Defense Systems
Agile software, flying cars top Air Force acquisition priorities
Will Roper, the Air Force's acquisition head, is pushing for a new flying car project and massively scaled agile software development processes across the service.
Ideas
Selling F-16s to Taiwan Is Bad Business
The jets will inflame, not stabilize, cross-strait relations.
Business
Extra-Long Sustainment Contracts Are Lockheed’s Latest Bid to Cut F-35 Costs
The company is pitching the Pentagon on a five-year deal — with promises to keep 80 percent of the fleet mission-ready.
Science & Tech
The Air Force Will Start Work on Flying Cars This Fall
It’s about replacing the V-22, eventually. But it’s also about finding new ways to harness commercial innovation.
Science & Tech
The US Government Will Spend $1B on AI Next Year — Not Counting the Pentagon
That's the latest estimate from the White House. But industry experts say it might not be enough.
Ideas
NATO Must Engage in the Arctic
If you thought the alliance was already involved in the High North, you're not alone. But as great power presence turns hotter, it's time to get in the game.
Business
Northrop Announces Suppliers For New ICBM. Boeing is Not on the List
Just days ago, Boeing said Northrop rejected its offer to jointly build the new nuclear weapons.
Defense Systems
Navy ships on track to get predictive maintenance
The Pentagon's innovation arm looks to expand predictive maintenance technology to Navy ships.
Defense Systems
ROBOpilot turns manned aircraft to drones in first 2-hour flight
A modular mechanical "pilot" recently completed a two-hour flight at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah.
Defense Systems
When it comes to defending the internet, where does DOD fit?
Much of the underlying architecture that powers the internet is under increasing threat -- and it's not clear who in government or industry can or should take the lead to protect it.
Defense Systems
Will DOD's new cyber rules crush small business?
Two contract attorneys tell FCW that the DOD's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework could have a negative impact on small business and startups.
Ideas
America Needs a Whole-of-Society Approach to Cybersecurity. ‘Grand Challenges’ Can Help.
Such contests can bring needed focus to proposals for a “moonshot” effort to protect our networks.
Ideas
So Many Innovation Centers. So Hard to Find the One You Need
It’s still too hard for innovative tech companies and the agencies looking for them to find each other.
Ideas
Speak Up, John Bolton
The national-security professionals who have left this administration owe the American people the truth about the president.
Ideas
Ransomware Has a New Target
A successful attack on an IT services provider can lock up the data of dozens of government and private clients at once.
Policy
Mike Pompeo Is Bigger Than the Pentagon — For Now
“I think that Pompeo is now running foreign policy in the Trump administration in the way that Cheney ran it in the Bush administration,” said one analyst.
Science & Tech
