The legislation proposes that if one office in the department officially deems a “cloud-based platform, service, or application” is sufficiently cybersecure to use, then all parts of DoD can accept this ATO.
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In “my opinion, the Navy is looking backwards, not forwards, in terms of what’s actually happening in the shipyards with this proposal,” the Democrat said of the Navy’s submarine budget proposal.
By Justin Katz
Conservative lawmakers successfully added numerous riders into the final legislation on Thursday and Friday, sinking most Democratic support.
By Justin Katz
With a GOP-controlled House and a Democrat-controlled Senate, nothing in the bill is final until the last minute conference negotiations are completed, but here are the key issues to watch.
By Justin Katz, Ashley Roque and Jaspreet Gill
The full-throated support by Armed Services Committee lawmakers could foreshadow Force Design 2030’s future when its biggest proponent leaves the Marine Corps.
By Justin Katz
The commission was supposed to be up and running by March, but that deadline came and went. Only three of eight members have been announced.
By Justin Katz
The House and Senate are both expected to vote on the final bill next week.
By Justin Katz and Aaron Mehta
Modernizing military simulation with open systems architecture
Best-of-breed common models and architecture enable virtual training and testing with the same data in a cyber-resilient posture.
HASC “believes that directed energy technology has matured to the point where it may be successfully deployed against current rocket, artillery, mortar, and cruise missile threats,” read one NDAA amendment.
By Andrew Eversden
Staffers briefing reporters ahead of the release emphasized a focus on the health of the munitions industrial base.
By Aaron Mehta
The House Armed Services Committee chairman acknowledged past missteps and showed skepticism for huge investment in NGAD fighter.
By Lee Ferran
From Javelins to high-altitude ISR, the HASC tactical air and land subcommittee offers a view into lawmaker’s tactical concerns.
By Andrew Eversden
The draft legislation also requires DoD to submit an overarching strategy for defeating hypersonic missile threats using asymmetric capabilities, including directed energy, microwave systems, cyber and “any other capabilities.”
By Andrew Eversden
The commission is due to provide recommendations to lawmakers by the end 2022.
By Justin Katz
Responding to sharp criticism of his former service — in print in a Breaking Defense op-ed and implied in new legislation — retired Adm. James Foggo says the Navy needs support, not more onerous oversight.
By James Foggo