Biden Nominates Two Women To Lead DoD Modernization

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Biden Nominates Two Women To Lead DoD Modernization Rep. Anthony Brown, a 30-year Army veteran and member of the House Armed Services Committee, said in a statement that "Wormuth has the experience and knowledge necessary to lead the United States Army through the complex and multifaceted challenges we face today."

Pentagon & NSC Veteran Tapped For SecArmy: Christine Wormuth "She brings a wealth of experience in national security [that] will help her in the inevitable Pentagon brawls for funding," retired Lt. Gen. Tom Spoehr told me.

'Huge Step Forward:' Biden Taps First National Cyber Lead The administration is set to nominate two NSA veterans, one for the newly created national cybersecurity director position and one to head CISA. The new leaders, once confirmed by Congress, will have their hands full.

US Should Push New Space Treaty: Atlantic Council "If everybody we talk to is the enemy, and there's a boogeyman behind every question and every opportunity, we're not going to go anywhere," retired Marine Corps Gen. Hoss Cartwright says. "We're frozen."

Iran Threatens Israel After Cyber Strike On Nuke Facility Middle Eastern sources say Sunday's cyberattack caused a blackout at the Natanz facility and damaged centrifuges. It occurred on the same day Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin landed in Israel for talks, a day after Iran announced new centrifuges at Natanz, and within a week of the US restarting talks to revive the JCPOA.

FVL: Key RFP Coming This Summer Despite tightening budgets, the Army's pushing ahead with its plan to replace the Reagan-era UH-60 Black Hawk with a high-speed Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA). It'll pick between Bell's V-280 and the Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant-X next year, with the winner entering service in 2030.

Electronic Warfare Apps On Horizon For F-15s, Plus The Air Force wants software "that can be fielded in the next two years and incrementally improved upon and integrated into EW systems currently in development for the F-15."

DoD's New Pushback Against Chinese Money In US Defense Industry "The proactive, nefarious work coming from China and Russia in particular [will make US policymakers] "realize that we don't have control over everything that we think we have control over," Tara Murphy Dougherty, CEO of Govini said

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