Threats
Top US General in Mideast: ‘I Do Worry About China Quite a Bit’
Beijing is trying “to establish a beachhead,” says U.S. Central Command’s Gen. Kenneth McKenzie. “I think this is a significant factor we need to confront.”
Defense Systems
Essye Miller: The exit interview
Essye Miller, DOD's outgoing principal deputy CIO, talks about COVID, the state of the tech workforce and the hard conversations DOD has to have to prepare personnel for the future.
Defense Systems
DOD's $7.6B cloud email buy heads for redo
Less than a week before a final protest ruling was due, the Defense Information Systems Agency and the General Services Administration are taking another corrective action in their big business software buy for DOD.
Defense Systems
Army to probe the economics of modernization
Bruce Jette, the Army's acquisition chief, said at an AUSA virtual event June 8 the Army is working on a "holistic economic model" that extends beyond the current two-year budget planning cycle, which can impede modernization efforts.
Defense Systems
Air Force acquisition chief wants to reshape defense industry
Will Roper, the Air Force's acquisition chief, said the goal is to pivot away from the defense prime model and create a new industrial base that more easily allows tech companies to work with DOD and the commercial sector.
Ideas
We Need Joe Biden
Donald Trump has failed. Our national cohesion and security can’t wait another five years.
Business
The Pentagon Can’t Afford All of the Weapons It Wants, New Report Says
Based on projected funding levels, the military will be forced to choose winners and losers among its priority projects.
Ideas
Dear Mr. Secretary, You Can Rename Army Bases Right Now
If the Army’s civilian leader is serious about starting to address institutional racism, here’s a helping hand.
Ideas
Explainer: What Is Antifa?
Despite Trump's attempts to paint the movement as an organized threat, its members are decentralized, rarely violent, and focused on resisting the persecution of minority groups.
Ideas
Petraeus: Take Rebel Names Off US Army Bases
It is time to remove the names of traitors like Benning and Bragg from our country’s most important military bases.
Ideas
Biden’s Foreign Policy Would Be Better Than Trump's, But Just Barely
The former vice president lacks a consistent philosophy of when and how to use military force.
Ideas
America Is Giving Up on the Pandemic
Businesses are reopening. Protests are erupting nationwide. But the virus isn’t done with us.
Policy
Trump Appointee to Foreign Aid Agency Has Denounced Liberal Democracy and 'Our Homo-Empire'
USAID's new deputy White House liaison has condemned the “tyrannical LGBT agenda” and celebrated Hungary’s right-wing prime minister as “the shining champion of Western civilization.”
Science & Tech
Russia Puts Defensive Face on Its Nuclear Doctrine Ahead of Arms-Control Negotiations
Moscow’s new strategic-arms decree appears to be an attempt to win advantage whether New START lives on or not.
Science & Tech
ICE Details Its Outsourced Face-Recognition Efforts
A new report details the workings, rules, and privacy implications of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's 3rd-party facial recognition system.
Science & Tech
The US Army Has Grounded the Two Pilots Who Flew Low Over DC
Active duty soldiers in the nation’s capital will also be returning home.
Ideas