“We were in a very frenzied state,” Air Force acquisition head Will Roper says of DoD efforts to stave off the collapse of key suppliers during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis.
By Theresa HitchensWhat’s new in naval radars and missiles: Defending the Pacific
Defending U.S. naval forces in the Pacific, Red Sea, and elsewhere require a range of systems from close-in weapons to anti-ballistic missiles.
The biggest defense manufacturers in the world warned the Pentagon and OMB of “significant job losses in pivotal states” if Congress doesn’t come up with stimulus money to cover unforeseen expenses.
By Paul McLeary
NTIA is not aiming at eventual regulations; rather voluntary sharing of critical information about software supply chains.
By Theresa Hitchens
“Once a chip is designed, adding security after the fact or making changes to address newly discovered threats is nearly impossible,” explains a DARPA spokesperson.
By Theresa Hitchens
“All because President [Barack] Obama and others — I’m not just blaming him — thought it was a wonderful thing,” President Trump said. “The problem is, if we have a problem with a country, you can’t make the jet. We get parts from all over the place. It’s so crazy.”
By Colin Clark
“The impact of the COVID crisis in the aviation sector has been really nothing short of catastrophic,” said Hunter. “At this point, it’s very challenging for those companies to stay in business.”
By Theresa Hitchens
Goldfein said up to now no major programs have shown any signs of being “in a critical state … at risk of cancellation” due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
By Theresa Hitchens
Modernizing our supply chain is a national security imperative
Closing supply chain gaps in innovating technology will reposition the industrial base to be a strategic source of value.
Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col Mike Andrews added in a statement that the temporary Mitsubishi closure only affects Japanese aircraft, while Lockheed “is restricting travel” to the Cameri facility, based on a US Embassy travel warning.
By Paul McLeary
Undersecretary Ellen Lord took pains today to emphasize companies would have plenty of time and plenty of help to meet new security standards. Is she going too slow?
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
US programmers routinely borrow code from all over — including Russia and China. The Pentagon is developing and buying tools to track that.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“Neither space policy nor cybersecurity policy is prepared for the challenges created by the meshing of space and cyberspace, especially for the spacecraft,” finds a new Aerospace Corp. report.
By Colin Clark
While the US is standing fast on its removal of Turkey from the F-35 program, DoD Acquisition czar Ellen Lord says there no decision has been made yet about FMS sales.
By Theresa Hitchens
The hard part is no longer the technology to fly at more than Mach 5: It’s putting together all the parts to build hypersonic missiles in bulk.
By Colin Clark It’s not all about AI and software. You need hardware compact enough — and secure enough — to deploy into a war zone.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
