Ideas
America’s Far Right Isn’t Authoritarian. It’s Anti-Statist.
The distinction makes a difference in understanding and confronting the threat.
Ideas
Pentagon Won’t Throw Traditional Farewell Ceremony for Trump
It’s a shame, and a missed opportunity — not despite recent events but because of them.
Policy
Roper Makes His Pitch To Biden Team: ‘I Want to Be Part of the China fight’
The Air Force acquisition chief says he keeps politics out of his work at the Pentagon — and that the U.S. will lose against China without agility.
Defense Systems
It’s time for a tactical LiDAR satellite
Deployment of a LiDAR satellites will allow the military to effectively use its new generation of weapons systems.
Business
Former Air Force Chief Goldfein Joins Blackstone
The retired general picked the investment firm over opportunities at defense companies.
Science & Tech
Air Force Recommends Space Command Move to Alabama
With one week left on the job, Secretary Barrett picked Huntsville. The decision, however, is not final.
Ideas
We Need to Know Who Is Getting Vaccinated
The federal government must release demographic data about vaccine recipients.
Defense Systems
Civilian-military concerns trail Biden's defense secretary pick
With the Senate Armed Services Committee prepping to hear the nomination of retired Army General Lloyd Austin to serve as secretary of defense, some lawmakers are concerned about preserving civilian control of the U.S. military.
Defense Systems
Russia behind SolarWinds hack, intel agencies claim
According to a Jan. 5 statement from the Cyber Unified Coordination Group, “an Advanced Persistent Threat actor, likely Russian in origin, is responsible for most or all of the recently discovered, ongoing cyber compromises of both government and non-governmental networks."
Defense Systems
Evanina: SolarWinds victims numbers 'will continue to grow'
A top counterintelligence official today said the number of known federal agencies affected by the SolarWinds hack will likely to continue to rise beyond initial estimates.
Defense Systems
SolarWinds hackers accessed DOJ email
Suspected Russian intelligence agents are believed to have accessed "around" 3% of email inboxes, but not any classified systems, according to a Justice Department spokesman.
Defense Systems
DOD, NTIA pushing open 5G stack ecosystem
The Defense Department and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced plans to issue a challenge to accelerate development of software and telecom technologies for an open 5G stack ecosystem in support of DOD missions.
Defense Systems
More visible data helps drive DOD decision-making
CDOs in the Defense Department are opening up their data to take advantage of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools that help surface insights and improve decision-making.
Defense Systems
DOD nixes diversity training modification for contractors
The Pentagon eliminated a class deviation that implemented the president's executive order purging diversity training across federal grants and contracts.
Defense Systems
DISA takes on DOD cloud operations
The Defense Information Systems Agency will be absorbing the Defense Department’s Cloud Computing Program Office by the end of January, the agency's director said.
Defense Systems
Hackers breaking into networks without SolarWinds, CISA says
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency says hackers are breaching federal networks by exploiting methods besides the SolarWinds Orion vulnerabilities.
Threats
Feds Can't Buy Chinese-Made Drones Through GSA Anymore
By Feb. 1, all but five unmanned aerial vehicles will be removed from the General Services Administration’s offerings.
Ideas