Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the defense budget "flattening out," the Air Force's most recent Schriever Wargame, the Army's final Network Integration Evaluation and more.
President Trump's national security adviser said this week the defense budget will 'flatten out':
Bolton says defense spending must be cut to offset rising deficit
President Trump's proposed cut to the defense budget -- and other discretionary spending -- is necessary to address the skyrocketing deficit, according to national security adviser John Bolton, who said the Pentagon can weather the downturn if it spends its funds more wisely.
Air Force Brig. Gen. DeAnna Burt, director of operations and communications at Air Force Space Command, at a breakfast this morning talked about the service's most recent Schriever Wargame:
Schriever Wargame emphasizes need for better coalition partner integration in CSPOC
Air Force Space Command's most recent Schriever Wargame reinforced the need to better integrate coalition partners into space operations.
The Army's final large-scale soldier test of communication systems known as the Network Integration Evaluation ends Nov. 12:
Army's final Network Integration Evaluation tests new mission command systems
Ft. Bliss, TX -- The Army's final large-scale soldier test of communication systems known as the Network Integration Evaluation will influence procurement and fielding decisions for two new tactical capabilities, the Command Post Computing Environment and the Mounted Computing Environment.
UTC Aerospace Systems recently flew reporters to the company's Hurricane Mesa test facility near St. George, UT:
Air Force staging ejection seat risk-reduction demo as it eyes a 2019 competition
ST. GEORGE, UT -- As the Air Force prepares to release a request for proposals for a next-generation ejection seat to meet new safety and performance requirements, the service is working with two leading seatmakers to reduce risk before the competition starts.
Plenty of cyber news to talk about today:
The Marine Corps is about 80 percent finished with its effort to assemble a cyber integrated planning element out of U.S. Special Operations Command, according to a top official.
Sen. Warner praises Trump's aggressive cyber strategy, but worries about U.S. leadership on IT
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) is praising the Trump administration for its recently unveiled cybersecurity strategy -- which in part unleashes the military to pursue foreign hackers -- while asserting that the president's divisive politics both domestically and abroad are ceding U.S. leadership on development of the next generation of information technologies and on the global data security and management standards underlying a digital economy.
NSA lawyer calls for U.S. leadership in setting data privacy, security rules
The National Security Agency's top lawyer is warning that the proliferation of international regulations for data privacy and security could relegate the United States to a follower, rather than a leader, on global standards for the digital economy.
A recently completed review identified numerous gaps in the military's cyber posture and is now driving the Pentagon toward new investments in cybersecurity, including those featuring artificial intelligence and machine learning.