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Congress

Defense Bill Wants DoD Strategy For Next-Generation Cyber Security Capabilities

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, December 21st, 2012

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The Defense Department must develop a strategy to acquire the next-generation of host-based cyber security tools to help it overcome existing challenges and limitations, according to direction in the House and Senate Conference Report on the FY ’13 National Defense Authorization Bill. The elements of a next-generation cyber security system include techniques that can address new and changing threats, a system that doesn’t require “substantial” resources to store growing threat libraries or “consume substantial amounts of communications capacity to remain…

Congress

Baldwin Concerned With Army’s JLTV ‘Mismanagement,’ Seeks Support For Marines’ Procurement Plans

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) has raised concerns with the “Army’s mismanagement” of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program, and is seeking assurance that the Marine Corps can be supported […]

Congress

SASC Cites Concern With Army’s sUAS Approach, Seeks Info On Plans To Scale Fielding

Senate defense authorizers are seeking more info from the Army on its plans for scaling and deploying small drone capabilities citing concern with the service’s current “fragmented and insufficient” approach. […]

SASC Bill Would Raise Amphib Requirement To 33 Ships

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy bill adds new provisions that would raise the Navy and Marine Corps’ minimum requirement for amphibious warships and extend […]

Army

Army Plans To Initiate ISV-Heavy Competition Later This Year, Official Says

The Army is planning to initiate its competition to build the Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV)-Heavy in the fourth quarter of this year, a senior acquisition official has said. Jesse Tolleson, […]