Defense Systems
Sub-T challenge draws underground drone explorers
Drones of every stripe crawled and flew through mine shafts in DARPA’s latest subterranean technology competition.
Ideas
Insurance Companies Are Fueling Ransomware Attacks
Even when public agencies and companies hit by ransomware could recover their files on their own, insurers prefer to pay the ransom. Why? The attacks are good for business.
Ideas
Meet the Coalition Pushing for 'Cyber Peace' Rules
A growing group of governments and NGOs is trying to figure out what limits can and should apply to online attack, defense, and behavior.
Science & Tech
How AI Will Predict Chinese and Russian Moves in the Pacific
As Pacific Air Forces builds a picture of normal traffic, they'll start looking for suspicious patterns — and even predict what's coming.
Science & Tech
US Testing Autonomous Border-Patrol Drones
Planck Aerosystems gets funding to try its small rotorcraft in operational environments over the next three to six months.
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Welcome to the New Phase of US-China Tech Competition
The previous era entwined the two economies. This one is splitting them apart.
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Executing the US Africa Strategy, At Sea
By helping African nations improve maritime security ops, we are helping create the conditions that lead to a prosperous, self-reliant future.
Science & Tech
What Russian Chatbots Think About Us
A Russian experiment with AI-powered chatbots yields surprisingly sophisticated conversations — and a warning.
Science & Tech
DHS Seeks Standards for 'Smart City' Sensors, Starting in St. Louis
Public-safety IoT devices promise to help cities dispatch and direct first-responders and other municipal agencies — if the devices can talk to each other.
Threats
With Suicides at Record Highs, Pentagon Unveils New Plan
DoD and VA leaders have been hampered by turnover and poor management in both departments.
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Women Help Prevent Terrorism. Congress Should Encourage the Pentagon to Pay Attention
Here’s a list of related House provisions that should be part of 2020's final authorization bill.
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Why Hong Kong Protesters Are Sawing Down Sensor-Laden Lampposts
The government confirms that the hardware could spy on citizens, but says protesters’ fears are unfounded.
Ideas
The Man Who Couldn’t Take It Anymore
“I had no choice but to leave,” James Mattis says of his decision to resign as President Trump’s secretary of defense.
Defense Systems
How the Army is advancing facial recognition
The Army's C5ISR Center has been operating a facial recognition system that uses a mix of web-based biometrics tools to help identify suspicious actors for Central Command.
Defense Systems
Pentagon awards $8 billion cloud business contract
The Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract will move as many as 3.15 million DOD users and systems to the Microsoft Office 365 platform.
Ideas
Happy Birthday, Nuclear Arms Race
If we remember how we could have stopped it, we may yet find a way to do so.
Threats