Air & Espace
Reconnaissance Aircraft Makes Historic Appearance at Northern Edge
This year, the distinctly black U-2S Dragon Lady reconnaissance aircraft from Beale AFB, Cal., flew for the first time.
Renseignement
Air & Espace
Air Force to Retire MQ-1 Predator Drone, Transition to MQ-9 Reaper
For the past 21 years, the Air Force has flown the MQ-1 Predator unmanned vehicle in combat, and for the last 10, the MQ-9 Reaper.
Renseignement
Cooperation Between Intel, Defense Never Better, Work Tells Lawmakers
The intelligence community’s support to the Defense Department has never been better, Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work told the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence here today.
Air & Espace
Advanced Space Surveillance Telescope Has Critical Military Applications
The most sophisticated space surveillance telescope ever developed is ready to begin tracking thousands of space objects as small as a softball. It’s a boon to space surveillance and science and a new military capability.
Renseignement
Dunford Hosts Chiefs of Defense to Discuss Counter-Extremism Strategy
The chiefs of defense from 43 nations and the commanders of the U.S. combatant commands joined Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford for a discussion on the global strategy to defeat violent extremism.
Renseignement
Cardillo Discusses Importance of Geospatial Intel at Senate Hearing
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo drew back the curtain a bit on his organization’s activities during a rare open session of the Senate Intelligence Committee
Armement
DoD’s Technological Superiority Depends on Out-Innovating Adversaries
Future Defense Department technological superiority hinges on the department’s ability to out-innovate its adversaries, rethink how it sources technology and perhaps rethink its models for product delivery.
Renseignement
9/11 Drove Change in Intelligence Community, NSA Chief Says
The 9/11 attacks drove “fundamental change” in the way the U.S. government uses and shares intelligence, the director of the National Security Agency said during a panel discussion yesterday.
Renseignement
Transparency Has Place in Intelligence World, DoD Official Says
Transparency and intelligence seem like mutually exclusive terms, but they are not. Citizens’ expectation of transparency in intelligence has grown since 9/11. The key is finding the right balance for transparency.
Cyber
The Challenges of Ungoverned Spaces
We just created the Directorate of Digital Innovation to accelerate the integration of our digital and cyber capabilities across all CIA mission areas—espionage, all-source analysis, open-source intelligence, liaison engagement and covert action says John Brennan.. […]