Threats
Lawmakers Tell Pentagon: Revise and Resubmit Your Climate-Change Report
The most recent one didn’t even meet the legal requirements contained in the 2018 defense authorization act.
Policy
Top General in Middle East Says He Wasn’t Consulted on Syria Withdrawal
U.S. Central Command commander Gen. Joseph Votel provided the first public confirmation that the Pentagon was caught by surprise by Trump’s December tweet.
Science & Tech
When Delete’s Not Good Enough: Navy to Burn 2 Tons of Digital Storage
Researchers at the Naval Surface Warfare Center have a lot of classified information stored on digital devices and issued a solicitation to literally watch it all burn.
Defense Systems
Who are the defense innovators among the 2019 Fed 100?
Fully one-fifth of this year's Fed 100 are military personnel or civilian defense employees.
Defense Systems
Pentagon sketches plans for cloud-based office apps
Under the $8.2 billion Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract, the Defense Department will buy email, content management, file storage, productivity tools, web conferencing, instant messaging, native audio and video and mobility.
Defense Systems
DOD cloud strategy puts JEDI at the center
The Defense Department's strategy emphasizes a cloud hierarchy, with the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud initiative on top and MilCloud second in command, followed by multiple fit-for-purpose clouds.
Science & Tech
The Teams Who Test US Cyber Defenses Aren’t Being Tough Enough: Pentagon Report
Overworked trainers and penetration testers can’t properly simulate the worst real-world threats, leaving operators “overconfident.”
Science & Tech
New DNA Database Allows Far Faster Searches for Pathogen Genomes
For the first time, it’s possible to easily answer a question as simple as: “Have we seen this thing before?”
Ideas
Trump’s Cyber Strategy Is Far Too Optimistic
The director of national intelligence’s threat assessment exposes two of its pillars as convenient fictions.
Ideas
The US Needs a Real Plan to Counter China in Africa
The current toothless strategy won’t prevent Beijing from, say, squeezing supply lines to America's biggest African base.
Defense Systems
Cyber defenses have improved, but DOD systems are still at risk
Although the Defense Department has enhanced its cyber capabilities, adversaries are improving their attacks faster than defenders are shoring up their systems, a Pentagon watchdog said.
Defense Systems
Continuous multifactor biometric ID is coming to DOD
The devices -- or more specifically, the chipsets embedded within them -- analyze a user's walking gait, location, facial structure and voice patterns to validate identity.
Ideas
The Unpredictable Rise of China
Xi Jinping seeks national rejuvenation, but his nation’s mounting power masks increased instability.
Threats
Russia Is Attacking the US System From Within
A new filing by Special Counsel Robert Mueller shows how Russia uses the federal courts to go after its adversaries.
Ideas
The Jury Is Still Out on the Pentagon’s Audit
The real failure will happen if lawmakers and defense officials don’t implement its lessons.
Policy
Trump Administration Downplays Fears of Post-Treaty Arms Race
"Nothing the U.S. is currently looking at is nuclear in character,” a senior administration official says, after announcing INF withdrawal.
Business
