Author: Thomas J Ackermann

With cyber playing a critical role in conflict going forward, the Army has begun to recognize the need to have organic cyber planners within a brigade’s staff to offer commanders options related to cyber as well as electronic warfare. Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities, or CEMA cells, have been stood up in each brigade acting as…

Senators have long been worried about the future of the Air Force’s cyber workforce. “Out of the 127 Air Force cyber officers that completed their first tour on the cyber mission force, none went back to a cyber-related job,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said during a May 2017 hearing. “That is unacceptable and suggests a…

The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) has extended a prototype contract with Sensofusion for an additional year to develop a system that would give troops advanced warning of threats from drones. The contract was extended to “innovate and implement new capabilities within signal intelligence,” a June 6 press release said. The contract with Sensofusion is…

Workers with a security clearance are in high demand throughout the US federal government.   The federal government faces a substantial security clearance backlog, so the Defense Information Systems Agency has announced a potential solution. An electronic application, eApp, will be used to submit background security clearance investigation forms. The application debuted at the Armed…

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller called for a futuristic vision of the service that embraces digital fighting. (Sgt. Olivia G. Ortiz/Marine Corps)   The Marine Corps (USMC) must be “more flexible” when it comes to retaining cyber warriors, its top officer said, a recognition that the service needs to bolster its…

This post is also available in: עברית (Hebrew)   Cyber threats on Israeli companies, organizations, and infrastructure grow daily. The Israeli National Cyber Security Authority has been concentrating its efforts to thwart this threat using sub-contractors, cyber companies that each one deals with the defense of a different critical sector. One of these companies is White…

Seit Jahren streiten Politiker, ob Deutschland nach einem Hackerangriff auch im Netz zurückschlagen darf. Nach SPIEGEL-Informationen hat die Bundeswehr nun erstmals gemeldet, dass sie dazu in der Lage wäre. Von Matthias Gebauer und Marcel Rosenbach Samstag, 16.06.2018 Die Cybertruppe der Bundeswehr könnte im Fall eines Hackerangriffs auf deutsche Rechner und Netze mit einem sogenannten Hackback…

In future conflicts, information will reign supreme. Gone are the days when the winner of a conflict will be the one that brings the most capacity and breaks the most things. Rather, “future conflicts are probably going to be decided by the side with an information advantage,” US Air Force Brig. Gen. Chance Saltzman, director…

PARIS ― Safran Electronics & Defense unveiled June 12 at the Eurosatory trade show a range of military inertial navigation systems, dubbed Geonyx, aimed at equipping armored vehicles, target acquisition systems and artillery. The Geonyx INS range is a navigation tool designed to allow operators to find their position and aim weapons, a Safran ED…

National cyber defense units should be located in metropolitan areas where they can best take advantage of IT capabilities and infrastructure. (artisteer/Getty Images)   The cyber missions that support government and business cyber defenses need to be located where they can have an impact on the outcome. The Department of Defense owns a lot of…

PARIS – The chief of the European Defense Agency said Europe must wean itself from U.S. high-tech weaponry, proposing that arms deals with Washington could decrease in an effort to achieve greater “strategic autonomy” for the continent. Jorge Domecq said the development would be a natural outcome of emerging efforts by the European Union to…

The new European Main Battle Tank from KNDS is the body of a German Leopard 2, mixed with the turret of a French Leclerc. (Jeff Martin/Staff)   PARIS ― France’s Nexter and Germany’s Krauss-Maffei Wegmann pitched a cross between a Leopard 2 chassis and a Leclerc turret at the Eurosatory trade show in Paris on…

Members of the French national police elite research intervention group hold their shields as they take part in an exhibition with the group’s new armored truck Titus in Paris on May 4, 2016. (Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images)   VERSAILLES, France ― Nexter, a French government-owned weapons manufacturer, based in Roanne, Loire, has unveiled a concept…

WASHINGTON ― What can fly for 12 hours straight, launches from a catapult on the deck of a Coast Guard cutter and has helped apprehend more than 11 tons of contraband? Answer: small unmanned aircraft systems, and the U.S. Coast Guard has asked for a lot more of them. The Coast Guard began the hunt…