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
Trump Says He Wanted To Assassinate Syria’s Assad
The revelation further undermines the president’s assertion that he has stood firmly between the Pentagon and war.
Science & Tech
Revealed: US Air Force Has Secretly Built and Flown a New Fighter Jet
The new digital tools that designed the full-scale flight demonstrator could herald a sea change in weapons acquisition.
Business
Air Force General Defends Plans for Mixed F-35, F-15 Fleet
Top Air Force generals are expected to discuss the service’s future fighter force in upcoming meetings.
Ideas
Alexander Vindman: Trump Is Putin’s ‘Useful Idiot’
In his first interview, a key witness in the impeachment trial says Trump goes out of his way to try to please the Russian president.
Ideas
Selling F-35s to the Middle East was Never Going to be Easy
To do it, and preserve Israel’s advantage, Trump must reinvigorate the consultative arms sales process with Congress.
Ideas
The Fog of the Pandemic Is Returning
Millions of coronavirus tests may be happening without their results being made public.
Ideas
How Putin Got Into America’s Mind
He learned the art of destabilizing his opponents from the Stasi, East Germany’s secret police.
Ideas
Donald Is No Dove
The president’s criticism of military contractors is belied by his commitment to fattening their pockets.
Business
Lockheed-Boeing Battle Heats Up as USAF Looks to Buy F-15EX
The F-35 maker is fighting to keep its monopoly on the Air Force’s fighter-jet shopping list.
Ideas
What Abe Leaves Behind
The security issues facing Japan remain unchanged. Abe's likely successor, Yoshihide Suga, may be forced to confront them on his very first day.
Science & Tech