DefenceTalkIn the wake of the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, the United States and France will strengthen intelligence sharing to the fullest extent allowed by law, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said in a statement today. The United States over the past year has worked closely with the French military, intelligence and security services […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-france-to-strengthen-intelligence-sharing-65864/

DefenceTalkOn October 30, 1962 President John F. Kennedy received a secret CIA briefing on the first results of his diplomatic dance with Nikita Khrushchev to end the Cuban missile crisis. Now, thanks to a major release of previously classified CIA documents, Cold War historians can read along with him the daily memos he and his […]https://www.defencetalk.com/inside-cold-war-oval-office-cia-releases-intel-briefs-65453/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Navy awarded a nearly $1.5 billion contract Aug. 27 to Boeing Defense, Space & Security for the procurement of 13 Full-Rate Production (FRP) Lot 2 P-8A Poseidon aircraft. Nine planes will join the U.S. fleet and four will join the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), who has been a cooperative partner in the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-orders-additional-p-8a-aircraft-first-royal-australian-air-force-planes-65216/

DefenceTalkFuture versions of the Distributed Common Ground System – Army, or DCGS-A, will be less complex and easier to use, Army leaders told lawmakers. The DCGS-A system is an intelligence collection, processing, and dissemination tool that Army leaders have acknowledged is “complex” but “complete.” They say coming iterations of the tool will address the issue […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-plans-intelligence-system-to-be-lighter-weight-easier-to-use-63886/

DefenceTalkClose air support (CAS)-delivery of airborne munitions to support ground forces-is difficult and dangerous because it requires intricate coordination between combat aircrews and dismounted ground forces (for example, joint terminal attack controllers, or JTACs). DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program focuses on technologies to enable sharing of real-time situational awareness and weapons systems data […]https://www.defencetalk.com/darpa-demos-persistent-close-air-support-system-63872/

DefenceTalkThe Obama administration announced creation of another federal intelligence center in the long list of law enforcement and spy services. This time its main task will be cyberintel. The last year saw high-profile hacks into Sony Pictures, which set off a firestorm of controversy surrounding their film “The Interview.” But other security breaches, like cyberattacks […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-creates-cyber-cia-to-fight-hackers-62872/

DefenceTalkSoldiers of an Army research center have worked to improve training for fellow Soldiers on a quick-reaction intelligence capability that better supports the system in the field and potentially reduces reliance on reach-back and in-field contractor support. Non-commissioned officers from the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, or CERDEC, have expanded the training […]https://www.defencetalk.com/improved-us-army-system-training-to-increase-vigilance-62296/

DefenceTalkThe Army’s science and technology and acquisition communities have teamed with the Army G-3/5/7, G2 and Cyber Command to provide senior leaders a closer look into converging operational and intelligence traffic onto the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical, or WIN-T, transport. Network Transport Convergence describes the merging of command and control, intelligence, logistics and medical systems onto […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-takes-next-step-to-merge-c2-intelligence-traffic-onto-win-t-62069/

DefenceTalkThe US intelligence chief revealed Wednesday that he dined with the North Korean general believed responsible for hacking Hollywood studio Sony, during a secret mission to Pyongyang two months ago. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper gave a riveting account of the visit at a New York conference on cyber security days after the government […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-spymaster-dined-with-north-korea-general-responsible-for-sony-hack-61305/

DefenceTalkA Pentagon plan to create an overseas intelligence agency is being trimmed after lawmakers voiced concern with its price and purpose, The Washington Post reported. The new Defense Clandestine Service, announced by the Pentagon more than two years ago, is to use existing agents, authorities and assets and work closely with the Central Intelligence Agency […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-spy-agency-trimmed-after-lawmakers-voice-concern-60925/