Kimberly Underwood

1 month ago | afcea.org | Kimberly Underwood

Chairman John Moolenaar, R-Mich., and ranking member Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, are warning of many risks that come from the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

1 month ago | afcea.org | Kimberly Underwood

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) continues to control its citizens living abroad through a sophisticated low- and high-tech system of technology surveillance and social pressure. This includes activities in the United States to further the PRC’s transnational repression, confirmed John Sifton, Human Rights Watch Asia Advocacy director, in an interview with SIGNAL Media. “They are intimidating people on our soil, both Chinese and U.S. citizens,” Sifton stated.

1 month ago | afcea.org | Kimberly Underwood

In national security, the concept of "for your eyes only" is very important. The right information must go only to those who are classified to see it. Enter TITAN, the Trusted Information Transfer and Access Nexus developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), for users across the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The TITAN suite of tools enables information sharing for cross-domain applications—handling information across different classification domains—from unclassified to top secret.

2 months ago | afcea.org | Kimberly Underwood

The U.S. Army released its Unified Network Plan 2.0 on March 4, setting a course to support multidomain operations further with a resilient, zero-trust-backed unified network. The plan maps out the vision for a common operating environment, common services infrastructure and common transport layer with unified network operations and a centralized delivery of services model—accompanied by a “robust set of cyber defense capabilities,” according to the plan.

2 months ago | afcea.org | Kimberly Underwood

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, led by Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth, USN, is employing even more artificial intelligence (AI) in the collection and analysis of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT). The director spoke at the GovMilSpace 2025 event that is part of the Satellite 2025 conference, held in Washington, D.C., March 10-13. “This year, it's got to be AI,” Whitworth emphasized.