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Space Delivers Army’s Ground Capabilities

Head of Space and Missile Defense Command details how these resources benefit the fight.

Members of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command Technical Center watch as Kestrel Eye is able to take its first images from space in April. Kestrel Eye is a small, low-cost, visible-imagery satellite prototype designed to provide near real-time images to the tactical-level ground Soldier in the field, rapidly and inexpensively. (Photo by Jason B. Cutshaw)

Space Force on Its Way to 16,000 Personnel

The one-year-old service continues to steadily fill its ranks.

Leaders, speaking at AFCEA NOVA's recent Information Technology Day, see the growth of the one-year-old U.S. Space Force as the service works to strike its own path from the U.S. Air Force.

Army Seeks Open Architecture for Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle

The open architecture approach likely will be applied to a range of future vehicles.

A soldier guides an M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle during an exercise at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, in August 2018. On December 18, 2020, Army officials released a request for proposals for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle. Credit: U.S. Army photo

Troubling Cyber Attack Necessitates Enhanced Federal Coordination

Government departments form response group to battle “significant and ongoing” cybersecurity attack.

The extent of the global cyber attack by purported Russian threat actors has the U.S. government forming a new group to provide a coordinated response. Credit: Shutterstock/Alexander Limbach

Wesley Joins Flyer Defense as Executive VP of Strategic Planning

Lt. Gen. Eric J.

EU Releases New Cyber Strategy for Digital Decade

The strategy aims to bolster resilience, build capacity and increase cooperation.

The European Union's new Cybersecurity Strategy aims to safeguard a global and open Internet, while at the same time offering safeguards, according to a published announcement. Credit: mixmagic/Shutterstock

NGA Is Optimistic About its Radio Frequency Data Pilot Program

The effort to consider commercial spectrum solutions for geospatial intelligence began in September.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s new pilot program to assess how radio frequency geospatial data and analytical solutions from the commercial sector is looking promising, the agency says. So far it is trying out HawkEye 360 LLC's global spectrum sensing platform to identify and map radio frequency emitters. Credit: HawkEye 360

Defense Department Needs Tighter Control Over Battlefield Spectrum

A GAO report recommends key actions to realize new strategy goals.

A soldier attaches long-range radio equipment to a Humvee. A GAO report warns that adversaries could take control of the electromagnetic spectrum in the battlespace if the Defense Department doesn't establish effective plans and oversight of its EMS efforts. Credit: U.S. Air Force photo

Tilock Named VP of Strategic Growth for OM Group Inc.

OM Group Inc., Reston, Virginia, has hired Aaron Tilock as vice president of strategic growth.

The Next Internet: Decentralized, Secure and Immersive

Blockchain, quantum tech and virtual reality may spur transformation.

Virtual reality, artificial intelligence and other technologies will transform the Internet in the coming years, experts predict. Credit: TierneyMJ/Shutterstock