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CongressCyber Incident Reporting Bill Passes House As Part Of Omnibus
A bill mandating that critical infrastructure entities report to the federal government within three days of discovering they’ve been hit by a cyber-attack passed the House Wednesday night as part […]
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Air ForceOmnibus Spending Bill Nixes ARRW Buy, Redirects $80 million to Boost Testing
The conference report on the fiscal 2022 omnibus spending bill zeroes the $161 million U.S. Air Force request for the buy of the first 12 Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A Air-Launched […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Demonstrate Unmanned Aircraft Replenishment During Summer Exercise
The Navy is planning to conduct a technology demonstration of a logistical replenishment for the service using an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) this summer to inform future development. Naval Air […]
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BudgetOmnibus Bill Will Add To Coast Guard’s Fast Response Cutter Program
An omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government for fiscal year 2022 would add $130 million for two Coast Guard fast response cutters (FRCs), continuing the program beyond its […]
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Air ForceACC Commander: Greater Range, Payload, Sensing, Weapons Needed for Current and Future Fighters
Improved range, payload, sensing and weapons are needed not only for the U.S. Air Force’s future Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) family of systems, but also for the current fighter […]
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Air ForceUSAF Official Sees ‘Wide Open’ Landscape for Use of Unmanned Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force may one day use drones for a variety of missions beyond strike, reconnaissance, and communications, a U.S. Air Force official said last week. “How they can […]
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Business/FinancialGoogle To Acquire Cybersecurity Firm Mandiant For $5.4 Billion
Alphabet’s [GOOG] Google subsidiary on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire the cybersecurity company Mandiant [MNDT] for $5.4 billion in cash in a deal aimed at giving it a […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Command Three Years Away from Full Operational Capability
U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) achieved initial operational capability (IOC) last August, but is still three years away from full operational capability (FOC), Army Gen. James Dickinson, the head of the […]
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Intelligence CommunityPutin 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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Navy/USMCJAGM Achieves Initial Operational Capability For AH-1Z
The Marine Corps said last week the AGM-179A Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) attained Initial Operating Capability (IOC) for use with the Bell Textron [TXT] AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter. The JAGM […]
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