Weapons & Technologies

The Army will extend identity, credential and access management across the enterprise and into field units this year. Officials expect wider use of automated account provisioning and privileged access tools by the end of 2025, with more systems added as connectors mature.

U.S. investigators say a long-running Chinese cyber campaign hit more than 80 countries and reached far beyond phone companies. Security teams traced the operation across telecommunications backbones and into government, transportation, lodging and military infrastructure.

Dutch military and domestic intelligence services report that a China-linked espionage group known as Salt Typhoon struck targets in the Netherlands and touched national critical infrastructure. The services identified activity against smaller internet service and hosting providers.

The Pentagon has ordered the Army to stand up Joint Interagency Task Force 401 and shut down the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office once the new team is in place.