Ideas

Preserve the Jones Act

China’s burgeoning fleets underscore the importance of legislation that bolsters our own.

Threats

Iran Using Voter Data to Spoof Floridians, Warn US Intelligence Leaders

Voting systems remain secure but Russia and Iran have obtained voter data, warn DNI Ratcliffe and FBI Director Wray.

Ideas

As the US Slumps Away, China Subsumes African Security Arrangements

Organizations created to fight terror groups after 9/11 are becoming conduits for Beijing’s surveillance and influence.

Ideas

The Right’s Disinformation Machine Is Getting Ready for Trump to Lose

QAnon has become a linchpin of far-right media—and the effort to preemptively delegitimize the election.

Defense Systems

Army takes a look at spectrum on the battlefield

Managing electromagnetic spectrum will become increasingly important as the Army pushes for large-scale operations across domains.

Defense Systems

Questions about the CMMC interim rule? Two lawyers have answers

Two contract lawyers take on what vendors really need to know about the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program.

Defense Systems

NSA warns industry about China hacks

The National Security Agency released details on 25 existing vulnerabilities that Chinese state-sponsored threat groups are using to try to penetrate defense industrial base networks.

Defense Systems

The Army's new pay system could upgrade talent management

The Army is planning to field an app-friendly human resources system that could hold the data needed to improve its workforce.

Defense Systems

US has a ‘China problem,’ cyber commission says

To shore up security of information and communications technology, the nation must reduce its dependency on suppliers from rival powers, especially China, according to the Cyberspace Solarium Commission.

Defense Systems

Solving the Army's data talent problem

The Army needs to develop specific skill sets and retool or retrain existing workforce, said Mark Gorak, the director of people analytics for the Assistant Secretary of the Army Manpower and Reserve Affairs.

Defense Systems

Is the AF’s Digital University the future of IT training?

Both novices and experts can take advantage of over 7,000 classes to stay current with advancing technologies and learn digital skills they can use to build efficiencies into their jobs.

Business

Is Lockheed Building the Air Force’s Secret Fighter? 

Executives drop some not-so-subtle clues.

Ideas

Ep. 75: Army Chief Gen. McConville

How is the U.S. Army dealing with COVID? And what about that new joint project with the Air Force, CJADC2?

Ideas

What We Don’t Know About Military Innovation

It’s time to take stock of the Pentagon’s various rapid-acquisition efforts.

Threats

US Charges Six Russians with Major Cyberattacks

U.S. officials said a new indictment describing a four-year global conspiracy belies the country’s recent offer to reset relations in cyberspace.

Threats

Intelligence Experts Suspicious of DNI Ratcliffe On Laptop Story

The chief of the U.S. intelligence community appeared to pre-judge the conclusions of an active FBI investigation.

Ideas

To Reboot Arms Control, Start with Small Steps

Stop accusing. Set aside questions of structure. Start talking.