Ideas
The US Is on the Path to Destruction
Climate change is killing Americans and destroying the country’s physical infrastructure.
Ideas
The Pentagon Is Funding the Destruction of Cultural Heritage
Construction of Trump’s border wall is undermining not just sacred sites but the rule of law itself.
Science & Tech
Guam Becomes a Living Laboratory for Pentagon’s ‘Connect-Everything’ Experiments
US INDOPACOM and the Air Force are testing new networked warfare solutions in the region right now.
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AI and Autonomy Promise to Be the Next ‘Capability Multiplier’ for the Defense Department
As autonomy and artificial intelligence evolve to improve human capabilities, Lockheed Martin calls on decades of innovative experience in flight to pave a path forward.
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Policy
EU, US May Sanction Belarusian Leadership Next Week
Tensions are still running high and crackdowns continue in Minsk
Ideas
Esper's Convenient Lie
The defense secretary's claim that the two decades of countering violent extremism left the U.S. under-prepared for a near-peer fight doesn’t hold water.
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Best Practices for IT Asset Discovery
Keeping track of the presence of dynamic IT assets on networks is a problem that is not going to go away. Given the need to know precisely what’s within your environment, where do you start?
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Ideas
The Air Force Needs a New Non-Stealthy Bomber
There are important things the B-1 and B-52 do that the B-21 won’t.
Ideas
Nobody Wants America to Rule the World
Foreign confidence in the U.S. is sinking even faster than the share of Americans who see the benefits of engagement beyond our borders.
Science & Tech
Air Force to Try In-Flight Software Update
The demonstration would show how the service’s DevSecOps initiative can deliver updates to warfighters in real time.
Ideas
Combat Leaders Go Through Hell to Learn About Risk. The Acquisition Corps Should Do the Same
One reason the “culture of innovation” hasn’t taken proper hold at the Pentagon is that its buyers aren’t trained over and over to weigh uncertainties.
Business
Who is Secretly Building the USAF’s New Fighter?
Officials are mum, so here’s a roundup of clues.
Science & Tech
Defense Intel Head: We ‘Did What We Were Supposed To’ With COVID Warning
DIA chief hints that the public doesn’t yet know just what the military knew about the coronavirus.
Science & Tech
France, Israel, S. Korea, Japan, Others Join Pentagon’s AI Partnership
13 countries took part in DoD’s two-day dialogue about the future of responsible
Ideas
The Abraham Accords: Who Benefits?
From authoritarian leaders to White House aides to the Palestinians, tallying the winners and losers of the new agreement.
Science & Tech
The Virtual Tools That Built the Air Force’s New Fighter Prototype
“Digital twinning” is coming to a battlefield near you.
Ideas
Stumbling Out of the Middle East is No Better Than Stumbling In
It is tempting for the United States to just throw in the towel, pull troops, and abandon allies. More important is understanding what the U.S. strategy toward the Middle East should be.
Policy
Trump Says He Wanted To Assassinate Syria’s Assad
The revelation further undermines the president’s assertion that he has stood firmly between the Pentagon and war.
Science & Tech
Revealed: US Air Force Has Secretly Built and Flown a New Fighter Jet
The new digital tools that designed the full-scale flight demonstrator could herald a sea change in weapons acquisition.
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