Daily Report

May 4, 2017

Not Enough People to Solve the Cyber Threat

Human personnel alone cannot adequately respond to the cyber threats facing the US military today, Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work told Congress Wednesday. “This is an area where we will not be able to solve it with people,” he...

DOD’s Trick Play Manager

William Roper, director of the Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office, wants to be the US military’s trick play manager. “We have run our current playbook too long,” he told the Senate defense appropriations subcommittee Wednesday. “Successful teams turn this...

Pentagon Ready to Present AT&L Split to Congress

The Pentagon is ready to present Congress with its plans for splitting the position of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics into two positions, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said Wednesday. “We’re going to start engaging with...

Malmstrom Team Launches Test ICBM at Vandenberg

A group from the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom AFB, Mont., managed the launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., early Wednesday morning. The test launch was the second in a week because the...