By Troy Barnes – Jan. 28, 2019 In October 2018, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (LCMC) announced an unprecedented new acquisition system for military cyber weapons: a “cyber factory” called Unified Platform (UP). Through the development of UP, the Air Force should be able to arm its U.S. Cyber Command warriors with state-of-the-art cyber weapons as soon as …
By Samir Naqvi – Jan. 21, 2019 The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF)’s 2019 Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show returns to the Sands Expo Center in sunny Las Vegas from Jan. 22 through Saturday the 26th this year, bringing the latest in shooting and outdoor sports technology to more than 70,000 visitors. Unlike many nationwide shooting and hunting shows, …
By Troy Barnes – Jan. 14, 2019 While the images of soldiers raising the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima and storming Normandy’s beach on D-Day are indelibly etched into the country’s collective consciousness, few of today’s military battles and skirmishes are fought on the front lines. From cyber warfare to “lone wolf” terrorist attacks, the military faces threats …
By Samir Naqvi – Jan. 7, 2019 While the more than 160,000 people who inhabit Guam are American citizens by birth, many continental Americans are unaware of just how much of an impact this unique 130,000-acre island has on the world’s ecology. With rare limestone forests and an incredible array of wildlife, Guam’s overall health remains key to maintaining species …
By Troy Barnes – Jan. 1, 2019 In early December 2018, Continuous Process Improvement leaders within the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support participated in a two-day event to explore potential applications of blockchain technology within the Department of Defense (DoD). DLA Troop Support provides U.S. troops stationed within the U.S. and around the globe with a variety of on-the-ground needs like …
By Samir Naqvi – Dec. 26, 2018 Vice President Mike Pence recently appeared at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to announce that the long-anticipated U.S. Space Command will become the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces by 2020. And while not yet confirmed by the Trump Administration, some draft documents leaked from the Department of Defense indicate that …
By Troy Barnes – Dec. 17, 2018 The United States Department of Defense (DoD) is most often associated with wartime military action and ensuring the security of U.S. borders. But DoD’s many collateral missions encompass everything from promoting civilian cybersecurity to promoting educational innovations by building high-tech schools abroad and offering STEM scholarships to graduate students. Recently, the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) …
By Samir Naqvi – Dec. 10, 2018 The United States last week laid to rest its last surviving presidential war hero — President George Herbert Walker Bush. One of the Navy’s youngest fighter pilots, Bush was shot down about 700 miles south of Japan during World War II. Of the nine young men who wound up in the Pacific after this …
By Troy Barnes – Dec. 3, 2018 For more than a century, direction finding systems have been one of the military’s key tools for detecting and intercepting enemy signals. But even with today’s technological advances, which have largely traded trench warfare for cyber warfare, directional finding systems have maintained their relevance. Learn more about how direction finding systems work and how they’ve …
By Samir Naqvi – Nov. 26, 2018 In October 2018, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) issued a press release announcing a major expansion to its “Hack the Pentagon” program. As part of this expansion, the DoD has awarded contracts to several Silicon Valley firms that will help the Pentagon increase its capacity to run and issue “bug bounties” to successful hackers. …
