Ideas
How Much Will It Cost to Protect America's Electrical Grid? Who Will Pay?
The answers are: Likely tens of billions of dollars, and probably us, the electricity customers.
Defense Systems
The JEDI saga continues with new Oracle protest
Now that it's officially out of the running for the Pentagon's $10 billion warfighter cloud award, Oracle has updated its ongoing lawsuit against the procurement and its requirements.
Ideas
Did Israel Have the Right to Bomb Hamas’ Cyber HQ?
The May 5 counterstrike raised questions — and set precedents.
Business
Price Drop: Lockheed Pitches $80M F-35A to Pentagon
That’s the cheapest price yet for the Air Force version of the fifth-generation jet.
Ideas
How Not to Announce a Ship Deployment
A simple press conference could have avoided 36 hours of confusion and fears of war with Iran.
Science & Tech
US Military Testing Whether Human Pilots Can Trust Robot Wingmen in a Dogfight
DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution program aims to find out — and so shape America’s future arsenal.
Science & Tech
The Pentagon Still Buys Software Like It's 1987
The Defense Innovation Board recently discovered that a 32-year-old report "pretty much said it all."
Defense Systems
Navy considers penalties for bad cyber behavior
The Navy is looking at punitive measures for careless users to get them to take basic cyber hygiene seriously.
Threats
The Many Ways Iran Could Target the United States
The White House is citing unspecified threats from Iran. The specifics are murky, but the potential for escalation is real.
Science & Tech
Don’t Expect the US Military’s Next Fighter to Be Joint
While the Navy’s and Air Force’s next tactical jet might share some capabilities, a Navy official says, they won’t share an airframe.
Science & Tech
Admiral: The US Is ‘Operating Blind’ In the Arctic
The Navy needs more weather data to better operate in the cold northern seas.
Ideas
Trump’s Iran Policy Is Counterproductive
It makes no sense to punish allies in Europe while shoring up hardliners in Tehran.
Ideas
A Boom Time for US Sanctions
The explosive growth in their use has prompted questions about how much is too much.
Ideas
Europe Should Do More for Regional Security — Starting with Libya
Allied “burden-sharing” ought not be about financial benchmarks, but about U.S. partners’ investment in their own regions’ security.
Science & Tech
Robots and Lasers Are Bringing Shipbuilding into the Digital Age
Even decades-old aircraft carriers are being mapped onto digital models at Newport News Shipbuilding.
Defense Systems
Army innovation lab tests coders on the battlefield
The Army's newly launched Army Applications Laboratory is working to expand ability for soldiers to code in the field to repair communications systems.
Ideas