Threats
Pentagon Equips Kenya, Uganda Against WMD Threats
Move is to help build response capacity of east African countries in the event of a WMD attack. By Diane Barnes
Defense Systems
In-Q-Tel invests in cloud specialist HyTrust
CIA investor seeks partnership to boost cloud security.
Defense Systems
Next gen GPS III testbed delivered to Air Force
GPS system designed to boost nav capabilities by replacing aging satellites in orbit.
Defense Systems
DISA postpones $427M cloud services buy
DISA waits until the fiscal year end to replace their current $700M contract.
Policy
Obama Needs to Explain Why We're Breaking Up with Afghanistan
President Obama has switched from a message of 'we have to win' to 'we have to exit,' with little conversation in between. By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Policy
Biden’s Passage to India Should Include Afghanistan
Obama’s Afghanistan drawdown won’t work without help from the world’s largest democracy. By Kedar Pavgi
Policy
Want Syria? Convince General Dempsey
For more than a year, President Obama’s senior military advisor has deflected calls to send the U.S. military into Syria. Convince Gen. Martin Dempsey it won’t be another Iraq and maybe you’ll get your war. By Kevin Baron
Science & Tech
Pentagon Compromises in Spectrum Fight
The Defense Department now says it can leave the spectrum without losing ‘critical DOD capabilities.'
Threats
Intel Committee Approved Arms for Syrian Rebels
House panel had “reservations” but moved White House plan forward last week.
Policy
Is the Military Underrepresented Among Top Administration Officials?
In the first term, 12 percent of top officials surveyed by National Journal had military experience. Now, that figure is 9 percent. By Brian Resnick and Brian McGill
Threats
Hagel's Korean War Lesson from a Hollow Force
On the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is warning Washington not to hollow out the force. By Stephanie Gaskell
Business
Military Education, Sequestered
With furloughs and reduced spending levels, U.S. military academies are struggling to live up to their own standards of excellence. By Eric Katz
Business
Highlights From the Aspen Security Forum
Defense One brings you a wrap-up of the Aspen Security Forum. By Kedar Pavgi
Business
How Bid Protests Are Slowing Down Procurements
Bid protests have risen 50 percent since 2008 and the major delays they cause are now just "built into the process."
Threats
How the NSA is Using Cell Phone Data to Drone Civilians (In Pakistan)
Technological shifts have allowed agency to pinpoint terrorist targets. By Philip Bump
Ideas
Pakistan's New Big Threat Isn't Terrorism—It's Water
Shortages of the precious resource threaten to destabilize the region even further. By Aziz Nayani
Defense Systems
Carter details DOD's push for more special cyber operations teams
Deputy secretary of defense stresses cybersecurity in the context of sequestration and the Asia pivot.
Defense Systems
Navy builds carriers to support drone fleets
The first Ford-class carrier will be operational by 2016.
Ideas
Goodbye Anti-War, Hello Anti-Secrecy
Unable to stop war, the peace movement believes information freedom could be next. To them, Snowden, Manning and Assange are heroes. And it’s not just a cause, it’s an identity. By Kevin Baron
Policy