Ideas
More Than Just Subs: AUKUS Will Change Pacific Air Ops as Well
For example, U.S. air forces will be able to practice and refine the burgeoning agile combat employment, or ACE, concept.
Ideas
What’s Next for the Quad?
This year’s summit has demonstrated the leaders’ ambitions. Regular leaders’ summits will be needed to maintain the pace and focus.
Defense Systems
DISA reorganizes cloud office
The Defense Information Systems Agency has reorganized its cloud offices, combining the Cloud Computing Program Office with DISA's hosting services directorate and ecosystem.
Defense Systems
DHS faces steep climb with financial systems modernization
The agency made some awards on a long-delayed financial management modernization effort earlier this month, but years of work awaits the agency on establishing an enterprisewide system.
Ideas
America Should Help Iran Get COVID Vaccines
There are at least two national-security reasons Biden should seize this opportunity.
Business
Lockheed Opens New Hypersonic Weapons Factory In Alabama
The manufacturing plant is the third digital factory opened by the world’s largest defense contractor this year.
Defense Systems
Tough conversations on ransomware ahead
The U.S. government, will have to start regularly having hard conversations "country to country" on state-sponsored cyberattacks, according to a top Defense Department official.
Policy
Is This the Next US Military Base in Europe?
Lithuania built Camp Herkus to woo a permanent contingent of American troops. But the Biden administration is far from convinced.
Science & Tech
Soldiers’ Super Suits Will Sense Surroundings Soon
Tooth microphones and spider senses could be coming to a battlefield near you.
Policy
The Forever War is Over. Its 2001 Authorization Lives On.
Pentagon says “over the horizon” strikes in Afghanistan will be conducted under the AUMF passed two decades ago.
Science & Tech
Hypersonics Test Shows the US Is Catching Up in the New Missile Race
But questions remain about costs and priorities remain.
Policy