The Department of the Treasury has renewed its cybersecurity cooperation with the National Bank of Ukraine. The U.S. Treasury Department and the Ukrainian central bank recently signed a memorandum of understanding to continue the sharing of information about cybersecurity threats and incidents, cyberthreat actors and best practices. The memorandum also encourages both parties to participate […] Read more
The United States is implementing its 2022 National Defense Strategy in Israel’s war against Hamas, as well as in supporting Ukraine against the Russian invasion, a Department of Defense official said in a Brookings Institution event Tuesday. Mara Karlin assistant secretary of defense for strategies plans and capabilities, told the event’s attendees that the Hamas […] Read more
Denmark is contributing $2.8 million to the U.S. Agency for International Development’s program, Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine, the U.S. and the Danish governments announced on Monday. Following Russia’s Ukraine invasion, USAID launched the program as a four-year activity in May 2020, with an initial $38 million in funding to strengthen and protect Ukraine’s […] Read more
The Department of Defense has provided Ukrainian armed forces with industrial 3D printers to help them combat Russian forces. Speaking at a Center for a New American Security event, DOD acquisition chief William LaPlante said the “truck-sized” 3D printers will enhance Ukraine’s additive manufacturing capabilities and allow soldiers to produce spare parts needed on the […] Read more
The U.S. is modernizing its defense industrial base to increase its capacity to produce weapons systems and other items being sent to Ukraine as part of security assistance packages, including Stinger anti-aircraft systems, Javelin anti-armor systems and 155-millimeter artillery rounds. Doug Bush, the Army’s assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology and a former Potomac […] Read more
The director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Ukraine’s information-sharing model is a good example of how United States operators should exchange adversarial threat details. According to 2023 Wash100 awardee Jen Easterly, Ukrainian officials were quick to share information about Russian cyber operations in Ukraine and potential threats to U.S. targets. Easterly said […] Read more
The Department of Defense is working with SpaceX to deliver communications services to Ukraine using the Starlink satellite constellation. The cost and other details of the effort remain classified to maintain operational security. SpaceX, which has provided Starlink access in Ukraine since 2022, has expressed concern about the use of the network to facilitate combat […] Read more
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the press secretary of the Department of Defense, said during a news conference that Ukraine will receive $1.2 billion to boost anti-air and artillery capabilities. He explained that the grant is intended to meet immediate defensive needs and enhance the Ukrainian military’s ability to repel Russia “over the […] Read more
Participants in a National Security Institute panel discussion that took place on Thursday talked about insights gleaned from how Ukraine defended itself against cyber attacks from Russia. Jamil Jaffer, NSI’s founder and executive director, told Breaking Defense in an interview after the panel discussion that the U.S. has not secured its public and private networks […] Read more
L3Harris Technologies will deliver 14 Vehicle Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment weapon systems to the Department of Defense under a $40 million contract. The VAMPIRE systems will be installed on the vehicles the U.S. is providing to Ukrainian military forces to help counter ground threats and unmanned aircraft systems. Four of the VAMPIRE portable […] Read more
