The testbed is scheduled to be on orbit in time for next year’s Northern Edge exercise hosted by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
Northrop wins $3 billion contract to manage US homeland missile defense systems
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman with a contract potentially worth several billion dollars to modernize and upgrade the weapon systems that make up the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System that protects the U.S. homeland from ballistic missile attacks.
Four ways to kill a ship: How US Marines are focused on controlling the seas
The Marine Corps is refocusing on maritime missions, and it’s already demonstrated four ways to sink a ship as part of this transition.
How US Marines put Force Design 2030 to work in Europe and monitored Russian naval forces
Maj. Gen. Francis Donovan, of the 2nd Marine Division and Task Force 61/2, has given Defense News an insider’s view of force structure and equipment involved in the realization of the Corps’ Force Design 2030.
How L3Harris created US special operators’ new plane to hunt and strike terrorists
“We were trying to look at our own past experiences and understand what made it work,” L3Harris’ Luke Savoie said of the design process for the AT-802U Sky Warden, U.S. Special Operations Command’s new Armed Overwatch plane.
Big changes ahead for how troops battle future chemical, biological threats
New funding, strategy and focus puts CBRN back in the mix.
Universities Put Email Users at Cyber Risk
DMARC analysis by Proofpoint shows that institutions in the U.S. have among some of the poorest protections to prevent domain spoofing and lack protections to block fraudulent emails.
Pentagon’s secret communications network to get upgrade from Booz Allen
“DISA has made clear that we will not forget that the ‘fight’ is fought on SIPRNet,” said Christopher Barnhurst, the agency’s deputy director.
As Pelosi visits Taiwan, don’t miss the action on China in Congress
Those interested in supporting the free people of Taiwan and pushing back on increasingly aggressive behavior from Beijing should not miss an important legislative development unfolding on Capitol Hill.
Global military spending hits record high
Find out how much money goes to funding militaries around the world, plus how many warheads are still deployed.