Archives for June 2020

JUNE 17, 2020 - Getting innovation into the Defense Department more quickly and effectively might require the department to reevaluate how it asks for what it needs, the director of defense engagement within the Defense Innovation Unit said. "I think one of the key words ... and I think that this is actually starting to happen, it's going to take some time, but from the … [Read more...]

JUNE 18, 2020 - Today the Secretary for Defense released the Defense Space Strategy, which identifies how Department of Defense will advance spacepower to be able to compete, deter, and win in a complex security environment characterized by great power competition. “The Defense Space Strategy is the next step to ensure space superiority and to secure the Nation’s vital … [Read more...]

JUNE 18, 2020 - North American Aerospace Defense Command F-22 Raptors, supported by KC-135 Stratotankers and an E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System, successfully completed two intercepts of Russian bomber aircraft formations entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone last night. The first formation of Russian aircraft consisted of two Tu-95 bombers, accompanied … [Read more...]

JUNE 18, 2020 - NATO defense ministers will discuss a U.S. decision to withdraw about 9,500 American service members from Germany during a virtual defense ministers meeting, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels. Stoltenberg said today that he spoke with President Donald J. Trump via phone on the subject last week. The … [Read more...]

JUNE 17, 2020 - The national effort to accelerate the development, manufacturing and distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine, called "Operation Warp Speed," will hasten the delivery of that vaccine by conducting steps concurrently that normally would be conducted sequentially, senior administration officials said. Operation Warp Speed is a partnership among components of the … [Read more...]