“Candidly, I worry a lot about the cyber domain and the unknowns in the cyber domain," Gen. Glen VanHerck said.

Homeland defense will look “vastly different” in the future, according to the commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command.

“For me, it was an eye opener,” NORAD and U.S. Northern Command chief Gen. Glen VanHerck said.

On Monday, President Biden also formed a new interagency team to study the broader policy implications for detecting and confronting unidentified objects threatening U.S. security.

The object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and posed a potential threat to the safety of civilian air traffic, U.S. officials said.

The Navy will use UUVs to help the Defense Department recover debris from China’s suspected surveillance balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina.

The Missile Defense Agency was recently passed over as the lead organization for developing new capabilities to defend the homeland against enemy cruise missiles.

The Pentagon needs to evolve in its approach to air and missile defense, according Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks.

Two top military commanders are currently in Alaska to discuss improving commercial satellite capabilities in the Arctic.

U.S. Northern Command and NORAD don’t have sufficient AI and machine learning capabilities, the dual-hatted chief of both organizations warned.