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A Canadian soldier dismantles a drone as a team from the Canadian Navy test thermal imaging drone capabilities in Arctic environments, during Operation Nanook, the Canadian Armed Forces’ annual Arctic training and sovereignty operation, in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, February 27, 2025. (Photo by COLE BURSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

Canada eyes major military investments, more non-U.S. defense partnerships

Canada unveiled a new defense spending plan Monday that proposes an increase of more than $9 billion in military-related investments this fiscal year.

15 hours ago By Brandi Vincent

Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks at the AI+Expo in Washington, DC, June 4, 2025. (Photo by Jon Harper)

At AI conference, Gen. Caine calls for connecting with ‘founders and funders’ of emerging tech

“Peace in our nation will not be won by the legacy systems that we've had or the legacy thinking. It will be determined by the entrepreneurs and…

6 days ago By Jon Harper

Photo illustration of U.S. Army cyber soldier in operations center. (U.S. Army photo by Tài Doick)

Cybercom’s defensive arm elevated to sub-unified command

Joint Force Headquarters-DOD Information Network will now be known as the Department of Defense Cyber Defense Command (DCDC).

May 30, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

The Pentagon’s cyber malaise: Zero trust deadlines translate to zero urgency

The DOD CIO must work aggressively and directly with combatant commanders to secure the OT assets our military depends on to project power across every theater of…

May 22, 2025 By Lucian Niemeyer Tatyana Bolton

Members of the Massachusetts Army National Guard discuss a simulated exercise at Cyber Yankee 2025 at the Edward Cross Training Center, May 14, 2025. Cyber Yankee is a regionally focused exercise evaluating a whole-of-government response to a significant cyber incident involving critical infrastructure and key resources. The participants work on simulated exercises together to perform incident response, threat analysis, and cyber defense operations. (Massachusetts Army National Guard photos by Laura Berry)

National Guardsmen receive brief from Volt Typhoon utility victim at cyber exercise

Cyber Yankee is a New England-focused exercise involving Guardsmen and utilities gaming cyber responses to critical infrastructure intrusions.

May 22, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

Inside U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Maryland. (Josef Cole / DOD / U.S. Cyber Command)

DOD leadership asks for Cybercom 2.0 relook

After the implementation team delivered its report detailing how Cyber Command aims to modernize, Pentagon leadership asked the command for a redo.

May 20, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 28: The U.S. Capitol building is seen on April 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. Members of the House of the Representatives and the U.S. Senate returned to Washington after a two week recess. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Members of Congress vow not to split Cyber Command, NSA

Severing the dual-hat leadership arrangement has been one of the most hotly contested issues in cyber policy.

May 16, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

The US Capitol is seen in Washington DC, on November 10, 2024. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP)

Senators press DOD cyber policy nominee to push for deterrence doctrine

Lawmakers are pushing the Pentagon to develop a more proactive deterrence policy in the face of increasing adversary activity.

May 6, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

Marines with Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command pose for photos in cyber operations room at Lasswell Hall aboard Fort Meade, Maryland, Feb. 5, 2020. (Photo illustration source: DVIDS)

The Cyber Council of Nicaea: Unifying America’s fragmented digital defense

The U.S. cyber domain's evolution has occurred with little strategic coordination, creating unclear jurisdictions and mission overlap.

Apr 10, 2025 By Daniel Van Wagenen Kim Irving

A sign for the National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command and Central Security Service, is seen near the visitor’s entrance to the headquarters of the National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Meade, Maryland, February 14, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Firing of top cyber general ‘sets back’ US military and intel operations, makes America ‘less safe,’ lawmakers of both parties say

There was bipartisan criticism Friday of the Trump administration's decision to fire Gen. Timothy Haugh as head of U.S. Cyber Command and the NSA.

Apr 4, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau