Intelligence Community
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
L3Harris Technology Accelerator Has Eye of CEO Chris Kubasik
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has Skunk Works, Boeing [BA] its Phantom Works. Over the last five years, L3Harris [LHX] has been developing its own technology accelerator for classified DoD and intelligence […]
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Air Force
Department of the Air Force Plans to Finish Future GMTI Force Design This Year
The Department of the Air Force is to complete a force design for future ground moving target indication (GMTI) using a possible mix of space and air assets this year […]
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Air Force
Amid Suggestions to Arm Ukraine with MQ-9, USAF Prepares to Transfer 100
Of some 300 General Atomics MQ-9 Reapers in the U.S. Air Force inventory, 100 are to go “to another government organization,” per the service’s fiscal 2023 budget request, Air Force […]
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Air Force
With Joint STARS Retirement in FY ’24, USAF Plans to Use Other ISR Platforms for GMTI Coverage
The U.S. Air Force plans to retire its 12 remaining Northrop Grumman [NOC] E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System,(Joint STARS) ground moving target indication (GMTI) planes–eight in fiscal 2023 […]
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Space
Russian Assault on Ukraine Highlights Potential of Commercial Satellite Imagery to Predict/Head Off Conflicts
While Russian forces invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, BlackSky [BKSY] commercial imagery satellites had picked up unusual Russian activity, including military convoys, a month earlier as part of an economic […]
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Intelligence Community
Putin Committed For Now To Neutralizing Ukraine, Intelligence Officials Say
Russian President Vladimir Putin is showing no signs of backing down from his military onslaught in Ukraine and could further escalate actions to achieve his goals of neutralizing and disarming […]
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Cyber
U.S. Government Warns Defense Industry Of Regular Targeting By Russia-Backed Actors
For at least the last two years Russian state-sponsored actors have been targeting and compromising the networks of large and small defense companies whose networks carry classified information, a trio […]
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Cyber
Ransomware Against Critical Infrastructures Up Globally In 2021, Agencies Report
Ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure organizations globally increased n 2021 with threat actors demonstrating increasing sophistication, says a joint advisory issued on Wednesday by national security agencies in the U.S., […]
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Weapons
Aircraft Availability Dictates Strike Use, CENTCOM Nominee Says
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Kurilla, the Biden administration’s nominee to become the new head of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), said on Feb. 8 that the military will use fifth-generation […]
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Space
NRO Launches First Mission of 2022, Reconnaissance Payload on Reusable Falcon 9 Rocket
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Feb. 2 launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., the NROL-87 reconnaissance mission–the first launch of the year for NRO and the first aboard […]
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