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Air Force Scientific Advisory Board announced that it will undertake two studies in 2012 as part of its mission to inform the USAF leadership. Extended Uses of Air Force Space Command Sensors will investigate how to configure data-collection and -dissemination architectures so that the service’s terrestrial and on-orbit space sensors could best support additional missions beyond their primary roles, such as decision-aiding, targeting, and battlespace awareness. Non-traditional ISR for Contested Environments will evaluate the feasibility and utility of incorporating advanced sensors on existing and planned aircraft and munitions that are designed to penetrate and operate in hostile airspace. These sensors would collect intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance data to support a variety of users. AFSAB members will brief the Air Force leadership on the studies’ findings in July 2012, according to the board’s schedule. The release of the corresponding reports is planned for next December. (See also our coverage of AFSAB’s 2011 studies.)
DNI: Cyber Is The Common Weapon Among Top Adversaries
April 17, 2021
The top four U.S. adversaries—China, Russia, Iran and North Korea—are improving their military capabilities but relying increasingly on cyber means to challenge the U.S. and blunt its influence around the world, the intelligence community's annual threat assessment says. The report comes amid military tensions with both China and Russia.