Cybersecurity Info-Sharing Bill Leaves Committee
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Details aren’t yet out of last week’s closed session, but a cybersecurity information-sharing bill has emerged from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on a 14-1 vote, reports FCW. Committee statements suggest incentives will gain private firms’ cooperation with the government.
Deep in its FY16 budget request, the State Department seeks $10 million to rebuild its computer system which has been hacked, reports NextGov. State’s budget request also seeks $17.3 million on “architecture services” for “known security vulnerabilities” reported in a low security grade received in a government review last year.
Franz-Stephen Grady in The Diplomat applies the military strategy of the longbow from the dramatic Battle of Patay in 1429 to assess today’s US carrier fleet, and also lists the full entourage of vessels and aircraft that accompany a carrier to war.
Defense Industry Daily links readers to a DoD test and evaluation assessment of the JSF, and it isn’t pretty. The same Defense Industry Daily edition suggests the Navy decision to extend the life of the EA-18G Growler aircraft relieves some of the schedule pressure on the JSF. The decision is based on a recent report, according to Reuters, showing the need for the Navy’s to buy more of Boeing’s EA-18G attack jets.
Pentagon’s weaponry costs are at the lowest level in a decade, but there are fewer programs, Breaking Defense reports on a GAO findings which note the taxpayer “is paying more for the same amount of capability.”
A former assistant secretary of Defense opines in The Hill, defense cuts are not the threat the officials and legislators claim.
Unmanned and un-hackable helicopter from Boeing slated for the Pentagon in 2017, reports NextGov.
Traditionally the Navy upholds four functions: deterrence, sea control, power projection, and maritime security. As of last week it added a fifth, all-domain access, which means cyberspace and the electromagnetic spectrum; Breaking Defense reports on the release of the new maritime strategy.
More bipartisan legislation emerges to address homeless veterans, senators introduce the Homeless Veterans Prevention Act to allow the children of homeless vets remain with their parents in transitional housing, reports The Hill. The problem particularly impacts female vets.
The Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aviation and Weapons plans an Industry Day April 16 at the Bay District Fire Dept. in Lexington Park, MD, register by April 9 to attend.
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division aerospace engineer deduces improved military strategy from aircraft damaged in conflict, reports SoMdNews.com.
Congressman Steny Hoyer meets at Webster Field/NAS Pax River with Rapid Capability Engineering & Integration Dept. and also with VADM David Dunaway Commander of Naval Air Systems Command at NAS Patuxent River.
