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A new U.S. defense strategy says China remains the greatest security challenge for the United States despite Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. It says the threat from Beijing will determine how the U.S. military is equipped and shaped for a future. Pentagon notes a new reality, where the security environment has deteriorated, and the U.S. may face a situation where it has to deter two nuclear-armed adversaries, China and Russia, simultaneously. The 80-page, unclassified report was released on Thursday.
A new group convened to study strategic technology competition issues facing the United States is urging policymakers to establish a “new public-private model” for marshaling U.S. resources in the emerging tech race with China.
Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is criticized for its lack of transparency, and the Pentagon releases its first-ever social-media policy for official accounts.
If national security and national economic competitiveness are driven by new technology than the U.S. is at risk of falling behind.
Two senators from opposite parties recently urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the phenomenon of TikTok.
A high ranking military official recently cited acquisition and the Defense supply chain in predicting mathematical certainty of the US losing out to China. That made contractors sit up and listen.
The Air Force's deputy assistant secretary for Acquisition says the U.S.' “slow/micromanaged Cold War resource system" is the number one obstacle to competing and developing a military deterrent.
The board’s inaugural report also contains dozens of recommendations for government, industry and academia, including suggestions for how agencies could improve software security and transparency.
Earlier this month, the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council, the FAR Council, finalized new, more stringent rules for U.S. content in what agencies buy.
The House of Representatives is taking what amounts to a spring break, but the Senate is in town working on legislation to deal with China and closing in on the Supreme Court nomination.
In its ongoing search for innovation towards the strategic edge, the Office of Naval Research has turned to academic. ONR recently sponsored a research project called the Gordian Knot For National Security Innovation.
If the U.S. military's modernizing efforts don't go faster than its aging process, the country's got a problem.
Longtime federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more.
Let's face it. China may no longer be a near-peer to the United States, militarily. It's likely caught up and could even be ahead. Analysis by Govini finds that to gain or keep an advantage, military leaders don't need more money. They need better decision science.