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The SolarWinds homepage, warning customers to update their software and featuring a video apology from the CEO. WASHINGTON: As lawmakers struggle to come to grips with the sheer magnitude of the Solar Winds hack “pretty clearly” executed by Russia, some have suggested the cyber intrusion amounts to an “act of war.” It’s not, multiple experts told us — and framing it as one could make it harder to solve the actual cybersecurity problem, which is as insidious as it is pervasive. Andrew Keiser “The depth and scope of the intrusion is breathtaking,” former top congressional intell...

The US wants startups to get a piece of the $16 billion spent on space tech The U.S. government is one of the biggest spenders in the nascent space industry, and the man who handles the money for the Air Force’s $16 billion checkbook wants startups to know that his door is open for them. In all, Will Roper, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, handles about $60 billion worth of budget for the Air Force — a mandate that includes spending money on the new tech initiatives the Air Force deems important. Historically, the Department of Defense ha...

New ABMS Systems Will Allow Easier Communications Between F-35, F-22 And Other Assets New ABMS Systems Will Allow Easier Communications Between F-35, F-22 And Other Assets A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor and F-35A Lightning II fly in formation with the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle over the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground testing range, Ariz., during a series of tests Dec. 9, 2020. This integrated test follows a series of gatewayONE ground tests that began during the inaugural Department of the Air Force on-ramp last year in December. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Ca...

By   Theresa Hitchens on December 18, 2020 at 3:31 PM Will Roper WASHINGTON: The Air Force’s sixth-generation fighter jet that emerges from the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program is almost certain to come with an AI copilot, says service acquisition czar Will Roper. The bigger question is what tasks the human pilot can, and most importantly should, cede to that artificial intelligence algorithm in what circumstances. Whereas low-cost aircraft, such as the Skyborg drone, could very easily be flown by solo AI pilots in the near future, Roper told reporters during a Defense Writer...

Beale Air Force Base makes history [Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.] Dec. 19—Beale Air Force Base hosted a historic flight this week, made possible by cutting edge work by the base in the last couple of months. The United States Air Force used artificial intelligence as a working aircrew member for the first time on Tuesday, according to a Beale news release. The AI algorithm was developed at Beale by Air Combat Command’s U-2 Federal Laboratory. It was designed after a direct challenge from Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics. Rop...