The Senate adjourned for the month-long August recess without confirming any of the 12 Defense Department nominees that have become log-jammed in the Senate amid Republican holds.
The list is here: Find out how global defense companies performed in FY21
We reveal who’s up and who’s down for 2022, based on fiscal 2021 defense revenue.
Turkey’s defense industry eyes export expansion as government navigates geopolitical stage
Joint efforts with Ukraine; emerging markets in Africa; exports reaching all-time highs. The Turkish defense industry has been incredibly busy, but it’s not all good news for the marketplace.
India’s private defense firms seek level playing field as MoD preps new arms embargo
India has banned hundreds of defense technologies from import, but is the domestic industry seeing the benefits of government action?
China’s military modernization spurs growth for state-owned enterprises
What’s the state of China’s defense-industrial base, and which specific sectors are seeing increasing business?
Even in a challenging period, publicly traded defense stocks thrive
Last year began with optimism following a weak 2020 marked by the pandemic and the uncertainties of a presidential election year. Then everything changed with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Risk is …
… when threat exploits vulnerability causing impact… tough to measure, express and control… the product of probability and impact… the gap between theory and practice… the root of pessimism and optimism … the once-in-a-hundred-years e…
It‘s official: The Marine Corps has its 1st Black 4-star general
Lt. Gen. Michael Langley will now lead U.S. troops in Africa as the commander of U.S. Africa Command.
CISO workshop slides
A glossy, nicely-constructed and detailed PowerPoint slide deck by Microsoft Security caught my beady this morning. The title ‘CISO Workshop: Security Program and Strategy’ with ‘Your Name Here’ suggests it might be a template for use in a workshop/cou…
Operation Cyber Dragon turning US Navy reservists into digital defenders
“The interesting thing in the IT world or the network world is what’s patched and 100% compliant today might not be patched tomorrow, because vulnerabilities ebb and flow.”