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DNI Clapper: No Easy Answers for Diverting Chinese Cyber Espionage

Valerie Insinna

Tuesday, September 29th, 2015

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DNI Clapper: No Easy Answers for Diverting Chinese Cyber Espionage

An F-35 firing an AMRAAM. (Photo: Raytheon)

China’s suspected theft of F-35 technical data took center stage in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday morning when senators pressed Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work on how the United States should respond to nation-states who steal U.S. military technology.Although the software and weapons payload for China’s J-31 fighter may be different than that of the F-35 made by Lockheed Martin [LMT], there’s no denying that the Chinese plane “mirrors” the Joint…

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

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Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

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HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]