To Indian Armed Forces"
L3Harris announced on October 5 that it had been awarded a sole-source contract by the United States Air Force to modernize the electronic warfare system of the B-52 Stratofortress fleet.… Continue reading "L3Harris Awarded 10-Year Contract For B-52 Electronic Warfare Upgrades"
DARPA’s newly-announced Quantum-Inspired Classical Computing (QuICC) program will attempt to tackle a number of optimization problems the US Department of Defense (DoD) is facing by applying lessons from quantum computer… Continue reading "DARPA Hoping to Apply Quantum Computing Lessons to Optimization"
Three new “Adir” (F-35I) aircraft landed at Nevatim Air Base on 26 September to join the “The Lions of the South” Squadron, according to information provided on the Israel Defense… Continue reading "Three More F-35I “Adir” Fighter Jets Touchdown At Nevatim Airbase In Israel"
On 27 September, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that US citizen Virgil Griffith “pled guilty to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic… Continue reading "American Virgil Griffith Helped North Korea Use Cryptocurrency to Evade Sanctions"
In a ceremony on 16 September, in Wiesbaden, Germany, the US Army activated its second Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF). According to the commander of the brigade-sized unit, Colonel Jonathan Byrom:… Continue reading "US Activates New Multi-Domain Task Force in Germany"
The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit responsible for hosting Wikipedia and related online infrastructure, has banned 7 power users from the People’s Republic of China as well and revoked administrator privileges… Continue reading "Citing ‘Infiltration and Exploitation’, Wikipedia Bans 7 Chinese Users"
Foreign online influence campaigns have become an increasing concern for the US national security community. Beyond foreign government funded media outlets like RT, Sputnik, CGTN and Xinhua, foreign influence campaigns… Continue reading "DARPA Selects Researchers for Online Geopolitical Campaign Tracking Project"
Japan’s State Minister of Defense Yasuhide Nakayama visited US Cyber Command on 9 August, where he met US Cyber Command chief General Paul Nakasone. The two defense officials discussed Cyber… Continue reading "US Cyber Command Visited by Japanese State Minister of Defense"