Tag: USA

Pacific Deterrence Initiative: A look at funding in the new defense bill, and what must happen now (Dustin Walker, Defense News)

The Pentagon’s first draft of the Pacific Deterrence Initiative has been dead on arrival since its submission to Congress in May. But with the...
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Littoral combat ships in Mayport make the most of a year of restricted operations (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

The Littoral Combat Ship Squadron 2 (LCSRON 2) is, in one way, coming off a rough patch: Two of its Freedom-variant LCSs suffered major...
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FY22 defense bill gives feds parental bereavement leave, makes changes at the Pentagon (Jessie Bur, Defense News)

Federal employees that experience the death of a child will now be guaranteed two weeks of paid leave set aside specifically for that bereavement,...
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Congress passes defense policy bill with budget boost, military justice reforms (Leo Shane III and Joe Gould, Defense News)

After months of debate and weeks of angst, the Senate on Wednesday voted 88-11 to finalize plans for a $740 billion authorization bill for the...
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US Navy fires laser weapon in Mideast amid drone boat threat (Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press, Defense News)

The Navy announced Wednesday it tested a laser weapon and destroyed a floating target in the Mideast, a system that could be used to counter bomb-laden...
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The urgent need to stand up a cybersecurity review board (Adam Shostack, Tarah Wheeler, and Victoria Ontiveros, Brookings)

Just as Bill Murray wakes up each morning in Groundhog Day to the tune of Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You Babe,” executives around...
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Data Broker Sales To Law Enforcement Violate Fourth Amendment, Senator Argues (Alexandra Kelley, Nextgov)

Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., reiterated his stance on the corporate sale of consumer data on Tuesday, where he argued that brokering American’s data is...
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Senators Ready to Write Clarifying Legislation to Maintain U.S. Leadership in Crypto (Mariam Baksh, Nextgov)

Six senators trying to strike a balance in regulating a vast and growing marketplace of virtual currencies are asking Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to...
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Legislation Could Mandate DOD to Review How it Categorizes Drones (Brandi Vincent, Nextgov)

Recently proposed legislation would require the Defense Department to review its official framework for categorizing drones—and establish whether terms used reflect up-to-date commercial unmanned...
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Modernizing FISMA. Again (Devin Lynch, Nextgov)

On Oct. 2, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously passed the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) of 2021 (S.2902). This bill...
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Army Bring-Your-Own-Device Experiments Test New Security Concepts (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

Some U.S. soldiers and National Guardsmen will be allowed to carry their own cellphones and other devices on missions next year, under an expanded...
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Liberals ‘Need to Get On the Defense Committees,’ If They Want Change (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

Though Democrats control the White House and both chambers of Congress, liberals who spoke loudly to limit defense spending and change certain military policies...
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A To-Do List for the Pentagon’s New AI Chief (Brian Drake, Defense One)

It looks like the beginning of the end for the Defense Department’s Defense Digital Service, Chief Data Officer, and the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. Deputy...
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US Marine commandant: Fund ‘Force Design 2030,’ or leave the Corps in a ‘lurch’ (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

The U.S. Marine Corps is in a vulnerable position as it prepares for fiscal 2023, having made enough progress on its Force Design 2030...
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US Army assigns data, tactical cloud experiments to multidomain task forces (Mark Pomerlau, Defense News)

The U.S. Army’s multidomain task forces will serve as primary test beds for the service’s emerging data and cloud initiatives, top service officials told...
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Pentagon watchdog: US should insist TransDigm refund $20 million in ‘excess profit’ (Marjorie Censer, Defense News)

A new report from the Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General recommends the department seek a refund of at least $20.8 million from TransDigm, a company long...
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