New ‘Vulcan’ rocket to fly first military mission next week
Pending range approval, the mission is slated to lift off Aug. 12 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Space
Space Force preps infrastructure, operators for target-tracking mission
The service plans to launch initial ground moving target indicator satellites over the next year, according to Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt.
Proposed US Army budget funds third Multi-Domain Task Force
“One of our new formations that we’re developing is called the Multi-Domain Task Force,” Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth said March 30. “It is designed to be able to bring together not just the traditional kinetic effects, but also to be able to leverage information, cyber and space.”
Russian efforts in Ukraine have not yet spilled over into cyberattacks on US, says lawmaker
“Russia is one of the two most capable cyber adversaries we face globally. Whether they have the ability to completely destabilize our country and win a war is a whole different conversation.”
Pentagon slows $9 billion cloud competition, citing more work to be done
"Everything is going very well," John Sherman, the Pentagon's chief information officer, told reporters. "It's just a matter of the scale of this."
Navy dramatically increases funding for secretive Project Overmatch
The Navy is seeking $195 million for the effort in fiscal year 2023, a a 167% increase over the $73 million the service received for the effort in fiscal 2022.
Pentagon seeks $11.2 billion for cyber in FY23 budget request
The Department of Defense's larger ask and continued emphasis on cyberspace come amid a torrent of concerns expressed by lawmakers and other officials, as well as Russia’s ongoing assault on Ukraine.
Space Force wants 40% budget increase as it looks to bolster space-based missile warning
The service's $24.5 billion fiscal 2022 budget request is weighted heavily in its research and development portfolio as it seeks to develop more resilient, capable architectures, particularly for space-based missile warning and tracking.
Cuts to Army’s IVAS were ‘good oversight’ by Congress, says acquisitions boss
Lawmakers recently froze some $350 million in IVAS procurement money until initial testing and evaluation are completed, and until Congress is updated on the project’s progress.
Stinger and Javelin production can be boosted, says Army acquisitions chief
The U.S. has sent Ukraine an array of weapons and other equipment in recent weeks. An $800 million security package announced March 16 included 800 Stinger and 2,000 Javelin systems.
US Air Force establishes new information warfare detachment
Dubbed Detachment 1, the new group is a hybrid wing-level organization designed to connect airmen from multiple locations as they accelerate readiness.
