Defense Watch

AUSA. Rick Maze, the Association of the United States Army’s (AUSA) director of media operations, provided an update to Defense Daily that the organization’s annual conference scheduled for Oct. 9 […]

Air, Space, and Cyber. “Defeating Multipolar Threats: A Strategic Imperative for Airmen & Guardians” is the announced theme for this year’s Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) annual air, space, […]

AI News. Sweden’s Saab last week said it has acquired Britain’s BlueBear Systems Group, a provider of artificial intelligence-enabled software for autonomous swarm systems of uncrewed and crewed vehicles. The […]

GMD Management Benefits. A top Missile Defense Agency (MDA) official said the agency’s change to break up the management structure for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) missile defense system has […]

Startup Advice for Congress. Congress can do more to help startups in the national security arena by “making more bets” on these venture capital-backed companies “by taking just a tiny […]

Ukraine/Abrams. The first group of refurbished Abrams tanks set to go to Ukraine have been accepted by the U.S. government, the Army’s top acquisition official said on Aug. 7. “Of […]

SEC Cyber Rule. After announcing on July 26 a new rule requiring public companies to disclose material cybersecurity incidents and their plans to identify and manage risks from cyber threats, […]

Ukraine Supplemental. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), chair of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, said last Thursday he expects the Biden administration to initiate the process soon on a new supplemental […]

DoD Data Generation. The founder and CEO of Scale AI, Alexandr Wang, told the House Armed Services Committee’s cyber, information technologies, and innovation panel on July 18 that the Pentagon […]

SASC on GHG. The Senate Armed Services Committee’s fiscal year 2024 defense bill would prohibit for two years the Defense Department from requiring any of its contractors to provide reports […]