Policy
Trump's Halt to Election-Security Briefings Worries Many
DNI Ratcliffe’s edict comes just two months ahead of Election Day, with Russia, China and Iran all intent on influencing the outcome.
Defense Systems
Joint All-Domain Command and Control: It’s all about the data
Critical applications and data become liabilities if they cannot be architected in a lightweight, modular manner, readily scaled and consistently deployed everywhere they are needed -- whether at the tactical edge, on an aircraft or in a cloud environment.
Ideas
The Week QAnon Became Everyone’s Problem
The conspiracy theory-based movement poses a different type of terrorist threat.
Ideas
Bad Cyber Actors Don’t Fear the Law. We Can Change That.
Better coordination among law enforcement agencies at home and abroad are key to the layered deterrence strategy we need.
Policy
Biden: Trump’s ‘Subservience’ to Putin Is ‘Humiliating’ to the US
“Never before has an American president played such a subservient role to a Russian leader,” the Democratic candidate said.
Ideas
‘America First’ Enters Its Most Combustible Moment
If the next 150 days turn out to be Trump’s final days in office, he could still wreak a lot of havoc on American foreign policy.
Ideas
Will Trumpism Change Republican Foreign Policy Permanently?
The president did not just challenge Republican orthodoxy. He also blew up its establishment.
Threats
N. Korean Hackers Upgraded Their Financial-Theft Tools, Feds Warn
The BeagleBoyz — tied to Pyongyang’s General Reconnaissance Bureau — are thought to have stolen some $2 billion since 2015.
Science & Tech
Can AI Solve the Rare Earths Problem? Chinese and US Researchers Think So
A research effort funded by China and the U.S. could speed up the discovery of new materials to use in electronics.
Ideas
In a Robot War, Kill the Humans
Even if advances in robotics mean fewer humans on the battlefield, the fight will increasingly focus on those that remain.
Science & Tech
US Navy Turns to Drones, AI to Monitor Rust
The service has hired a Google partner to apply technology that has already changed cancer treatment and road repair.
Policy
Vindman Twin Alleges Retaliation To DOD IG
Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman says he reported “legal compliance and ethics violations” by NSA Robert O’Brien.
Defense Systems
DISA plans single award for $11.7B IT contract
The Defense Information Systems Agency is working on the solicitation for an $11.7 IT support contract and as things currently stand, there will be one winner.
Defense Systems