Business

What we know, and don’t, about the FY20 budget request; Navy’s next frigate; Eyes on 5G

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Deadly explosions near Kabul; Defiant Turkey vows S-400 buy; CIA’s murkier drone strikes; R&D to rise; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

The Pentagon Could Lead the Green New Deal to Victory

Defense leaders have long braced for the impacts of climate change. Working with climate advocates could ward off those threats.

  • Madison Freeman and Morgan Bazilian
Defense Systems

GSA launches Netcents-2 replacement

A new five-year blanket purchase agreement will replace Air Force's expiring IT hardware and software commodity contract.

  • Mark Rockwell, Defense Systems
Threats

How Many Civilians Die in Covert US Drone Strikes? It Just Got Harder to Say

Trump has revoked an Obama-era reporting requirement even as the CIA has resumed lethal strikes.

  • Katie Bo Williams
Science & Tech

NSA-Cyber Command Chief Recommends No Split Until 2020: Sources

That’s another delay for a separation planned several Defense Secretaries ago.

  • Patrick Tucker
Ideas

The US-China Tech War Is Being Fought in Central Europe

The Czech Republic’s complicated relationship with the Chinese giant Huawei offers a lesson in the benefits and pitfalls of courting Beijing.

  • Philip Heijmans, The Atlantic
Threats

China hacking US research universities; NATO general on F-35, Turkey; DHS Secretary to testify; ICE releases some infants; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

The Many Loopholes in ‘ISIS Is Defeated’

America’s Syria policy is far from back on track.

  • Shlomo Bolts
Ideas

What Will Follow a US Withdrawal from Afghanistan?

How did we get here, and what comes next?

  • Abdulkader Sinno, The Conversation
Policy

We’ll Soon Learn Whether You Can Post 3D-Gun Plans Online

A proposed export-rules change has snagged over the question: is publishing such designs a boon to U.S. business or foreign terrorists?

  • Katie Bo Williams
Business

Don’t Sell F-35 To Turkey If It Buys Russian SAMs: Top NATO General

Gen. Scaparrotti, who also leads U.S. European Command, also wants more naval forces at his disposal.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Ideas

America Can't Duck the India-Pakistan Crisis

The most recent friction between the two nuclear powers offers unpleasant lessons yet clear opportunities.

  • Joshua T. White, The Atlantic
Ideas

The Inevitable Return of Muddling Along in North Korea

Trump’s best option is to reduce the scope of the country’s nuclear ambitions—even if he can’t eliminate them.

  • Richard Fontaine, The Atlantic
Defense Systems

Army to create cloud program office

The Army is gaining momentum in its overhaul of legacy systems, starting with new cloud and enterprise-as-a-service pilots and a new data strategy.

  • Lauren C. Williams, Defense Systems
Science & Tech

Lasers, AI, Hypersonics Top DARPA’s Small-Biz Wishlist

The defense research agency also announced plans for an accelerator to help move new tech from idea to product.

  • Jack Corrigan
Threats

Dramatic firefight in Syria; Russia’s AI supercomputer; China wants 6 carriers; Top US, Russian generals meet; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

A French Officer Speaks the Truth about the War in Syria

Half measures are having predictably ill effects, Col. Legrier wrote. Why are U.S. military leaders silent?

  • Gil Barndollar
Science & Tech

Russia’s New ‘AI Supercomputer’ Runs on Western Technology

The 1-petaflop Zhores is built on California circuitry, and it’s hardly alone.

  • Samuel Bendett
Policy

Investigating Trump: It’s Not Just About Russia Anymore

House lawmakers issue broad call for documents relating to a wide array of the commander-in-chief’s “abuses of power.”

  • Natasha Bertrand, The Atlantic
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