Ideas
Nobody Wants America to Rule the World
Foreign confidence in the U.S. is sinking even faster than the share of Americans who see the benefits of engagement beyond our borders.
Science & Tech
Air Force to Try In-Flight Software Update
The demonstration would show how the service’s DevSecOps initiative can deliver updates to warfighters in real time.
Ideas
Combat Leaders Go Through Hell to Learn About Risk. The Acquisition Corps Should Do the Same
One reason the “culture of innovation” hasn’t taken proper hold at the Pentagon is that its buyers aren’t trained over and over to weigh uncertainties.
Business
Who is Secretly Building the USAF’s New Fighter?
Officials are mum, so here’s a roundup of clues.
Science & Tech
Defense Intel Head: We ‘Did What We Were Supposed To’ With COVID Warning
DIA chief hints that the public doesn’t yet know just what the military knew about the coronavirus.
Science & Tech
France, Israel, S. Korea, Japan, Others Join Pentagon’s AI Partnership
13 countries took part in DoD’s two-day dialogue about the future of responsible
Defense Systems
Shakeup at CMMC board
The independent board charged with implementing the Defense Department's unified cybersecurity standard has new leadership as it announces new milestone hit.
Defense Systems
What to look for in DOD's coming spectrum strategy
Interoperability, integration and JADC2 are likely to figure into an updated electromagnetic spectrum strategy expected soon from the Department of Defense.
Defense Systems
Navy plans shift to single-tenant clouds
Dedicated Microsoft 365 environments are planned for the Navy and Marine Corps to improve its identity and credentialing efforts, according to a Navy CIO memo.
Defense Systems
From weapons to workforce, digital centricity is the Air Force's new motto
Air Force leadership highlights the need for digitally fluent personnel and digital manufacturing during the 2020 Air, Space, Cyber conference.
Defense Systems
Pentagon raises AI ambitions
The Defense Department wants to make AI training available to all DOD components by 2021.
Defense Systems
Thornberry: Don't expect finished defense bill anytime soon
Rep. Mac Thornberry, the House Armed Services Committee's ranking member, said the November elections could hold up negotiations over key provisions in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.
Defense Systems
'Huawei ban' means contract modifications
The General Services Administration is seeing high rates of acceptance of contract modifications from contractors to comply with acquisition rules in the 2019 defense bill.
Defense Systems
DOD enlisting AR microscopes to spot cancer
The Defense Innovation Unit is partnering with Google Cloud to use machine learning and augmented reality to speed and improve the accuracy of cancer diagnoses.
Defense Systems
Automated analytics for the tactical edge
To help soldiers quickly make sound decisions based on local information, the Special Operations Command is looking for technologies to speed the delivery of real-time analytics to warfighters in the field.
Science & Tech
The Virtual Tools That Built the Air Force’s New Fighter Prototype
“Digital twinning” is coming to a battlefield near you.
Ideas
Stumbling Out of the Middle East is No Better Than Stumbling In
It is tempting for the United States to just throw in the towel, pull troops, and abandon allies. More important is understanding what the U.S. strategy toward the Middle East should be.
Policy