The U.S. Department of Defense hired a crypto intelligence firm to review the potential security threat of cryptocurrencies. DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has tasked Inca Digit...
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Inca Digital will help the Pentagon understand crypto exchanges
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Inca Digital, a technology platform data science business, announced yesterday that it would research the effects of digital reso...
Pentagon Launches Review of Crypto to Crack Down on Illegal Uses
Alex Dovbnya The Pentagon has started reviewing cryptocurrencies in order to assess what securities risks they present The Pentagon, the headquarters of the U.S. Defense Department, has launched a new...
Pentagon contracts with Inca Digital for a security-focused digital asset mapping tool
Digital asset data analytics company Inca Digital will study the implications of digital assets for national security under a year-long contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DAR...
Pentagon Taps Inca Digital To Examine Crypto Risks To National Security
The Pentagon is spearheading a new program in order to deeply look into different types of cryptocurrencies and find out what kind of risks they could pose to national security and law enforcement, a ...
Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Is No Reason To Increase The Pentagon Budget
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons if his nation’s “territorial integrity” is threatened has been widely denounced, and rightly so. But paradoxically, it is a sign of Rus...
In Pursuit of Higher Revenues, Weapons Contractors Exaggerate Impacts of Inflation
Not surprisingly, weapons contractors want as much taxpayer money as the political market will bear. Part of their job is to maximize revenue, profits, and share value. That’s why the nation’s civilia...
Elections Cloud Future For Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro is out of favor and may soon be out of a job Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. After a year in office, U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro cuts a...
U.S. Commemorates 21st Anniversary Of 9/11 Attacks
Topline More than two decades after the September 11 terrorist attacks killed nearly 3,000 people, scores of Americans gathered Sunday in Pennsylvania, New York and Virginia to mourn the attack’s vict...
Weapons Contractors Thrive Despite Pandemic, Supply Chain Issues
America’s top weapons contractors had another banner year in 2021 despite labor and supply chain issues linked to the COVID pandemic and other global economic challenges, according to the latest editi...
Suddenly, The F-35 Fighter Is Everywhere
If the F-35 fighter was a normal Pentagon program, this July would look like a landmark month of spectacular successes. Instead, it is shaping up to be a fairly typical month in the recent history of ...
Lockheed and Pentagon near $30 billion deal; What it could mean for LMT stock?
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is looking to provide the U.S. government with roughly 375 F-35 fighter jets over a three-year period. Namely, reports surfacing on July 18 pointed to the U.S. Department o...
Pentagon Report on Decentralization and Security Flawed, Says CEO
JAN3 chief Samson Mow has debunked a Pentagon-backed report which called into question the decentralization and security of the Bitcoin network. The Trail of Bits report makes a number of flawed claim...
Pentagon Discovers Unsettling Vulnerabilities Regarding The Blockchain Tech
A report titled “Are Blockchains Decentralized, Unintended Centralities in Distributed Ledgers” warns the crypto industry by saying that some big players can exercise centralized control over the comp...
The Pentagon says blockchains are not decentralized
A Trail of Bits report was published a few days ago detailing the results of an analysis conducted by the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a government agency that deals w...
Or Another Decade Will Be Lost
The Pentagon’s Space Policies Must Change Now: Or Another Decade Will be Lost Shutterstock | Visual Generation From a winning combination of inexpensive launch, blindingly fast commercial processors a...
Pentagon Finds Major Security Loop Holes in Bitcoin Blockchain
The price of cryptocurrencies just fell, wiping out hundreds of millions of dollars. The solvency of numerous tokens has been questioned after the Terra crisis. Record outflows and liquidations indica...
Pentagon Raises Damning Concerns Over Bitcoin, Ethereum Security
Pentagon’s research body, DARPA, commissioned a report to analyze the extent to which blockchains are truly decentralized. While focusing primarily on Bitcoin and Ethereum, Trail of Bits, the security...
Pentagon paper warns of major vulnerabilities in the Bitcoin blockchain
As the cryptocurrency industry continues to expand and becomes an increasingly attractive target to hackers, the Pentagon has commissioned a study that has discovered some concerning vulnerabilities, ...
U.S. Service Member Arrested For Explosion On American Base In Syria
Topline A member of the U.S. Air Force was arrested in connection with an attack on an American base in Syria, the military said Tuesday, months after an explosion injured four U.S. personnel in easte...
Hawks’ Arguments For Jacking Up Pentagon Spending Make No Sense
Congress is starting work on next year’s Pentagon budget, and the hawks like Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) are already pushing to authorize tens of billions of dollars more...
Failure Or Savior? Busting Myths About Switchblade Loitering Munitions In Ukraine
When the Pentagon announced it was supplying Switchblade loitering munitions to Ukraine, the move was met with a wave of enthusiasm. Some people seemed to think the Switchblade was a super-weapon whic...
Pentagon Investigating Whether U.S. Service Member Attacked American Base In Syria
Topline The U.S. military is investigating whether an American service member was involved in carrying out an April 7 attack on the military’s Green Village base in eastern Syria, an incident that lef...
“21st Century Security” Becomes Lockheed Martin’s Driving Vision Of The Future
Two years into his tenure as CEO of Lockheed MartinLMT , James D. Taiclet has done a decent job of keeping the world’s biggest arms maker on an even keel. This year will see a modest top-line decline ...
Drone Ships Posed To Play Important Role In Russia-Ukraine War
The Russia-Ukraine war has featured more drone technology than any previous war. Indeed, part of Ukraine’s initial success is due to their effective usage of the Bayraktar TB2 aerial drones. Meanwhile...
Ukrainian Missile Strike Sank Russian Warship Moskva, Pentagon Official Says
Topline The Russian cruiser Moskva sank after it was hit by two Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missiles Wednesday, a U.S. defense official said Friday, contradicting Russian claims that an accidental exp...
Britain, Australia Join Pentagon To Monitor Russia’s Possible Use Of Chemical Weapons In Ukraine
Topline Officials in Washington and London are investigating the possible use of chemical weapons by the Russian military in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Monday, after Ukrainian forces i...
Let The Marine Corps Build The New Light Amphibious Warship
It’s time to supplement the Navy’s big amphibious fleet with light amphibious warships Getty Images The Pentagon’s proposed 2023 naval budget was a rude shock for America’s amphibious assa...