Defense Systems

The Air Force’s next intercontinental ballistic missile will arrive at least a year behind schedule, according to the Government Accountability Office’s annual evaluation of Pentagon weapons programs.“Initial capability” for the LGM-35A…

Ransomware wasn’t even a thing the last time the White House updated its playbook for cooperating with industry to guard critical infrastructure, but a new, bipartisan report offers 12 recommendations for bringing the decade-old policy into…

PHILADELPHIA—The Army’s shop for enterprise IT services is paring its portfolio, sending the service’s network and defensive cyber efforts to other offices. “The other services used to have business systems and networks under one…

Each of the three U.S. services that fly the F-35 can choose a bespoke cooling fix for their overheating planes, likely making the Joint Strike Fighter a bit less joint and a bit more expensive.The Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps may…

ST. LOUIS—Data should join radios, flashlight, and maps as indispensable tools in disaster response and border operations, Department of Homeland Security leaders say.“It's not always conducive to operations to just give somebody a…

PHILADELPHIA — The Army wants to make upgrading software as easy as it is with an iPhone, so it’s testing out some changes to make that a reality, said Young Bang, the Army’s principal deputy acquisition chief.One key change is doing away…

ST. LOUIS—A matte-black Ford F-550 with the word “RAVEN” emblazoned on the side commanded the showroom floor at GEOINT 2023. The truck’s trailer was filled with servers, computer monitors, phones—gear to secure communications and collect…

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The U.S. Air Force’s decade-late training jet is so wracked with problems—notably in the emergency escape system—that even the service’s updated schedule is unrealistic, according to a new Government Accountability Office…

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