Ideas
Esper’s Fantasy Fleet
The SecDef’s 500-ship plan is an exercise in wishful thinking that avoids hard choices.
Policy
Pentagon Leaders Reject Calls for Militarized Election Season
“We support law enforcement,” Army Secretary McCarthy said Tuesday. ”We don’t police American streets.”
Defense Systems
DHS confident on election cybersecurity
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's efforts to help state and local governments secure their election critical infrastructure are in an intense home stretch for 2020, according to the agency's top risk manager.
Ideas
Esper’s Reforms: An Interim Report Card
What progress has the defense secretary made on his ambitious goals to reorient the Defense Department?
Threats
North Korea Unveils ‘Very Destabilizing’ ICBM
Pyongyang’s new missile boosts the chance of conflict, even if it doesn’t work.
Science & Tech
The Army Is Working on Augmented Reality Goggles for Military Dogs
A prototype aims to help handlers see things from the dog's point of view, and give commands while staying out of sight.
Policy
Feds Have Cut Anti-COVID Workforce By More Than 60%
As cases tick up nationwide, administration officials say they have demobilized feds as missions are completed.
Science & Tech
The US Military Is About to Launch Its Largest 5G Experiments Yet
The “at-scale” tests could change defense networks, training, and logistics — and how Americans use the Internet.
Ideas
The Coming F-35 Fiasco
Now that Qatar is asking for the jet, it’s time to consider an entirely different approach to helping Gulf nations defend themselves.
Ideas
Harris and Pence Failed the Global Leadership Question
People vying to become, or stay, vice-president should be ready to explain their vision of America’s role in the world.
Policy
All US Troops In Afghanistan To Withdraw By Christmas, Trump Tweets
The bewildering message came just hours after his national security advisor said the United States would draw down to 2,500 by 2021.
Threats
Greece Joins the Turkey-Russia S-400 Saga, and Congress Wants Answers
Was Ankara using its Russian air-defense system to track a NATO ally?
Science & Tech
Space Force Eyes Orbiting 3D Printers, Satellite Tow Trucks
Instead of lifting heavier satellites into space, new technologies might expand their abilities on orbit.
Defense Systems
Space Force and cyber
Lt. Gen. John Thompson, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center under the U.S. Space Force, said cybersecurity was increasingly integral to space missions and changes had to be made to infrastructure contracts.
Defense Systems
Senators warm to idea of more pandemic funds, flexibility for DOD
The Defense Department's chief buying executive addressed accusations of money mismanagement while arguing for more COVID relief during an Oct. 1 Senate hearing.
Defense Systems