National & World Headlines
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The Afghanistan and Pakistan Annual Review reaffirms the strategy\'s \"core goal\" to disrupt, dismantle, and eventually defeat al-Qaida in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region and prevent its return to either country. We get details from DoD\'s David Sedney.
December 17, 2010 -
Senior Army leaders and Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter have scheduled an Army Modernization Review meeting for December 22nd.
December 17, 2010 -
Navy CIO posts a blog post to let others know this will be the only one.
December 16, 2010 -
Fidelis Security\'s Kurt Bertone explains whether the Air Force\'s block of the New York Times and other sites will stop future WikiLeaks leaks.
December 16, 2010 -
Navy CIO posts a blog post to let others know this will be the only one.
December 16, 2010 -
A Congressionally-mandated report issued by the Defense Department finds the acquisition and budget processes being used for IT were designed for major weapons systems - not 21st century computer systems. The recommendations would let DoD keep pace with rapid developments in the IT marketplace.
December 16, 2010 -
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Cyber activity has evolved over the years from worms and viruses to cyber crime and, now, to state-engaged cyber attacks that author Richard Stiennon calls “cyberwar.” Stiennon’s new book, “Surviving Cyberwar,” outlines a defense against…
December 15, 2010 -
Katrina McFarland takes over for Frank Anderson as the new head of the Defense Acquisition University. DAU also will provide help for all agencies in buying services.
December 15, 2010 -
The JASON advisory group recommends how the Defense Department released a report on the scientific basis of cybersecurity.
December 15, 2010 -
The Pentagon is launching a pilot program to share IT workers with the private sector.
December 15, 2010 -
There are consequences to posting those Wikileaks documents. The Air Force has blocked access on its network to more than two dozen media outlets who have posted them. The Pentagon has warned personnel not to go to the Wikileaks site, but this takes it a step further. Meaning, US Air Force personnel will not be able to get to those sites from their military networks. Among those blocked are the Guardian and the New York Times.
December 15, 2010 -
The Navy\'s Fleet Cyber Command said a lack of real-time visibility into their computer networks is a problem. A new operations center opening this week at Ft. Meade will let technicians see cyber attacks as they are happening.
December 14, 2010 -
High-resolution computer systems capable of networking around the world are being used by researchers at the Air Force Research Lab to build a new supercomputer. It holds the distinction of being one of the cheapest - and one of the greenest - supercomputers in the world because the systems being used are Sony PlayStation 3 game consoles - over 17-hundred of them. It\'s called the Condor Cluster project and it\'s being built entirely from off-the-shelf commercial components. Its creators say it could change the supercomputing landscape. The system is capable of making 500 trillion calculations per second -- and represents new ways for supercomputers to increase computational resources while using less energy. The Condor is currently considered the seventh-greenest computer in the world. It cost only 2 million dollars to build, whereas the cheapest comparable supercomputers would cost $50 million or more.
December 14, 2010 -
Politico reports that Boeing may be at a disadvantage to EADS for winning the Air Force tanker contract award.
December 14, 2010