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Chinese Military Aircraft, Ships Make Provocative Passes Near Taiwan

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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Around 30 People’s Liberation Army Navy aircraft flew over the median line in the Taiwan Strait and into the island’s air defense identification zone on Wednesday, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said.

Since 7 a.m. local time, Taiwan’s Armed Forces identified a total of 30 aircraft consisting of unmanned aerial vehicles, Chengdu J-10 multi-mission aircraft, Shenyang J-16 fighters and Xian H-6 bombers, by 6 a.m. local time, according to the...

https://news.usni.org/2023/07/12/chinese-military-aircraft-ships-make-provocative-passes-near-taiwan

GAO Report on Contested Information Environments

The following is the Jan. 26, 2023, Government Accountability Office report, Contested Information Environment: Actions Needed to Strengthen Education and Training for DOD Leaders.

From the report

What GAO Found
Department of Defense (DOD) guidance for operating in a contested information environment continues to evolve as DOD works to develop and prepare leaders to make effective decisions. The information environment––that is, the aggregate of factors that affect how humans and automated...

https://news.usni.org/2023/01/31/gao-report-on-contested-information-environments

GAO Report on Information Threats to National Security

The following is the recently released Government Accountability Office report, Information Environment: Opportunities and Threats to DOD’s National Security Mission.

From the report

What GAO Found

Given the ubiquitous nature of the information environment, both DOD and adversaries can conduct operations and activities in the information environment from anywhere in the world. Additionally, with DOD capabilities dependent on IT and the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS), its ability to conduct...

https://news.usni.org/2022/09/23/gao-report-on-information-threats-to-national-security

GAO’s Open High Priority Recommendations for the Pentagon

The following is the Aug. 22, 2022 open letter from the Government Accountability Office to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Defense.

From the report

We ask for your continued attention to the remaining 66 open priority recommendations identified in the 2021 letter. We are also adding 18 new recommendations related to Navy readiness, cybersecurity and the information environment, defense management, federal contracting, and financial management. This...

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/23/gaos-open-high-priority-recommendations-for-the-pentagon