Weekly Briefing: Defense Networks & Cyber

The latest defense networks & cyber news and analysis from Breaking Defense.

News: NSA Certifies Smallest, Lightest Fast Ethernet Encryption Module

Presented by General Dynamics Mission Systems

CryptoMod Update: New small form factor advanced cryptographic device approved for use to protect classified voice and data traversing national security systems and platforms at 200 Mb/s throughput.

Valkyrie Drops A Drone Of Its Own WASHINGTON: The Air Force's low-cost XQ-58A Valkyrie drone has tested a new capability — launching its own drone — designed to boost its abilities to counter enemy air defense missiles and protect higher-value aircraft such as fighters and tankers. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) was pretty cryptic in its release, providing only the basic…

Joint Force Vs. China: Project Convergence 21 "This is a journey to see what's possible, what can we do with today's technologies, for a relatively minor cost," Gen. John Murray told us. "Project Convergence '20 cost us about the same thing as one Combat Training Center rotation" — $23 million.

Q&A: Gen. Mike Murray On JADC2, Project Convergence, & Future War EXCLUSIVE "It comes down to data standards and it comes down to architecture. How does the Air Force architecture integrate with the Army architecture and with the Navy architecture? What are those crossover points?"

Faster, Tougher, Smarter: Army's Future Armored Force EXCLUSIVE Adding robot scouts and replacing vintage vehicles – the M113, the M2 Bradley, and potentially even the M1 Abrams – will make heavy brigades much more mobile, lethal, and aware of threats, Maj. Gen. Richard Ross Coffman says.

JAIC Seeks Commercial Partners For AI Data Prep The RFP includes a guide to help startups, small businesses, and non-traditional defense contractors participate. AI ethics and security are focal points.

Gulf Countries Must Boost ISR, Sensors To Better Eye Iran Gulf countries must build a centralized command center linked to sub-command centers spread across all countries and able to share and receive data in a synchronized real time way, says Mohamed Al-Kenany, military researcher and defense analyst at the Arab Forum for Policy Analysis in Cairo.

FCC's Carr: Close Chinese Backdoors Into US Networks "It's the presence of this insecure gear in our networks that's the threat, not the source of funding used to purchase it," Commissioner Carr said.

Theater Commands OK SDA's Sat Plans: EXCLUSIVE Military operators will be able (at least virtually) to ill be able to (at least virtually) "sit side-by-side, elbow-to-elbow with the SDA test team" as the various satellite "layers" are put through their paces.

Anduril Buys Mini-Drone Maker Area-I The new owners bring venture capital and software expertise to upgrade Area-I's ALTIUS mini-drone, already a favorite in Army experiments with 'Air-Launched Effects.'

AMC Eyes Self-Defense For Cargo, Tanker Planes "We have hardpoints on the C-17; We have hardpoints on the KC-46. It's not a hard stretch to think that we could put one or two missiles on there for self defense," says AMC head Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost.

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