Amid lawmaker concerns, CYBERCOM head says SOCOM-like model is best way forward
Reps. Don Bacon and Richard McCormick shared concerns over the SOCOM-like model in today's hearing.
Reps. Don Bacon and Richard McCormick shared concerns over the SOCOM-like model in today's hearing.
Lt. Gen William Hartman, who served as Haugh’s deputy at Cyber Command, will take over Haugh’s Cyber Command duties. Sheila Thomas, NSA’s deputy director, will assume Haugh’s’ NSA responsibilities.
The Cyber National Mission Force's commander "has that team of expertise as a tool that when she’s got a hard problem, she can use that task force as one of the solutions."
“The People's Republic of China’s efforts to steal intellectual property, gain critical infrastructure footholds and disrupt supply chains pose significant risk to DoD's ability to defend the nation," CYBERCOM Commander Gen. Haugh said.
The RFI is one of the first industry solicitations since the Air Force announced in April 2019 an overhaul of its EW operations to counter Russian and Chinese advances, and to enable multi-domain operations.