Defense Systems
DOD's accelerated cyber hiring hits snags
Lack of hiring personnel and the complex security clearance process is slowing down implementation as the Cyber Excepted Service expands.
Threats
This ISIS Citizenship Case Could Set a Terrifying Precedent
An Alabama college student who joined ISIS in Syria wants to come home and take responsibility for her actions. The U.S. government says she was never a citizen—and can’t enter the country.
Defense Systems
Army selects NIH contract vehicle for new enterprise capability
NITAAC gets the nod for procuring support services.
Defense Systems
Army turns to category management in new IT approach
Deputy CIO declares 'no new money' for IT in new approach and is turning to category management can help.
Science & Tech
Top Nuke General: Russia Is Exploiting Gaps In Key Arms-Control Treaty
The leader of U.S. Strategic Command sees New START as vital, flawed, and in danger.
Threats
What to Watch as Trump-Kim II Gets Underway
Let's review how we got here — and why some observers say the stakes are even higher this time around.
Defense Systems
Conflict-of-interest charge threatens to derail JEDI
The Defense Department is reconsidering whether conflict-of-interest charges had an impact on the integrity of the contract.
Threats
No Military Threat on Southern US Border, Says NORTHCOM Commander
But the head of Northern Command says barriers have “some ramifications” for national security.
Ideas
Why Withdrawing from Syria and Afghanistan Won’t Save Much Money
The president’s desired troop drawdowns aren’t even penny-wise, and they’re probably pound-foolish.
Science & Tech
Microsoft Stands By Its $480 Million Pentagon Contract
The company reaffirmed its commitment to provide the Army with augmented reality headsets despite resistance from employees.
Defense Systems
GAO questions Pentagon's software spending data
The Department of Defense's estimated $828 million spend weapons systems software sustainment in fiscal year 2018 may be a little off.
Science & Tech
Are America's Companies Ready to Fight Russia & China? New Study Aims to Find Out
Reagan Institute panel sets out to identify the ‘National Security Innovation Base’ from workforce skills to technologies, labs, companies and academia.
Ideas
Trump Thinks Only He Can Fix North Korea, Cutting Experts Out
His negotiators are in a bind: putting the U.S. and North Korean leaders in a room is a high-risk gamble.
Defense Systems
DARPA trying to make autonomous systems more trustworthy
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants autonomous systems that can evaluate how well they're doing a specific task and explain that to their human partners.
Ideas
The Trump-Kim Summit Is Diplomacy. Democrats Should Support It.
Trump has wisely shifted tactics. Democrats should not let politics undermine reasonable diplomacy.
Defense Systems
DOD acknowledges possible conflict of interest on JEDI procurement
The issue involves an individual who worked for both AWS and that Defense Digital Service.
Ideas