Download or read book Weapons Systems Annual Assessment and Cybersecurity written by Dale R. Copley and published by Nova Snova. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DOD acquires new weapons for its warfighters through a management process known as the Defense Acquisition System. Chapter 1 contains GAOs 16th annual assessment of the Department of Defenses (DOD) $1.66 trillion portfolio of 86 major weapon systems acquisition programs. It examines changes in the portfolio since 2016, including DODs progress implementing acquisition reforms. The Department of Defense (DOD) faces mounting challenges in protecting its weapon systems from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. Chapter 2 addresses (1) factors that contribute to the current state of DOD weapon systems cybersecurity, (2) vulnerabilities in weapons that are under development, and (3) steps DOD is taking to develop more cyber resilient weapon systems.
Download or read book Weapon Systems Annual Assessment written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Title 10, section 2229b of the U.S. Code contains a provision for GAO to review DOD’s weapon programs. This report assesses the following aspects of DOD’s costliest weapon programs: their characteristics and performance, planned or actual implementation of knowledge-based acquisition practices, and implementation of selected software and cybersecurity practices. The report also assesses oversight implications of DOD’s changes to its foundational acquisition guidance. GAO recommends DOD develop a reporting strategy to improve oversight of those weapon systems developed using multiple efforts or pathways.
Download or read book Weapon Systems Annual Assessment written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report, GAO's 20th annual assessment, assesses the following aspects of DOD's costliest weapon programs: their characteristics and performance, and their implementation of knowledge-based acquisition practices, modern software development approaches, and cybersecurity practices. The report also describes industrial base challenges reported by weapon programs and DOD's efforts to assess these challenges. GAO is making two recommendations including that DOD update its industrial base assessment instruction to define the circumstances that would constitute a known or projected problem or substantial risk that a necessary industrial capability may be lost.
Download or read book Weapon Systems Annual Assessment written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This year’s assessment comes at a time of significant change to how DOD manages and oversees its major weapons programs. At the direction of Congress, DOD restructured the Office of the Secretary of Defense to focus more on capability development and less on program oversight, which now resides primarily with the three military departments. Amid these changes, this year GAO found that cost performance has slipped. Further, unlike prior years, programs initiated after major acquisition reforms were implemented in 2010 are now showing cost growth. This report provides observations on: 1. cost and schedule performance and contract awards for DOD’s 2018 portfolio of 82 programs that provide acquisition reports to Congress and 2. knowledge that 51 selected programs attained at key points in the acquisition process. Further, GAO presents individual assessments of 51 programs.
Download or read book Weapon Systems Annual Assessment written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2020, in an effort to deliver more timely and effective solutions to the warfighter, DOD revamped its department-wide acquisition policies. These policy changes responded to statutory provisions and long-standing concerns from some members of Congress that the defense acquisition process was overly bureaucratic and too slow. As part of these changes, DOD established the Adaptive Acquisition Framework, which has a variety of pathways for acquisition programs. This framework includes the major capability acquisition pathway to acquire and modernize DOD programs that provide enduring capability, including major defense acquisition programs, and the middle tier of acquisition pathway for rapid prototyping and rapid fielding.
Download or read book Defense Acquisitions written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Weapon Systems Annual Assessment written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While programs initiated since 2010, when sweeping acquisition reforms were implemented, have stayed within their cost estimates better than earlier programs, most continue to proceed without the key knowledge essential to good acquisition outcomes. Historically, this has translated to schedule delays, cost growth, and other inefficiencies that have beset DOD programs for years. This report provides observations on: 1. cost and schedule performance for DOD’s 2017 portfolio of 86 programs that provide annual acquisition reports to congress; 2. implementation of acquisition reforms among 57 individual weapon programs not in serial production or with new capabilities; and 3. knowledge that these 57 programs attained at key points in the acquisition process. GAO also makes observations specific to two sets of programs: those initiated since 2010 and before 2010.
Download or read book Weapon Systems Cybersecurity written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DOD’s network of sophisticated, expensive weapon systems must work when needed, without being incapacitated by cyberattacks. However, GAO reported in 2018 that DOD was routinely finding cyber vulnerabilities late in its development process. GAO’s report addresses (1) the extent to which DOD has made progress in implementing cybersecurity for weapon systems during development, and (2) the extent to which DOD and the military services have developed guidance for incorporating weapon systems cybersecurity requirements into contracts. GAO is recommending that the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps provide guidance on how programs should incorporate tailored cybersecurity requirements into contracts.
Download or read book 2019 Major American Weapons Systems written by U S Military and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-02-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Released in early 2019, this comprehensive Pentagon report from the Operational Test and Evaluation (OTE) Director contains extensive detailed information about over 100 major weapons systems under development by the Department of Defense, Army, Navy, and Air Force - including such consequential systems as the F-35, the Ford Aircraft Carrier, and Ballistic Missile Defense. The report outlines problems, deficiencies, capabilities, attributes, and successes for these vital military systems.Some of the weapons included: International Test and Evaluation (IT&E) Program * Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI) * DOD Healthcare Management System Modernization (DHMSM) * F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) * Global Command and Control System - Joint (GCCS-J) * Joint Information Environment (JIE) * Joint Regional Security Stack (JRSS) * Joint Warning and Reporting Network (JWARN) * Key Management Infrastructure (KMI) Increment 2 * Next Generation Diagnostic System (NGDS) Increment 1 * Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Increment 2 * Army Programs * Army Network Modernization * Abrams M1A1 System Enhancement Program (SEP) Main Battle Tank (MBT) * Active Protection Systems (APS) Program * AH-64E Apache * Armored Multipurpose Vehicle (AMPV) * Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) Modification (MOD) * Bradley Family of Vehicles (BFoV) Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) * Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) * Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool (EWPMT) * Javelin Close Combat Missile System - Medium * Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) * Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) * Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Family of Vehicles (FoV) * M109A7 Family of Vehicles (FoV) * Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) * MQ-1C Extended Range Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) * Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 * Soldier Protection System (SPS) * Spider Increment 1A M7E1 Network Command Munition * Stinger Proximity Fuze * Stryker 30 mm Infantry Carrier Vehicle - Dragoon (ICV-D) * Stryker Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station - Javelin (CROWS-J) * UH-60V BLACK HAWK * Warfighter Information Network - Tactical (WIN-T) * XM17/XM18 Modular Handgun System (MHS) * Navy Programs * Acoustic Rapid Commercial Off-the-Shelf Insertion (A-RCI) for AN/BQQ-10(V) Sonar * Aegis Modernization Program * Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) * AN/APR-39D(V)2 Radar Signal Detection Set (RSDS) * AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 Integrated Undersea Warfare (USW) Combat System Suite * CH-53K - Heavy Lift Replacement Program. * Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) System * CVN 78 Gerald R. Ford-Class Nuclear Aircraft Carrier * Distributed Aperture Infrared Countermeasure System (DAIRCM) * Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) * Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) * LHA 6 New Amphibious Assault Ship (formerly LHA(R)) * MK 48 Torpedo Modifications * Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) * MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System * Multi-Static Active Coherent (MAC) System * Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare (OASuW) Increment 1 * P-8A Poseidon Multi-Mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) * Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2 * SSN 774 Virginia-Class Submarine * Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) * Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) System: Torpedo Warning System (TWS) and Countermeasure Anti-Torpedo (CAT) * VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Fleet Replacement Program * Air Force Programs * AC-130J Ghostrider * AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) * Air Operations Center - Weapon System (AOC-WS) * B61 Mod 12 Life Extension Program Tail Kit Assembly * C-130J * Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) * Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System (DEAMS) * Enhanced Polar System (EPS) * F-22A - RAPTOR Modernization * Global Positioning System (GPS) Enterprise * more
Download or read book Achieving Mission Assurance Against a Cyber Threat with the Defense Acquisition System written by Robert T. Ungerman (III) and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Most DOD major weapon systems were designed before 1990 and were never deemed susceptible to a "hacking" threat. Decades of subsequent engineering focused on information availability and usability rather than security. Today we are left with a fleet of aircraft operating in a system of systems that has much vulnerability and little cyber hardening. Current guidance is not sufficient to obtain mission assurance, and without clarification, the DOD cannot assure mission success in the face of cyber threats. The author argues that three major guidance changes are needed. First, a functional mission analysis (FMA) should be conducted on every major weapon system. This will determine (and prioritize) the minimum requirements and subsystems needed for critical mission execution. Identification and prioritization of these systems will enable more focused and efficient vulnerability assessments that will eventually drive mission assurance to be "baked in" to system design. Second, FMAs and vulnerability assessments should be conducted prior to every acquisition milestone. Earlier assessments (in contrast to current guidance) will allow for timely and cost-effective changes to system design. Without a change in guidance, the DOD runs the risk of finding vulnerabilities that are either too costly to fix or too unsecure to field. Lastly, the DOD must mandate the inclusion of uniquely-qualified Cyber Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) Engineers at all vulnerability assessments. The extremely limited availability of these professionals may drive (and allow) a program to conduct halfhearted assessments unless current guidance is modified. Current direction allows a program strapped for time and money to execute (and pass) a vulnerability assessment that is too late, conducted without the proper experts, and does not address the most critical aspects of mission execution. Changes are needed."--Abstract.
Download or read book Weapon Systems written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "DOD invests roughly $70 billion annually in weapon system research, development, test, and evaluation, including prototyping activities. Prototyping can help reduce risk in weapon system acquisition programs by improving understanding of technologies, requirements, and proposed solutions. It can also contribute to innovation by demonstrating the value of new technologies or systems. House Conference Report 114-102 accompanying a bill for the fiscal year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act included a provision for GAO to review how DOD's research and development funds are used and whether this approach effectively supports activities such as prototyping. This report assesses (1) how DOD has used prototyping prior to system development on major defense acquisition programs, and (2) what steps DOD has taken to increase innovation through prototyping activities outside of major defense acquisition programs. GAO examined prototyping activities for 22 MDAPs that planned to enter system development between December 2009 and February 2016 and 7 prototyping-focused initiatives with the stated purpose of promoting innovation"--Preliminary page.
Download or read book 2019 Missile Defense Review written by Department Of Defense and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-19 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2019 Missile Defense Review - January 2019 According to a senior administration official, a number of new technologies are highlighted in the report. The review looks at "the comprehensive environment the United States faces, and our allies and partners face. It does posture forces to be prepared for capabilities that currently exist and that we anticipate in the future." The report calls for major investments from both new technologies and existing systems. This is a very important and insightful report because many of the cost assessments for these technologies in the past, which concluded they were too expensive, are no longer applicable. Why buy a book you can download for free? We print this book so you don't have to. First you gotta find a good clean (legible) copy and make sure it's the latest version (not always easy). Some documents found on the web are missing some pages or the image quality is so poor, they are difficult to read. We look over each document carefully and replace poor quality images by going back to the original source document. We proof each document to make sure it's all there - including all changes. If you find a good copy, you could print it using a network printer you share with 100 other people (typically its either out of paper or toner). If it's just a 10-page document, no problem, but if it's 250-pages, you will need to punch 3 holes in all those pages and put it in a 3-ring binder. Takes at least an hour. It's much more cost-effective to just order the latest version from Amazon.com This book includes original commentary which is copyright material. Note that government documents are in the public domain. We print these large documents as a service so you don't have to. The books are compact, tightly-bound, full-size (8 1/2 by 11 inches), with large text and glossy covers. 4th Watch Publishing Co. is a HUBZONE SDVOSB. https: //usgovpub.com
Download or read book Bytes Bombs and Spies written by Herbert Lin and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “We are dropping cyber bombs. We have never done that before.”—U.S. Defense Department official A new era of war fighting is emerging for the U.S. military. Hi-tech weapons have given way to hi tech in a number of instances recently: A computer virus is unleashed that destroys centrifuges in Iran, slowing that country’s attempt to build a nuclear weapon. ISIS, which has made the internet the backbone of its terror operations, finds its network-based command and control systems are overwhelmed in a cyber attack. A number of North Korean ballistic missiles fail on launch, reportedly because their systems were compromised by a cyber campaign. Offensive cyber operations like these have become important components of U.S. defense strategy and their role will grow larger. But just what offensive cyber weapons are and how they could be used remains clouded by secrecy. This new volume by Amy Zegart and Herb Lin is a groundbreaking discussion and exploration of cyber weapons with a focus on their strategic dimensions. It brings together many of the leading specialists in the field to provide new and incisive analysis of what former CIA director Michael Hayden has called “digital combat power” and how the United States should incorporate that power into its national security strategy.
Download or read book Weapon Systems Handbook written by and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-03 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: July 2019 Printed in BLACK AND WHITE The Army's Weapon Systems Handbook was updated in July 2019, but is still titled "Weapon Systems Handbook 2018." We are printing this in black and white to keep the price low. It presents many of the acquisition programs currently fielded or in development. The U.S. Army Acquisition Corps, with its 36,000 professionals, bears a unique responsibility for the oversight and systems management of the Army's acquisition lifecycle. With responsibility for hundreds of acquisition programs, civilian and military professionals collectively oversee research, development and acquisition activities totaling more than $20 billion in Fiscal Year 2016 alone. Why buy a book you can download for free? We print this so you don't have to. We at 4th Watch Publishing are former government employees, so we know how government employees actually use the standards. When a new standard is released, somebody has to print it, punch holes and put it in a 3-ring binder. While this is not a big deal for a 5 or 10-page document, many DoD documents are over 400 pages and printing a large document is a time- consuming effort. So, a person that's paid $25 an hour is spending hours simply printing out the tools needed to do the job. That's time that could be better spent doing mission. We publish these documents so you can focus on what you are there for. It's much more cost-effective to just order the latest version from Amazon.com. SDVOSB If there is a standard you would like published, let us know. Our web site is usgovpub.com
Download or read book Annual Report on the Activities of the Committee on Armed Services for the Congress written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book At the Nexus of Cybersecurity and Public Policy written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We depend on information and information technology (IT) to make many of our day-to-day tasks easier and more convenient. Computers play key roles in transportation, health care, banking, and energy. Businesses use IT for payroll and accounting, inventory and sales, and research and development. Modern military forces use weapons that are increasingly coordinated through computer-based networks. Cybersecurity is vital to protecting all of these functions. Cyberspace is vulnerable to a broad spectrum of hackers, criminals, terrorists, and state actors. Working in cyberspace, these malevolent actors can steal money, intellectual property, or classified information; impersonate law-abiding parties for their own purposes; damage important data; or deny the availability of normally accessible services. Cybersecurity issues arise because of three factors taken together - the presence of malevolent actors in cyberspace, societal reliance on IT for many important functions, and the presence of vulnerabilities in IT systems. What steps can policy makers take to protect our government, businesses, and the public from those would take advantage of system vulnerabilities? At the Nexus of Cybersecurity and Public Policy offers a wealth of information on practical measures, technical and nontechnical challenges, and potential policy responses. According to this report, cybersecurity is a never-ending battle; threats will evolve as adversaries adopt new tools and techniques to compromise security. Cybersecurity is therefore an ongoing process that needs to evolve as new threats are identified. At the Nexus of Cybersecurity and Public Policy is a call for action to make cybersecurity a public safety priority. For a number of years, the cybersecurity issue has received increasing public attention; however, most policy focus has been on the short-term costs of improving systems. In its explanation of the fundamentals of cybersecurity and the discussion of potential policy responses, this book will be a resource for policy makers, cybersecurity and IT professionals, and anyone who wants to understand threats to cyberspace.
Download or read book Strategic Cyber Security written by Kenneth Geers and published by Kenneth Geers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
