Weekly Briefing: Defense Networks & Cyber

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Anduril Seeks Covert Sensing Capability With New Acquisition Defense Technology company Anduril Industries purchased Copious Imaging in a move to bolster its force protection portfolio.

Quad Pushes Chip Supply Security, 5G 'Diversification,' Cybersecurity   WASHINGTON: The first face-to-face meeting between the leaders of the so-called Quad — Australia, India, Japan and the United States — has spawned several initiatives designed to help moderate or crack the hold China has on certain technologies, including semiconductor chips and 5G networks. It also includes a new civil space initiative and an…

Army Drops Nearly $350M For New Radios After Two Years of Testing The radios recently "proved [their] worth" during a training exercise in Indo-Pacific, an Army spokesperson said.

Navy Acquisition Commands Preparing Overmatch Liaison Offices The new integration offices will play a key role in ensuring programs across the Navy are able to meet the technical requirements imposed by Project Overmatch.

Top Army General: Network Modernization 'Never Going To Stop' "This is going to be a continuous journey because the explosion of information technologies is only accelerating on us," Lt. Gen. John Morrison said.

In Artificial Intelligence, 'We Need To Be More Precise': Lt. Gen. O'Brien Not giving airmen the tech they need is "like having an excellent sniper and handing him a knife that hasn't been sharpened in a while," Air Force Chief Information Officer Lauren Barrett Knausenberger said.

Schumpeter's Gale: The US Air Force, China And Innovation "The notion is, you have an embarrassment of riches, and you're falling behind on speed and magnitude. This is what is sometimes called Schumpeter's Gale. The notion is, it's not about the competition — it's about you," said Jeffrey DeGraff, of the University of Michigan.

The Afghanistan Debacle: 5G And China With Washington demonstrating little competency or reliability, Beijing is likely to press countries to include Huawei and other Chinese telecommunications corporations in their 5G networks, lest they alienate Beijing.

Air Force Needs 'Zealots For The Electromagnetic Spectrum': General "[The electromagnetic spectrum is] like the oxygen that surrounds us right now. You don't have a choice. You are in it," the Air Force's director of EMS superiority said.

OpenSpace: Using Software, Not Hardware, To Reconfigure The Satellite Ground Segment For A 5G World [Sponsored] Diversifying space architectures and the need for interoperability is driving a shift to dynamic, flexible, software-based infrastructure.

Internet Operations Management Is Well Suited To Military Networks

[Sponsored] IOM will enable Joint Force Headquarters-DoD Information Network to gain real-time visibility over all defense networks.

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