The U.S. Air Force has updated the classification of data from Inspector General-conducted nuclear weapons inspections in a push to boost secrecy of such inspections, the Federation of American Scientists reported Monday.

The report said IG weapons inspections on nuclear weapons that were included in previous unclassified reports will now be classified at the confidential level and the service branch will reduce public references on the results of such inspections.

“These changes are control measures put in place to prevent revealing potential vulnerabilities to adversary forces,” Staff Sgt. Alexx Pons was quoted as saying by FAS.

The Air Force implemented the updates following a revision of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Instruction on Nuclear Weapons Technical Inspections.

Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has urged President Donald Trump’s administration to formulate a new strategy for the Defense Department to help address the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan, Defense News reported Monday.

McCain said the White House has not presented a strategy for Afghanistan since the new administration took office six months ago.

“We cannot keep going like this. If the administration fails to develop a strategy for success, Congress will need to play a greater role,” he added.

Federal News Radio reported DoD looks to send 4,000 more troops to Afghanistan this year in addition to the 8,400 service members currently stationed there.

Last week, President Trump granted Defense Secretary James Mattis authority to decide on how many number of U.S. troops should be in Afghanistan.

Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he believes the administration’s strategy for Afghanistan should offer a path for the U.S. military to help Afghan security forces manage the current situation in their home country.

John Gibson, president and CEO of private spaceflight and rocket engine development company XCOR Aerospace, will be nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as deputy chief management officer at the Defense Department.

The White House said Friday Gibson also serves as chairman of the advisory committee at investment management company Looking Glass Investments.

He previously held senior leadership roles at Textron‘s Beechcraft subsidiary including senior vice president of global mission support, vice president of special missions and chief financial officer of the government/defense business unit.

Gibson also worked as assistant secretary for financial management at the U.S. Air Force, where he oversaw the formulation, execution and management of a $140 billion budget, and as deputy undersecretary of defense for management reform during the George W. Bush administration.

A NATO-established group of senior industrialists have determined that future aircraft may feature coaxial, pusher props, fans or advanced tilt rotor technologies to support missions, Defense News reported Friday.

An anonymous official from NATO told Defense News that future systems must be interoperable with the legacy fleet as new operational requirements are being introduced.

“The future operating environment requires the development of a new vertical lift platform unencumbered by the restrictions of traditionally designed rotorcraft, meaning the new platforms will need to perform unfettered by the limited physical perspectives of existing designs,” a source told Defense News.

NATO created the Industrial Advisory Group, dubbed as NIAG, to lead a two-year program that will analyze, assess, document and identify advanced rotorcraft technologies as part of efforts to remain at pace with the U.S. and its Future Vertical Lift program.

NIAG will help partner nations determine platform requirements for future missions and foster information sharing efforts.

The U.S. Air Force will set up a new directorate focused on space operations over the next two months as part of the reorganization of the service branch’s headquarters, the Air Force reported Friday.

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said Friday at the Strategic National Security Space discussion in Washington that a three-star general officer will be designated to serve as deputy chief of staff for space operations to oversee the new directorate.

The new organization will commence operations by early August and will be responsible for the consolidation of space functions from various parts of the air staff.

Wilson also wrote in an article published Friday on Defense One that the directorate will oversee the recruitment and training of air personnel involved in space missions as part of the military branch’s efforts to maintain superiority in space and prepare for any future conflict in space.

She mentioned that the Air Force secretary post was reaffirmed by Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work as the principal adviser to Defense Secretary James Mattis on space issues over the next year.

With this reaffirmation, Wilson noted that she has the responsibility to advocate and manage space-related initiatives across government agencies and service branches.

The U.S. Navy has launched an investigation into the USS Fitzgerald guided missile destroyer’s collision with a Philippine-flagged container ship that occurred approximately 56 nautical miles off the coast of Honshu in Japan early Saturday.

The impact caused significant damages to the Fitzgerald pilothouse and commanding officer’s cabin as well as flooded a machinery room and two berths for 116 sailors who were onboard the warship, Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin said in a statement published Sunday.

He noted the crew conducted damage control efforts to stabilize the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and sail it back to a U.S. naval base near Yokosuka on Saturday evening.

Japanese allies have provided support and assistance to Navy’s response efforts and the service branch has notified the families of personnel who died from the ship collision.

“We recognize that there are other organizations who have equities in this incident, and we expect they will conduct their own separate investigations. More information on any further investigations will be forthcoming,” Aucoin added.

The investigation, led by a flag officer, will cover both JAGMAN administrative and safety assessments.