Carley Welch

“The ‘Protecting American Innovation Act’ is vital to securing our nation’s technology and deterring foreign threats, particularly from China," Rep. Pat Fallon told Breaking Defense.

This week Army officials revealed new details about its plans for a new command and control capability, and how industry can keep up.

The center, called the NATO Integrated Cyber Defense Center, will have multiple locations, but will be headquartered in Mons, Belgium.

The strategy introduces the NATO Digital Foundry, a project that will provide opportunities for NCIA, industry, not-for-profit organizations and other NATO stakeholders to collaborate on new technologies.

"It is key to unlocking the modern capability that we all crave within our Department of Defenses and our alliances," acting Pentagon CIO Leslie Beavers said.

“The very fact of collocating the data in the same instance, or within the same environment or infrastructure, is very, very helpful," Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer, NATO's CIO, said.

The Department of Commerce announced it is awarding BAE Systems Inc. and Rocket Lab a CHIPS Incentive Award worth up to a combined $59.4 million.

In his first term, President Donald Trump took a big swing and established the Space Force; two House members told Breaking Defense he could do it again, for cyberspace.

“For OT and weapon systems, we are coming out with initial zero trust guidance. Why? Because the adversary is attacking," Randy Resnick, director of the Pentagon's Zero Trust Office, told Breaking Defense.

“As a former American soldier, I don't want Chinese things in the hands of my fellow soldiers. Unacceptable,” David Michelson, director of the autonomy portfolio at the DIU, said.