Weapons & Technologies

Air Force Establishes Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office to Meet 2027 Cybersecurity Goals

Air Force Establishes Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office to Meet 2027 Cybersecurity Goals

The Air Force spent the last week making zero trust a permanent part of its operations. A memo issued on July 22 created a dedicated office to oversee it – the Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office (PfMO) – and named its first chief zero trust officer. This group now has control over timelines, budgets, and green-lighting all service-level implementation efforts tied to the 2027 Defense Department targets.

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CSIS Finds Passive Ground‑Based Sensor Networks Enhance Air and Missile Defense Resilience

CSIS Finds Passive Ground‑Based Sensor Networks Enhance Air and Missile Defense Resilience

A new study from the Center for Strategic and International Studies suggests that using a network of ground-based sensors could make U.S. and allied air and missile defenses much more effective. Defense officials call it the most detailed public report on passive mesh sensing so far, and they think it’s coming at the right time – since enemy missiles are getting faster, smarter, and more numerous every year.

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NATO Accelerates Patriot Battery Deliveries to Ukraine Under Fast-Track Orders

NATO Accelerates Patriot Battery Deliveries to Ukraine Under Fast-Track Orders

NATO’s supreme allied commander, U.S. Air Force Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, has orders to push Patriot air- and missile-defense batteries to Ukraine at a pace faster than any previous transfer in the two-year campaign to reinforce Kyiv’s skies. He told Army officers and industry executives gathered here that planners are already matching available launchers with transport assets so hardware can leave European depots “as soon as coordination ends.”

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Experts Warn of Serious Escalation After Salt Typhoon Hacks Army National Guard Systems

Experts Warn of Serious Escalation After Salt Typhoon Hacks Army National Guard Systems

A Chinese state-sponsored intrusion set off alarms in Washington this week after investigators confirmed that the hacking unit known as Salt Typhoon burrowed into a U.S. Army National Guard network for nine months and quietly siphoned off the keys to many other government systems. Defense officials briefed on a June 11 Department of Homeland Security memo say the breach represents the most dangerous incursion into a National Guard environment ever recorded.

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Rheinmetall Skyranger 30 Debuts at LandEuro 2025 to Counter Drone Swarms

Rheinmetall Skyranger 30 Debuts at LandEuro 2025 to Counter Drone Swarms

LandEuro 2025 opened on 16 July at the Rhein-Main Congress Centre in Wiesbaden, drawing delegations from twenty-seven nations and a broad cross-section of the European defense industry. Germany’s Rheinmetall used the forum to introduce a production-standard Skyranger 30 turret mounted on an 8×8 Boxer chassis. According to industry sources, senior procurement officers from at least seven NATO members attended the live firing showcase at a nearby Bundeswehr range on the eve of the exhibition.

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€250 Million Airbus Framework to Build France's New Military Cyber Range

€250 Million Airbus Framework to Build France’s New Military Cyber Range

French defense officials have confirmed that an eight-year program led by Airbus Defence and Space will stand up a dedicated cyber-training ecosystem for the Ministry of the Armed Forces, bringing fresh resources to the Cyber Defence Command (COMCYBER) less than a week after the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) gave the final green light.

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Germany Files Request for US Typhon Missile Systems to Enhance Air Defense

Germany Files Request for US Typhon Missile Systems to Enhance Air Defense

Germany has taken the first formal step toward buying the US-built Typhon mid-range missile system. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius lodged the request during two days of talks with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in Washington on 14 July, officials in both capitals confirmed. The move ends months of speculation about how Berlin intends to plug the range gap between its existing Patriot batteries and the future European hypersonic weapon now in concept studies.

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Alaska Trial Exposes GPS Jamming Vulnerabilities in U.S. Attack Drone Programs

Alaska Trial Exposes GPS Jamming Vulnerabilities in U.S. Attack Drone Programs

Range crews are not often surprised by conditions in Interior Alaska. They are used to below-freezing temperatures at sunrise rapidly changing to muggy noon haze and gusts off the Yukon River that will lay steel antennas sideways. What no one anticipated during the period 25-28 June Project Artemis was how fast two prototype loitering munitions would fold up when all navigation aids go silent.

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DARPA Cancels Liberty Lifter WIG Seaplane Project Over Cost and Certification Hurdles

DARPA Cancels Liberty Lifter WIG Seaplane Project Over Cost and Certification Hurdles

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has shut down its three-year effort to build the Liberty Lifter, a heavy-lift seaplane that would skim above waves on a cushion of air. According to industry sources, the agency notified performers on July 12 that work had officially ended after internal reviews found no clear path to an affordable prototype within the 2028 schedule.

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