Defense Systems
The challenges of bringing your own classified device
The intelligence community is working out whether it can allow staff to use their own devices for work.
Defense Systems
Can machines teach themselves about time?
To expand the shelf life of artificial intelligence systems, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for researchers to help it build a neural network architecture with a self-understanding of time.
Defense Systems
House passes stopgap spending bill
The current appropriations bills are set to expire on Oct. 1; the bill now goes to the Senate where it is expected to pass.
Defense Systems
Watchdog calls for White House cyber director
Congress may have to step in to carve out a White House position charged with implementing protective cybersecurity measures.
Ideas
To Deter China, Extend New START
A new arms race with Russia will drain funds from the forces that influence and deter Beijing.
Science & Tech
The US Military’s Latest Wearables Can Detect Illness Two Days Before You Get Sick
Some 400 troops are testing the devices, trained on nearly a quarter million cases to detect COVID and a whole lot more.
Defense Systems
House tees up continuing resolution to avoid Oct. 1 shutdown
Protected leave for federal health workers and a USCIS funding measure are included in the stopgap bill.
Policy
Could Trump Assassinate A World Leader and Get Away With it?
Maybe. Scholars explain why the answer is as murky as the law.
Science & Tech
Analysis: How Trump’s TikTok Deal Helps China
The deal doesn’t really address data or privacy concerns. It does help regimes attack U.S. companies.
Ideas
The US Navy Has Drifted Badly Off Course
Three main failures are imperiling the sea service, writes the service’s former chief learning officer.
Ideas
The Pentagon Is Funding the Destruction of Cultural Heritage
Construction of Trump’s border wall is undermining not just sacred sites but the rule of law itself.
Science & Tech
Guam Becomes a Living Laboratory for Pentagon’s ‘Connect-Everything’ Experiments
US INDOPACOM and the Air Force are testing new networked warfare solutions in the region right now.
Policy
EU, US May Sanction Belarusian Leadership Next Week
Tensions are still running high and crackdowns continue in Minsk
Ideas
Esper's Convenient Lie
The defense secretary's claim that the two decades of countering violent extremism left the U.S. under-prepared for a near-peer fight doesn’t hold water.
Defense Systems
How cross-domain technologies are central to JADC2 success
Expanded with commercial technology, cross-domain solutions will play a crucial role in detecting threats as our military advantage on the world stage faces increasingly tough competition.
Ideas