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Heartfelt Security Application Emerges

Key government research arm signs an agreement with small business to develop security system based on the human heartbeat.

Sandia National Laboratories is pursuing a heartbeat-based technology for a security application. Credit: Shutterstock/LuckyStep

Troubling Intellectual Property Theft and Cyber Threats Persist

Nation-state actors continue to mount glaring yet effective attacks on the United States.

Security experts warn companies not to think separately about possible intellectual property theft and cyber attack threats, as they could be one in the same. Credit: Shutterstock/Rawpixel

Even Weather Intelligence Faces Stormy Cyber Days

Given increasing threat levels, the Air Force is employing cybersecurity measures to protect its data, especially to safeguard weather-related information.

Tech. Sgt. David Mooers (l) and Senior Airman Mario Lunato, 2nd System Operations Squadron system administrators, access one of the core servers in the 557th Weather Wing enterprise at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The wing is employing specialized cybersecurity crews on top of other cyber defenses to protect weather intelligence. U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk

Defensive Teams Help Protect the Air Force Mission

Specialized cyber warriors provide another layer of cybersecurity for airmen.

The Air Force’s Air Combat Command, newly in charge of the service’s Cyber Mission, is deploying specialized mission defense teams to protect particular weapon systems such as an F-22, pictured flying over Alaska during an exercise in May, or an F-35 or a key infrastructure component such as an air operations center. Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Micaiah Anthony

NATO Eyes Full-Duplex Radio Communications

NATO’s Science and Technology Organization formed an exploratory team in 2017 to examine the potential use of SF-STAR in tactical communications and electronic warfare.

Finland Is Developing Communication Superpowers

Finnish researchers are advancing in-band full-duplex wireless communication to improve military applications.

Three groups of researchers in Finland conduct outdoor experiments at Tampere University’s Hervanta campus to simultaneously jam a radio-controlled improvised explosive device while receiving tactical communication signals on the same frequency band. Tampere University

Air Force Seeks Disruptive Solutions

New Air Force program is looking for “remarkable” new capabilities for future warfighters.

The Air Force is conducting a new program, called Air Force Explore, to find “remarkable” ideas to apply to persistent awareness, resilient information sharing and rapid, effective decision-making, among other areas. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Janweb B. Lagazo

Air Force Creates 16th Air Force

In the next month or so, the U.S. Air Force will be standing up its latest Numbered Air Force, the 16th Air Force, leaders report.

Once approved for his new role as commander of the Air Force's new information warfare Numbered Air Force, Maj. Gen. Haugh will be the Air Force’s representative to the U.S. Cyber Command, among other roles. Photo Credit: U.S. Air Force

U.S. Space Command Gears Up To Operate

The new U.S. command will work to keep the peace in space, defend national and allied interests, and intervene if necessary.

Speaking yesterday at the Air Force Association’s ASC 2019 conference, Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond, USAF, commander, U.S. Space Command, and commander Air Force Space Command, explains that the new combatant command will comprehensively train combat-ready space warfighters.

Air Force Special Operations Command Advancing Laser Weapons System

The command is on track for fielding a solid-state laser in five years, leader says.

The Air Force Special Operations Command's (AFSOC’s) development of a 60-kW laser weapon system is on track, says AFSOC’s new commander, Lt. Gen. James Slife (l), at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference yesterday.