The United States Air Force (USAF) signed a contract with US-based satellite communications company Kymeta for the supply of advanced connectivity capabilities as part of the service’s Advanced Battle Management… Continue reading "US Air Force Awards Kymeta $950 Million ABMS Contract"
The United States Air Force’s 90th Cyberspace Operations Squadron signed its first technology licensing agreement, selling rights to use their in-house malware and software vulnerability detection code to entities in… Continue reading "Whiddler: Air Force Licenses its Anti-Malware Software to the Private Sector"
On 2 June, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems announced that its new CubeSats (miniature satellites that operate in low Earth orbit) equipped with laser communications terminals have completed ground testing. Two… Continue reading "Space Force Expanding Partnership with SpaceX"
On Friday, the Department of Defense (DoD) revealed details on the White House’s fiscal year 2022 Defense Budget request. With $715 billion for the DoD, and $753 billion when including… Continue reading "Biden’s $715 billion 2022 Defense Budget Proposal Revealed"
This month, the US Space Force (USSF) published a new document titled “Vision for a Digital Service”. The document states that due to the service’s recent creation amidst the information… Continue reading "US Space Force Reveals “Vision for a Digital Service” Amidst Wider DoD Digital Push"
This week brought us more interesting military affairs news from around the World. The hunt for Indonesia’s lost submarine, the Nanggala, came to a tragic conclusion, French troops will train… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (26-30 April)"
The $10 billion US Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract ranks among the most legally messy in recent memory. Initially, Amazon was considered to be the… Continue reading "Court Upholds Legal Challenge to DoD JEDI Contract"
On 7 April, India’s Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat brought attention to the vast disparity between Chinese and Indian cyber capabilities. According to the general, it is in… Continue reading "India Struggles with Threat of Chinese Cyber Attacks"
Alongside artificial intelligence and robotics, quantum computers arguably rank among the most exciting futuristic technologies. These computers can be built based on a number of models but the most widely… Continue reading "DARPA Hopes to Quantify Impact of Quantum Computers"
The US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) announced on 5 April, that another major milestone for the development of the Machine-assisted Analytic Rapid-repository System (MARS) has just been met. The aim… Continue reading "DIA Announces Breakthrough in AI-focused MARS Project"