SOF News: Irregular Warfare (IW) – Commentary (January 2021) Irregular Warfare (IW) – Commentary (January 2021)   A rollup of recent discussions about Irregular Warfare in the context of the Irregular Warfare annex to the 2018 National Defense Strategy.   Riley.C.Murray Wed, 01/20/2021 – 7:27pm Read more about SOF News: Irregular Warfare (IW) – Commentary

WASHINGTON —The United Arab Emirates on Jan. 20 signed off on a deal to purchase up to 50 F-35 joint strike fighter aircraft and 18 MQ-9 Reaper drones from the United States. According to Reuters, which broke the news, the agreement was one of the final acts of the Trump administration, occurring just an hour

WASHINGTON — Former intelligence community IT chief John Sherman will fill in as acting Defense Department chief information officer during a high-profile review to root out any damage from a major government cybersecurity breach through a software supplier. Sherman, who served three years as intelligence community CIO, will replace DoD CIO Dana Deasy, who left

WASHINGTON — The F-35 joint strike fighter is still struggling to meet its mission capable rate goals, with current figures well below the military’s target, the Pentagon’s outgoing acquisition chief told reporters on Jan. 19. The Lockheed Martin-made F-35′s mission capable rate — which describes the percentage of aircraft that can meet at least one

With thousands of armed National Guard troops patrolling nearby, former Vice President Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th commander in chief on Wednesday in a Capitol Hill ceremony stripped of most of its pageantry by security concerns and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In his first speech as president, Biden vowed to unify the

WASHINGTON — Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to run the Department of Defense, explained that he sees no new authorities needed to conduct operations in the information environment and pledged to review the department’s posture in the domain. If confirmed, Austin will regularly assess DoD’s authorities for the information environment, as well

WASHINGTON — General Dynamics Information Technology was awarded a $695 million task order to provide IT services to U.S. Army Europe, the company announced Jan. 19. Under the five-year contract, GDIT will provide support services for USAREUR’s enterprise IT, and communications and mission command support services to USAREUR’s headquarters, NATO operations and other Department of

WASHINGTON — Two top national security nominees advocated Tuesday for stronger federal cybersecurity and increased collaboration with contractors in the aftermath of a supply chain breach that infiltrated numerous federal agencies. If confirmed, retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin and Avril Haines, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominees for defense secretary and director of national intelligence, respectively, would

Full Report: https://ctc.usma.edu/the-terrorist-lists-an-examination-of-the-u-s-governments-counterterrorism-designations-efforts/ By Seth Loertscher, Daniel Milton, Bryan Price, Cynthia Loertscher From September 2020, but especially relevant with the recent decision to designate the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-iran-cuba-diplomacy-china-93528aaaab4014ab527609da527e93db This report examines two sanctioning efforts the U.S. government has employed against terrorist actors: the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list and the designation of individuals

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump did not ultimately change the course of either the Pentagon’s Air Force One replacement or JEDI cloud computing programs, the Pentagon’s outgoing acquisition chief said Tuesday. Ellen Lord, who will exit office at noon on Wednesday as the Trump administration comes to a close, told a group of reporters that