Ideas
Ukraine Is Taking a Beating in the Impeachment Hearings
Each new revelation about U.S. attempts to manipulate Kyiv weakens Zelensky ahead of his December meeting with Putin.
Science & Tech
Too Many CISOs Are Spoiling Feds' Cyber Response
Adversaries are starting to exploit the paralysis caused when "You have all these people who have slightly conflicting guidance and opinions."
Policy
Volker: I Didn’t Realize White House Was Asking for Biden Dirt
In Tuesday testimony, the special envoy to Ukraine said he was not part of the Giuliani-Perry-Sondland backchannel.
Business
Pentagon Fails Its Second Audit — But Not As Badly
The comptroller's report said the Defense Department had fixed more than 550 problems — about one-quarter of them — listed in the 2018 audit.
Defense Systems
DOD finishes second audit
IT remains a focal point as the Pentagon works to improve on last year's results.
Business
What Does the US Military Need For A War In Space? It’s Hard to Say
The plans for war above the atmosphere remain so tightly classified that industry can’t start building the things that will be needed.
Science & Tech
Nanotechnology Is Shaping the Hypersonics Race
New materials to deflect massive amounts of surface heat don’t come from nature.
Ideas
Democrats Should Debate Arms Policy, Not Just Impeachment
With Congress and the president at odds over Saudi exports and other questions, it’s time to press the candidates about their views.
Ideas
Misguided Immigration Policies Are Endangering America's AI Edge
Green card limits haven’t budged in decades, while new policies make it harder, costlier, and more uncertain for the world’s talent to come to the United States.
Defense Systems
What CMMC will mean for defense contractors
Katie Arrington, DOD's chief information security officer for acquisition and sustainment, said the impending unified cybersecurity certification for contractors could allow for some FedRAMP reciprocity.
Defense Systems
Navy CIO talks innovation and CMMC's future impact
Navy CIO Aaron Weis said DOD's upcoming unified cyber standard will help close the innovation gap by adopting industry standards, but ultimately the onus is on the Defense Department to set the tempo.
Defense Systems
Amazon cites 'unmistakable bias' in JEDI protest
Citing "unmistakable bias," the cloud giant plans to sue the Department of Defense in the Court of Federal Claims to seek reconsideration of the award to Microsoft in the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract.
Ideas
Trump Wants His Fighters Unbound by the Laws of War. That's Not Going to Help Us
One reason more than 80 countries allied to fight ISIS is that they flagrantly ignored these laws. Now we do too.
Science & Tech
How Lockheed Martin Is Trying To Link Everything on the Battlefield
Experiment by experiment, the company is weaving aircraft, ground vehicles, satellites, and the rest into a network that will someday give commanders unprecedented decision-support options.
Ideas
Trump's War-Crime Pardons Undermine the Military
Once again, our president has used the military as a political tool to its detriment as an institution.
Policy
Apprehensions of Undocumented Immigrants on US-Mexico Border Continue to Fall
The figure is the lowest since July 2018 and marks the fifth consecutive month that the number has dropped.
Ideas