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DoD Seeks Boost For Defensive Cyber Tech In 2022 Budget The budget requests funding for four new teams for the Cyber Mission Force. Those teams will support CYBERCOM operations and provide cyber support for space operations.

DHS Cyber Order Signals Shift To 'Mandatory Measures' Today's pipeline directive is likely just the next in a series of actions to shore up national cybersecurity across the private sector, especially those deemed critical infrastructure. "I know there are a number of discussions on the Hill… of a broader data breach notification," Deputy National Security Advisor Anne Neuberger said today.

Super-Jammer Goes To Army Multi Domain Task Force The Army Requirements Oversight Council will meet to approve the TLS-EAB program on July 9.

AF Demos C2 Networking Tech To Link Services, Allies At Astral Knight 21 The 606th Air Control Squadron successfully used TORCC during the May 13-21 Astral Knight 21 exercise to relay integrated air and missile defense and C2 information to to pilots, "including directions for missions and threat awareness," according to the 31st Air Wing.

Pentagon Pushes Testing For Electronic Warfare Vulnerabilities Despite a 2018 mandate for "electronic protection" against jamming, there's little data available showing how vulnerable systems are, said EW director David Tremper.

Armenia, Ukraine Lessons Shape New US Cyber/EW Unit Drones aren't decisive, said the head of Army Cyber Command, without a command system that can rapidly pull together all the data and order a strike before the enemy disappears again.

TRANSCOM Head Envisions Increased Intra-Theater Lift Demand The Joint Warfighting Concept will "envision much smaller force elements that are inherently reliant on very rapid mobility" within a theater, says TRANSCOM head Gen. Stephen Lyons.

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