Army names newly combined futures and training command
The Army is consolidating Army Futures Command and Training and Doctrine Command as it works to streamline its capabilities development and fielding.
By Jen Judson
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Blast monitoring, better body armor in store for US special operators
From gloves to body armor, SOF expects to upgrade all their kit in the coming years.
By Todd South
China wants to dominate space, and the US must take countermeasures
Space is the new high ground in great power competition, and the U.S. must secure and maintain its superiority there.
By Maj. Liane Zivitski
China launches final satellite in GPS-like Beidou system
China’s space program has developed rapidly over the past two decades as the government devotes major resources toward developing independent high-tech capabilities.
House bill charges Guard, Reserve forces with defending the nation in cyberspace
Among several cyber items in a House subcommittee version of the NDAA are markups calling for the strengthening and better understanding of the National Guard and Reserve cyber components.
By Mark Pomerleau
The US Navy and Marine Corps should acquire Army watercraft
Rather than accepting a new amphibious design built from the ground up, the Navy and Marine Corps should turn toward U.S. Army Transportation Command to fulfill this capability requirement.
By Capt. Walker D. Mills and Lt. Joseph Hanacek
Missile warning satellite completes space environment testing
Thermal Vacuum testing for the fifth geosynchronous Space Based Infrared System satellite wrapped up June 9, keeping the system on track for launch in 2021.
By Nathan Strout
Space Force invokes Defense Production Act to prop up small launch market
The Space and Missile Systems Center will award contracts for ride-share missions to six small launch providers, a sector that the Pentagon has repeatedly said is particularly vulnerable to coronavirus-related financial restraints.
By Nathan Strout
What Cyber Command’s ISIS operations means for the future of information warfare
The new commander of one of the Marine Corps' information warfare units reveals how he will apply lessons learned from Cyber Command operations against the Islamic State group.
By Mark Pomerleau
Pentagon releases its Defense Space Strategy to counter Russia and China
The Pentagon document released June 17 lays out four lines of effort to combat growing adversarial counter-space threats .
By Nathan Strout
China delays launch to complete GPS-like Beidou network
When completed, this third iteration of the Beidou system will provide global coverage for timing and navigation.
For the first time, Cyber Command’s major exercise will use new training platform
U.S. Cyber Command’s annual training exercise will rely entirely on a new platform this year, a move that will allow most participants to compete remotely.
By Mark Pomerleau