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U.S. completes antisubmarine warfare exercise with multinational partners
The U.S. Department of War said antisubmarine warfare training, Exercise Sea Dragon 2026, was successfully concluded at Anderson Air Force Base in Guam recently. The exercise saw two Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft assigned to Patrol and Reconnaissance Squadrons 4 and 45 were joined by a... Read More »
Bipartisan bill seeks to fund DHS and reform ICE enforcement standards
Bipartisan legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would fully fund the Department of Homeland Security for Fiscal Year 2026 while enacting targeted reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) introduced the... Read More »
Boeing, DoW agree to 7-year deal to triple production of PAC-3 seeker
Boeing and the U.S. Department of War (DOW) said on April 1 they reached a seven-year framework agreement to triple production of PAC-3 missile seekers, a move officials say will significantly expand air and missile defense capabilities for U.S. and allied forces worldwide. The agreement, which... Read More »
Textron Systems’ Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle prototype evaluation completed
Textron Systems Corporation on Wednesday announced it has completed the evaluation period for its Cottonmouth prototype for the Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) program for the U.S. Marine Corps. The prototype vehicle evaluations included tests of land mobility, lethality and ocean swim... Read More »
Lockheed Martin opens Texas facility for U.S. government customers
Lockheed Martin, a global defense technology company, recently opened a facility in Dallas that will streamline the development, testing and prototype production of next-generation systems and solutions for U.S. government customers. The Rapid Fielding Center is integrated with the manufacturing... Read More »
FBI, CISA warn of Russian intelligence phishing campaign
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned Russian intelligence is using commercial messaging applications to gain access to individual’s accounts. In a joint public service announcement, the agencies said Russian... Read More »
BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin to increase production of THAAD interceptor
The U.S. Department of Defense, in partnership with defense contractors BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin, will quadruple the production of seekers for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor. Under the terms of the agreement, BAE Systems will guarantee the component is... Read More »
GAO: Government agencies not using dashboard created to address IT professional shortages
According to a new report by the Government Accountability Office, a shortage of IT professionals in the face of growing need for a talented cyber workforce is one of the federal government’s most important challenges. But a dashboard created by the Office of Personnel Management to help... Read More »
DoD, Honeywell agreement would increase ammunitions stockpile
The U.S. Department of Defense and Arizona-based Honeywell Aerospace, a diversified technology and manufacturing company, recently partnered to create a framework to increase production of critical components for the ammunitions stockpile. Honeywell Aerospace will accelerate the delivery of... Read More »
DNI announces cybersecurity investment, modernization effort
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence recently announced that the year-long intelligence community-wide technology and cybersecurity modernization effort was beginning to fulfill its mission. On March 26, director Tulsi Gabbard announced the effort, spearheaded by the ODNI, was... Read More »
Los Alamos National Laboratory appoints new deputy laboratory director for weapons
The Los Alamos National Laboratory recently appointed Charles Nakhleh as deputy laboratory director for weapons, effective April 1. "Throughout his career, Charlie has exemplified the integrity, rigor and sense of purpose that define Los Alamos, and the lab's leadership team and I firmly... Read More »
Siblings charged over improvised explosive device at MacDill Air Force Base
A man and a woman have been indicted after the discovery of a suspicious device outside MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., earlier this month. Alen Zheng, 20, of Land O’Lakes, Fla., was charged with attempting to damage government property, possession of an unregistered destructive... Read More »
Defense Department, Lockheed Martin accelerate missile production to ‘wartime’ pace
The U.S. Department of Defense announced it had reached an agreement with Lockheed Martin to accelerate production of Precision Strike Missiles to a faster pace that would put the defense industrial base on a wartime footing. Calling for the building of an “Arsenal of Freedom,” the... Read More »
FEMA opens application period for Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) opened the application period for $1 billion in Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program funding. The application deadline to submit is July 23. The program provides states, local governments, territories and tribal nations... Read More »
Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin as head of U.S. Department of Homeland Security
The U.S. Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin to head up the U.S. Department of Homeland Security following the exit of former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. Mullin, who previously served as both a U.S. senator and U.S. representative for Oklahoma, was approved in a partisan vote of 54-45 on Tuesday,... Read More »
Legislation would strip citizenship of naturalized citizens who commit or support terrorism
Bicameral legislation would strip the citizenship of naturalized U.S. citizens who commit or support terrorism and remove them from the United States. Under current law, it is difficult to strip citizenship once citizenship has been granted. The Expatriate Terrorists Act amends current law to... Read More »
FCC updates list of foreign-made routers that threaten national security
On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission updated a list of foreign-made routers that post a threat to national security. The list includes all consumer-grade routers that were determined by the White House-convened Executive Branch interagency body that “pose unacceptable risks to the... Read More »
Southern District of New York settles Iranian state-sponsored terrorism case
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has settled a 17-year forfeiture litigation that will result in the payment of approximately $318 million to hundreds of victims of Iranian state-sponsored terrorism. The forfeiture action exposed an Iranian government-owned bank’s secret... Read More »
Congressman requests GAO review of threats posed by AI-enabled terrorism
U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) has requested the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to perform a comprehensive review of how foreign terrorists use emerging technologies against the United States. In a letter to the GAO, Pfluger, the chair of the House Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and... Read More »
U.S. Army receives DARPA developed autonomous flight system
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently transitioned to the U.S. Army an autonomous flight system. DARPA transitioned an experimental, fly-by-wire H-60Mx Black Hawk, equipped with the DARPA-funded Sikorsky MATRIX autonomy suite to the Army’s Project Manager for Utility... Read More »
Congressional subcommittee hearing focuses on risks posed by Chinese AI, robotics and other technologies
The U.S. House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection held a hearing on March 17 to examine the national security risks stemming from artificial intelligence, robotics, and autonomous sensing technologies developed by companies affiliated with the People’s Republic of China... Read More »
Bell Textron completes AH-1Z, UH-1Y aircraft upgrades
Texas-based Bell Textron, an aerospace and defense company, recently completed the first AH-1Z and UH-1Y aircraft upgrades under the U.S. Marine Corps’ Structural and Power Improvements for NextGen Effects (SPINE) program. The program is part of the H-1 program’s modernization plan to... Read More »
CISA urges management system hardening after cyberattack
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is urging U.S. organizations to harden their endpoint management system configurations after a cyberattack on Stryker Corporation. CISA said on March 11, Stryker was the victim of a cyberattack targeting their endpoint management system which... Read More »
FEMA awards FIFA host cities $625M
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently awarded the 11 cities hosting FIFA World Cup 2026 matches $625 million to boost security preparations. “The 2026 FIFA World Cup is expected to be the largest sporting event in history, so it must also be the most secure,” Karen Evans,... Read More »
Justice Department unseals case regarding more than $14.9M in money laundering
The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed a civil case filed in 2024 on Friday that details the seizure of more than $14.9 million seized from an international drug money laundering scheme and alleges a complex pattern of trade-based drug-money laundering. Trade-based money laundering is defined... Read More »
Report: U.S. space supply chain approaching inflection point
A new analysis of the U.S. space sector finds that the U.S. space industrial base has not kept pace with industry growth, and that the space supply chain is approaching an inflection point, risking national security, civil and commercial space programs. The report, Strengthening America’s... Read More »
International law enforcement moves to disrupt crypto fraud
American law enforcement agencies joined those from the United Kingdom and Canada to conduct a joint international law enforcement initiative focusing on crypto assets. The initiative, Operation Atlantic, worked to identify victims who may have lost, or are at risk of losing, crypto assets... Read More »
Joint Task Force Southern Border commemorates one year in operation
The Joint Task Force Southern Border (JTF-SB), which was created to safeguard U.S. territorial integrity, commemorated its one-year anniversary on Saturday. "During this first year, Joint Task Force-Southern Border and partners have proven what a whole-of-government approach to our nation's... Read More »
Alleged fentanyl distributor appears in federal court in Atlanta
Kevin Martinez, a Georgian man who allegedly operated under the direction of the Mexico-based La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug cartel, appeared in federal court on March 13 on charges alleging that he distributed significant quantities of fentanyl in the metro-Atlanta area. Between Feb. 4 and... Read More »
Coast Guard Cutter returns to base after Pacific Ocean patrol
U.S. Coast Guard officials said the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter William Hart has returned to Honolulu after its 48-day patrol in the Pacific Ocean. The William Hart left Coast Guard Base Honolulu in January and traveled more than 7,000 nautical miles, making ports of call in Apia, Samoa,... Read More »
Army approves new first new lethal hand grenade since 1968
Officials with the U.S. Army announced the approval of a new hand grenade, the M111 Offensive Hand Grenade for Full Material Release, the first new lethal hand grenade in nearly six decades. Developed by the Capabilities Program Executive Ammunition and Energetics (CPE A&E) in conjunction with... Read More »
GAO urges Defense Department to address contractor cybersecurity
A report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office has found that the U.S. Department of Defense should do more to ensure that its contractors meet cybersecurity certification requirements. The GAO said it had reviewed the DOD’s implementation of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model... Read More »
Raytheon completes $115M expansion of missile integration facility
RTX’s Raytheon announced recently it had completed a 26,000-square-foot expansion of its Redstone Raytheon Missile Integration Facility near Huntsville, Ala. The $115 million investment will increase the facility’s integration and delivery capacity by more than 50 percent and will grow the... Read More »
Legislation would help fight drug-resistant pathogens
Bipartisan legislation recently re-introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would prepare the United States for future pandemics. The Saving Us from Pandemic Era Resistance by Building a Unified Global Strategy (SUPER BUGS) Act would direct the Department of Health and Human Services to... Read More »