The Navy has conducted a successful test of the Second Stage Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) for the hypersonic weapon development program, the service said Thursday. The demonstration, conducted on Wednesday in Promontory, Utah, follows a successful test of the First Stage SRM in May, as the service ...

In this monthly column, Defense Daily highlights individuals from across the government, industry and academia whose efforts contribute daily to national defense, from the program managers to the human resource leaders, to the engineers and logistics officers, to defense entrepreneurs. Jenna ...

The Department of Homeland Security is nearing the finish line in one of its key efforts to improve its ability to hire and retain cybersecurity professionals with the imminent standup of the DHS Cybersecurity Service (DHS-CS), which will be governed by a new talent management system designed to be ...

A proposed defense policy bill set to be introduced next week includes a legislative provision directing the Department of Homeland Security to standup a new cyber threat information hub for federal and private sector stakeholders to analyze data to identify and prevent cybersecurity threats. The ...

The Navy plans to have an “exponential” improvement in the service’s space domain awareness (SDA) in the next several years with Aegis Weapon System upgrades planned for 30-40 ships, Rear Adm. Mike Bernacchi, the director of strategy, plans, and policy (J5) for U.S. Space Command, ...

In the last three months, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC), previously known as Space and Missile Systems Center, has declared three Lockheed Martin [LMT] GPS III satellites “available for launch (AFL),” SSC said on Aug. 26. The three birds–GPS III SV06, SV07, ...