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Army

Army Facing Risks With Rapid Stand Up of New Cyber Warfare Units, GAO Says

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, August 16th, 2019

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Army Facing Risks With Rapid Stand Up of New Cyber Warfare Units, GAO Says

Ceremony marking the launch of the first-ever Intelligence, Information, Cyber, Electronic Warfare and Space Detachment in the U.S. Army. (U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Caleb Minor)

The Army’s move to rapidly stand new cyber and electronic warfare units has resulted in undermanning and a lack of risk assessments for the new teams, according to a Government Accountability Office report. The GAO has recommended the Army Secretary review all staffing, equipping and training concerns for the service’s new cyber warfare-geared teams as it looks to build out a new multi-domain operations warfighting concept. “If the Army does not assess risks for units activated at an accelerated pace,…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

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Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

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Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

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Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

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