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"
The United States Army is procuring new next-generation cryptographic key load devices as part of an effort to combat rising cyber-attacks. The Next Generation Load Device-Medium (NGLD-M) is a proposed… Continue reading "United States Army Picks SNC And General Dynamics for Next-Gen Crypto Key Loader Contracts"
On 4 August, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected research teams for its Quantum Apertures (QA) program. Leaders for the teams were identified as: ColdQuanta, Honeywell, Northrop… Continue reading "DARPA Aims to Use Quantum Techniques for Radio Frequency Sensing"
The United States Air Force’s 90th Cyberspace Operations Squadron signed its first technology licensing agreement, selling rights to use their in-house malware and software vulnerability detection code to entities in… Continue reading "Whiddler: Air Force Licenses its Anti-Malware Software to the Private Sector"
Following the initial reveal of Biden’s proposed $715 billion FY2022 defense budget, congressional hearings quickly got underway. On 8 June, the Senate Armed Services Committee presided over a hearing concerning… Continue reading "What the DoD is Highlighting in the Congressional Budget Hearings"
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first AN/SLQ-32(V)7 Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 Engineering and Development Model (EDM) to the Navy. The company said in a press release… Continue reading "Northrop Grumman Delivers First AN/SLQ-32(V)7 Electronic Warfare System to the U.S. Navy"