The U.S. Army aims to acquire and create new vertical lift aircraft variants for operations in the 2030s and beyond, Defense News reported Tuesday. Future vertical lift was listed third among top modernization priorities when the Army stoop up a new command in the fall. Brig. Gen. Frank Tate, director …

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, has said he believes the current DISA structure better supports clients because of the agency’s mission partner engagement model. The retiring DISA director also credited the designation of responsibilities to individuals for each focus areas including business and …

The U.S. Army faces up to an eight-month delay on its fielding of active protection systems designed to defend fighting vehicles from potential missile threats, Defense News reported Monday. The service branch selected three platforms for an interim APS system requirement for the Abrams, Stryker and Bradley combat vehicles which …

Brig. Gen. Michael Schmidt, program executive officer for fighters and bombers at the U.S. Air Force, has been assigned to a new role as the service branch’s PEO for command, control, communications, intelligence and networks, the Defense Department announced Monday. Schmidt has led efforts to develop, field, modernize, produce and sustain …

U.S. Navy Rear. Adm. Tom Druggan, commander of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, has been appointed director of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System program at the Missile Defense Agency, the Defense Department said Monday. Druggan has supervised more than 17,000 engineers, scientists, technicians and support personnel across eight NSWC divisions …

The U.S. has supplied Sikorsky-built Black Hawk helicopters to Jordan in support of efforts to reinforce border defenses and conduct cross-border operations against Islamic State militant group forces, Reuters reported Monday. The report noted the military aid to Jordan aims to help boost the country’s military capacities in support of a …

The next White House budget request for NASA will potentially cover plans to cut support for operations onboard the International Space Station in the mid-2020s, Space News reported Friday. A draft budget document for NASA’s 2019 budget proposal will eliminate direct federal government support to the space station by 2025 …

The Defense Department‘s Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation has evaluated the performance of a directional infrared countermeasures technology installed on U.S. Army helicopters, The Drive reported Thursday. DOT&E found that the Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure technology, built by Northrop Grumman, did not perform well in “theater” operations due to …

The National Space Defense Center, a partnership between the Intelligence Community and Defense Department, was declared fully operational on Jan. 8 to support interagency efforts to secure U.S. space assets. NSDC aims to increase the government’s capacity to protect and defend space-based systems that support joint warfighters, the U.S. Air …

Donna Dodson, chief cybersecurity officer of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has said she believes diversity in agency teams can help the government address cyber challenges, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. “I think in the cybersecurity field we really need people with different backgrounds and different perspectives to …