Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James has said the service branch needs more time to train and achieve the level of readiness it needs to counter global threats the U.S. currently faces, Air
MoreTwo U.S. Army officials have said the service branchâs proposed budget of $125.1 billion for fiscal year 2017 aims to establish military readiness against asymmetric threats posed by Russia, China, North Korea
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said the Defense Department needs to innovate in order to be competitive amid the five global challenges the U.S. currently faces, DoD News reported Tuesday. Cheryl Pellerin writes
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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has said the increasing adoption of Internet of Things-based devices and artificial intelligence could both bring new opportunities for intelligence collection and challenges to the U.S.â cyber
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said the Defense Departmentâs proposed budget of $582.7 billion for fiscal 2017 is based on the assessment of the five strategic challenges the U.S. currently faces. Carter said
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Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has informed the Senate Armed Services Committee that regional security issues, malicious intrusion, transnational terrorism and hostile foreign intelligence activities remain as the biggest threats
MoreDirector of National Intelligence James Clapper has said the U.S. continues to face cyber espionage-related threats from countries such as China, North Korea, Iran and Russia. Clapper said in his testimony Tuesday before the Senate
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Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley has said the service branch has started to consider emerging platforms in the areas of robotics, biotechnology, transportation, nanotechnology, explosives and information technology as part of
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The Center for Strategic and International Studies believes that Congress must end sequestration budget cuts in order to fund the U.S.’ Asia-Pacific rebalance efforts, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. Sydney Freedberg Jr. writes that the think
MoreHouse Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) has said the panel will focus on cybersecurity, nuclear modernization, special operations and the Third Offset Strategy in 2016, Defense News reported Wednesday. Jen Judson
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