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A Coast Guardsman throws a rope across to a stranded sailor during a rescue in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo By: U.S. Air Force photo, 2nd Lt. Karissa Rodriguez.

The Coast Guard Leaves Cyber Unguarded

Oct 05, 2022

Securing waterways also requires civilians supporting the Navy's activities. Credit: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Catie Coyle.

Interim Navy PEO MLB Technology Director Departs

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node program aims to revolutionize satellite communications by allowing different constellations speaking different languages to connect to one another. Credit: sdecoret/Shutterstock

DARPA Developing Universal Translator for Satellites

Like most other space-focused agencies, the National Reconnaissance Office is exploring its role in regard to cislunar space, the area in space well beyond geosynchronous orbit to the moon. Credit: NRO

The NRO Adjusts Its Orbit

Air Force Airman 1st Class Zachary Brown configures a network switch at the 179th Airlift Wing in Mansfield, Ohio, January 26, 2018. The Defense Information Systems Agency, which provides information technology solutions for the Defense Department, has released its 2023 Contracts Guide. Photo by: Air Force Tech Sgt. Joe Harwood

DISA Releases 2023 Contracts Guide

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Accelerator Offers Artificial Intelligence Cookies

Sep 21, 2022

When it comes to artificial intelligence education, Air and Space Force personnel are like mice with cookies—they want more, says Capt. Victor Lopez, an AI researcher with the Department of the Air Force-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Accelerator. Credit: Pla2na/Shutterstock

New Air Force Role To Steward C3

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Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall speaks with media representatives, along with the service's undersecretary, Gina Ortiz Jones, on September 19.

Preventing JADC2 From Becoming 'Sad C2'

Sep 14, 2022

A Royal Australian Air Force F-35A taxis out for a routine training mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, in May 2022. The base’s Shadow Operations Center, known as ShOC-N, runs developmental testing and experimentation behind the scenes of the base’s activity to advance important emerging technologies such as Joint All-Domain Command and Control. Credit: U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Adam Welch

Building Highways in the Lower Skies

Sep 14, 2022

NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign is a comprehensive effort to develop and test vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicles, systems and related technology, including creating the procedures for the future airspace management of VTOL vehicles, air taxis, cargo delivery and other advanced aircraft concepts into the National Airspace System. Even NASA itself is pursuing a VTOL aircraft. Credit: NASA

AFSOC Goes Amphibious

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Air Force Special Operations Commander Gen. James Slife speaks with Ret. Gen. Bruce Wright at an Air and Space Force Association event on September 7.

Next Steps of DARPA's Hypersonic Missile Effort

Sep 01, 2022

DARPA's next phase of hypersonics missile research is looking at air-breathing engine throttle considerations. Credit: Shutterstock/MOSQUITO_vector

Making DMO and SIF a Reality at the Edge

Sep 01, 2022

Naval expeditionary forces in the littorals require hardened digital positions at the edge. Credit: Marine Corps Sgt. Melanye Martinez

Navy's Rise Toward Cloud Computing Faces Risks and Rewards

Sep 01, 2022

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class William Croninworks works on network infrastructure. Photo by Maj. Jon Quinlan.

A Marine Corps Body of Work

Aug 24, 2022

Rct. Emerald Arguelles, Platoon 4037, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, improves her back, core and shoulder strength by doing pushups August 2013 on Parris Island, South Carolina.

Faster, Better, Cheaper

Aug 23, 2022

USS Ronald Reagan sailors train for cyber readiness. Credit: Rick Naystatt, U.S. Navy.

Indo-Pacific Operations for the Army Are Challenging but Necessary

Aug 18, 2022

Lt. Gen. Xavier Brunson, USA, commanding general of I Corps, delivers commentary at the 2022 Civilian Hall of Fame ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Credit: Spc. Richard Carlisi, I Corps Public Affairs

The Expected Transformation of Signaleers

Aug 18, 2022

“We need to think like an operator,” Lt. Gen. John Morrison, G-6 and deputy chief of staff, U.S. Army, told Signal soldiers, speaking at the TechNet Augusta conference. Signaleers need to understand threat-informed intelligence. “As we bring our core communications competencies, we have to do it in operational terms that a maneuver commander can understand.” Credit: Michael Carpenter

Accelerator Offers Artificial Intelligence Cookies

Sep 21, 2022

When it comes to artificial intelligence education, Air and Space Force personnel are like mice with cookies—they want more, says Capt. Victor Lopez, an AI researcher with the Department of the Air Force-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Accelerator. Credit: Pla2na/Shutterstock

New Air Force Role To Steward C3

Sep 20, 2022

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall speaks with media representatives, along with the service's undersecretary, Gina Ortiz Jones, on September 19.

Preventing JADC2 From Becoming 'Sad C2'

Sep 14, 2022

A Royal Australian Air Force F-35A taxis out for a routine training mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, in May 2022. The base’s Shadow Operations Center, known as ShOC-N, runs developmental testing and experimentation behind the scenes of the base’s activity to advance important emerging technologies such as Joint All-Domain Command and Control. Credit: U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Adam Welch

Building Highways in the Lower Skies

Sep 14, 2022

NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign is a comprehensive effort to develop and test vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicles, systems and related technology, including creating the procedures for the future airspace management of VTOL vehicles, air taxis, cargo delivery and other advanced aircraft concepts into the National Airspace System. Even NASA itself is pursuing a VTOL aircraft. Credit: NASA

AFSOC Goes Amphibious

Sep 08, 2022

Air Force Special Operations Commander Gen. James Slife speaks with Ret. Gen. Bruce Wright at an Air and Space Force Association event on September 7.

Next Steps of DARPA's Hypersonic Missile Effort

Sep 01, 2022

DARPA's next phase of hypersonics missile research is looking at air-breathing engine throttle considerations. Credit: Shutterstock/MOSQUITO_vector

Making DMO and SIF a Reality at the Edge

Sep 01, 2022

Naval expeditionary forces in the littorals require hardened digital positions at the edge. Credit: Marine Corps Sgt. Melanye Martinez

Navy's Rise Toward Cloud Computing Faces Risks and Rewards

Sep 01, 2022

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class William Croninworks works on network infrastructure. Photo by Maj. Jon Quinlan.

A Marine Corps Body of Work

Aug 24, 2022

Rct. Emerald Arguelles, Platoon 4037, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, improves her back, core and shoulder strength by doing pushups August 2013 on Parris Island, South Carolina.

Faster, Better, Cheaper

Aug 23, 2022

USS Ronald Reagan sailors train for cyber readiness. Credit: Rick Naystatt, U.S. Navy.

Indo-Pacific Operations for the Army Are Challenging but Necessary

Aug 18, 2022

Lt. Gen. Xavier Brunson, USA, commanding general of I Corps, delivers commentary at the 2022 Civilian Hall of Fame ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Credit: Spc. Richard Carlisi, I Corps Public Affairs

The Expected Transformation of Signaleers

Aug 18, 2022

“We need to think like an operator,” Lt. Gen. John Morrison, G-6 and deputy chief of staff, U.S. Army, told Signal soldiers, speaking at the TechNet Augusta conference. Signaleers need to understand threat-informed intelligence. “As we bring our core communications competencies, we have to do it in operational terms that a maneuver commander can understand.” Credit: Michael Carpenter

The Cyber Edge

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CISA’s new binding operational directive mandates federal agencies to begin identifying all digital assets on their networks as part of the start of their vulnerability enumeration processes.

CISA’s New Binding Cyber Directive Takes Aim at Federal Networks

Two MH-60S Seahawk helicopters fly by the USS Carl Vinson in the Pacific Ocean in January 2017. The aircraft carrier deployed to the Western Pacific as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of the 3rd Fleet into the region. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean M. Castellano

C2 Superiority in an Era of Technological Competition

This Air Cavalry unmanned vehicle potentially could be manned by a Moscow-based adversary if designed without the right features in mind. The highest risk would be an attack on the same crew that maintains it. Credit: Staff Sgt. Christopher Calvert, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs

Chasing a Moving Cyber Target

The Air Force is leading efforts to create a data-driven method called combined joint all-domain command and control, or CJADC2. It’s a DoD concept that will connect data-centric information from all branches of service, partners and allies, into an internet of military things, making information accessible anywhere, anytime for quick decisions on the battlefield. Credit: Staff Sgt. Timmethy James

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Like most other space-focused agencies, the National Reconnaissance Office is exploring its role in regard to cislunar space, the area in space well beyond geosynchronous orbit to the moon. Credit: NRO

The NRO Adjusts Its Orbit

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Panelists Debora Plunkett, Glenn Gerstell, Geoff Hale and Grace Hoyt discuss risks for elections in the United States at AFCEA’s Intelligence and National Security Summit. The panel was moderated by Jeffrey Seldin. Photo By: Herman Farrer.

U.S. Election Interference Comes of Age

Panelists discuss the war between Russia and Ukraine during a session at the 2022 Intelligence & National Security Summit. Credit: Herman Farrer

Russia Had Us a Bit Fooled

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Lt. Gen. Xavier Brunson, USA, commanding general of I Corps, delivers commentary at the 2022 Civilian Hall of Fame ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Credit: Spc. Richard Carlisi, I Corps Public Affairs

Indo-Pacific Operations for the Army Are Challenging but Necessary

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Pekka Haavisto and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Ann Linde. Photo Credit: NATO

NATO’s Login for Sweden and Finland

Warfighters from or attached to the Air Force’s 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron relied on a Chevrolet SUV, commercial and government off-the-shelf components, and their ingenuity to achieve operation of the first-ever truly mobile command and control capabilities during the Black Flag 22-1 exercise at the base’s Nevada Test and Training Range on May 12, reported Senior Airman Zachary Rufus from the 57th Wing Public Affairs Office. Credit: Senior Airman Zachary Rufus

Mobile C2 Gets Tactical

U.S. and Japanese military aircraft participating in Cope North 2021 fly near Anderson Air Force Base, Guam. The annual exercise serves as a keystone event to enhance U.S. relations with regional allies and partners and promote security and stability throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Air Force Senior Airman Duncan C. Bevan

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