Ideas
Get mental health stigmas out of the clearance process
Old attitudes toward mental health treatment must no longer dissuade people from applying for cleared jobs or seeking help after receiving one.
Science & Tech
Army looks to de-tangle its networks to combat China’s ‘digitally native’ military
By year’s end, troops should be able to jump on a network from just about any location, an Army cyber leader said.
Threats
What happens when a crisis sprawls between combatant commands?
That’s just one of the questions that the Navy’s global Large Scale Exercise aims to answer.
Policy
The Pentagon may be too busy to fix its half-century-old budget process, reform group says
The congressional panel looking at the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution system has interim recommendations—and doubts about their implementability.
Ideas
Air Force deal sets a precedent others should follow
By obtaining the data rights for two helicopters, the service sets itself up to save money and improve readiness.
Threats
Logisticians battle distance, weather, red tape in giant Pacific exercise
A joint U.S.-Australian wargame turns its focus to supply challenges.
Threats
How to hide a helicopter refueling point, and other lessons from a giant Navy wargame
A stealthy Marine logistics team was just one small part of Large Scale Exercise 23.
Ideas
Extend the Pentagon’s ban on China’s consumer drones
The rest of the federal government—and state and local agencies and even private-sector infrastructure companies—should quit using this Chinese technology.
Science & Tech
The next big space business: satellite pictures of other satellites
As space debris proliferates and new weapons appear, a new market is rising to document it all.
Policy
What military sexual-assault victims think of the new way cases are prosecuted
President Biden signed an executive order last month that removes legal decision-making authority from commanders for most serious crimes.
Ideas
The latest Iran deal is a win-win
A complicated prisoner swap should ease drug shortages that are killing ordinary Iranians—and put new pressure on Tehran’s leaders.
Business
Potential competition for F-35 cooling system heats up between Honeywell and Raytheon
Company officials spar over access to engine information.
Science & Tech
New AI laser system to guard US capital region from unauthorized aircraft
‘The first line of defense is actually that they will beam a laser at the cockpit of the aircraft.’
Exclusive
Science & Tech
The Pentagon just launched a generative AI task force
A conversation with the leader of Task Force Lima reveals its objectives—and the main questions it's trying to answer.
Policy
