Science & Tech
How the Marine Corps Plans to Become Lighter, Nimbler, More Unmanned
The Force Design 2030 report discards tanks and doubles UAV squadrons.
Policy
Russian Cargo Plane With Medical Supplies Lands in New York
Moscow seized the opportunity to promote its fulfillment of a U.S. purchase order.
Defense Systems
DOD issues permission slips for workers in national capital region
The Defense Department issued memos and permission letters for personnel working in the Washington, D.C. region as local and state governments' stay-at-home orders go into effect.
Threats
US Sailors Pour Off Aircraft Carrier and Into Coronavirus Isolation on Guam
Navy leaders praise ship’s captain for urgent evacuation request; 3,700 will leave the ship within days.
Ideas
The Coronavirus Teaches Us Not to Let Trump Press the Nuclear Button
Some of the president’s poor decisions on COVID-19, like proposing to reopen the nation by Easter, have been reversed. But a presidential decision to start nuclear war cannot be.
Ideas
We Must Continue Fighting Terrorism as Relentlessly as the Coronavirus
There’s no miracle drug for stopping terrorism. It is controllable, but never curable.
Defense Systems
COVID-19 could hamper national security, new data shows
Govini, a data and analytics firm, projected where the pandemic could impact Defense Department operations as cases increase and hospital beds become scarce.
Defense Systems
MHS Genesis deployment suspended amid COVID-19 pandemic
The rollout of a commercial electronic health record system to Defense Department hospitals on pause to support response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Defense Systems
$2 trillion rescue bill gives defense contractors limited relief
Defense contractors would get some relief for personnel costs under the Senate-passed $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus and relief bill but worries over increased production costs remain.
Ideas
America Should Build an International Coalition Now
The United States has an urgent interest in filling the global leadership void during this stateless scourge.
Business
Military Leaders Worry About Health of Commercial Airlines
The leader of U.S. Transportation Command is looking for ways to give them work.
Science & Tech
If Space Startups Fail, the Pentagon’s Going to Need Some New Plans
The coronavirus is threatening young space companies — and the military’s plans to rely on them.
Threats
US Navy Evacuating Aircraft Carrier Infected by Coronavirus
A skeleton crew will man critical stations while Theodore Roosevelt is disinfected pierside in Guam, Acting Secretary Modly said.
Defense Systems
What DOD can learn from TIC modernization
Instead of bottlenecking connectivity through regionally aligned security stacks, agencies need security for their data, regardless of location.
Science & Tech
Can Better Airplane Boarding Procedures Slow the Spread of Coronavirus?
A new computer model offers a better way to understand how people move in tight spaces, which can affect how viruses spread.
Ideas
The Coronavirus Pandemic Should Be NATO’s Moment
There’s one multinational organization that has command-and-control for contingencies, the staff to execute operations, and exists to defend its member states.
Business
Pentagon Will Modify Hundreds of Contracts for Coronavirus Response
The Defense Department is ramping up the purchase of certain items, including ventilators, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Threats