Science & Tech
‘Hellscape’: DOD launches massive drone swarm program to counter China
INDOPACOM wants to be able to find and hit 1,000 targets in 24 hours. Cheap drones are the answer—if DOD can make them quickly enough.
Defense Systems
Doing business with the Navy shouldn’t be ‘artificially hard,’ research chief says
Rear Adm. Kurt Rothenhaus said making contracting easier is a top priority.
Policy
Despite major reform to military justice system, Navy still leaves public in dark
The service is fighting a ProPublica lawsuit to make sexual-assault court proceedings public.
Threats
Navy divers begin search and underwater survey in Maui
The Defense Department now has 572 people supporting relief efforts after devastating fires.
Policy
US to train Ukrainian pilots, maintainers on F-16s this fall
The pilots will go through English language training before getting into the cockpit.
Policy
Meet the tiny State Department offices clearing billions of dollars’ worth of weapons for Ukraine
They’ve handled a 150-fold increase in work by doing in hours what used to take months.
Science & Tech
As DOD steps up response to bioweapon threat, China plays complicated role in biosecurity
A new biodefense council looks to get ahead of the next pandemic.
Threats
US issues threat warning after hackers break into a satellite
Three teams at the DEF CON 23 convention met a government challenge to hack satellite in orbit.
Threats
Putin’s chef meets his ‘window.’ What does that mean for the future of Ukraine?
The legacy of the world’s most famous mercenary leader is likely copycat organizations, and little else, experts say.
Science & Tech
Pentagon preps for $48B tech-research contracts
Officials released more details on bidding for work that will support the preservation and distribution of defense research and analysis.
Ideas
The Senate's defense-policy bill looks for threats in the rear-view mirror
The upper house orders up an investigation of the 2020 SolarWinds hack while saying all but nothing about AI.
Science & Tech
Lockheed, Northrop share $1.5B contract for new comms satellites
Seventy-two satellites, which will begin launching in 2026, will be “the space backbone for the Joint All Domain Command and Control.”
Science & Tech
New Chinese research examines how to get drones to target without GPS
But camera data can’t tell a drone whether hitting a target is a bad idea.
Policy
Women face misogyny, barriers to promotion in special operations forces, US Army study says
The “very small percentage” of respondents who espoused such views included officers and senior enlisted leaders.
Threats