Business
Finland Chooses F-35 Over Super Hornet, 3 European Fighters
It’s the second win this year for the F-35 in a European fighter competition.
Ideas
The Navy Remains Stuck At the Pier Without a Leadership Team
Three of the service’s top jobs are filled by temps, nearly 11 months into the Biden administration.
Science & Tech
This Air Force Targeting AI Thought It Had a 90% Success Rate. It Was More Like 25%
Too little of the right kind of data can throw off target algorithms. But try telling the algorithm that.
Threats
The Combat Mission in Iraq Has Ended. But Troops Aren’t Coming Home
Train-advise-assist will continue, Pentagon says, with no force cuts planned.
Science & Tech
General Atomics Unveils New Drone That Carries 16 Hellfire Missiles
The Mojave, marketed for special forces, doesn’t need a traditional runway to launch.
Business
Defense Spending Could Rise, Wall Street Analysis Say
Ten months into the Biden administration, predictions of flat budgets are evaporating amid inflation and Congress delays.
Defense Systems
Accounting for software in weapons systems
The Defense Department is still trying to figure out the best way to buy software and track that spending. But could the answer be in separating out those costs from the hardware required in major acquisitions?
Threats
Calls Grow Urgent for Improving Guam’s Missile Defenses
“The threat to Guam will only increase over the next five years,” says INDOPACOM’s No. 2.
Defense Systems
House passes a compromise on the 2022 NDAA bill
The bill, which supports $778 billion for national security spending, was filed in lieu of a traditional conference report and combines the text passed by the Senate Armed Services Committee in July and the House bill passed in September.
Policy
Should Killing a Satellite Provoke War on Earth?
A Space Force official says the service is considering how to respond to attacks in orbit.
Defense Systems
A quick look at cyber in the 2022 defense bill
As has been the case for the past few years, cyber governance provisions were featured in this year's must-pass defense policy bill moving through Congress, but a bipartisan breach notification measure was dropped from the bill -- to the chagrin of its supporters.
Defense Systems
Analysis: The side effects of the 'valley of death'
The "valley of death" problem is real when it comes to government acquisition and technology deployment, so the dialogue on that problem is endless. But when nine out of 10 startups with potentially promising technology fail to cross their own valley, more attention is needed there too.
Defense Systems
Coast Guard picks AT&T as primary telecom provider
The Coast Guard chooses AT&T to consolidate several data communications networks into a single environment under a $161 million task order.
Policy
New National Defense Strategy to Be Released Early 2022
The Pentagon's NDS will follow the release of a new National Security Strategy from the White House, officials said.
Threats
Biden Rules Out Sending Troops to Ukraine, at Least for Now
NSA Sullivan says U.S. will limit its support for Kyiv to weapons, pressure in the face of Moscow’s buildup.
Science & Tech