Ideas
How Artificial Intelligence Could Keep US Army Vehicles Ready for Action
A yearlong pilot program will see if AI can predict when components on Bradley Fighting Vehicles will break.
Defense Systems
GAO: Barriers to commercial satellite launch 'surmountable' for DOD
Centralizing data related to the Defense Department's work with commercial satellites could be one of the first tasks for a “Space Force.”
Ideas
Trump’s Secret War on Terror
Drone strikes continue and spread—away from public scrutiny or Congressional oversight.
Ideas
Why the Space Force Is Just Like Trump University
The gap between the hype and reality of the proposed new branch of the military makes the project almost entirely an exercise in misleading branding.
Defense Systems
Navy sticks with SAIC for C4ISR system contract
Science Applications International Corp. wins a recompeted $861.1 million Navy "C4ISR" system production and delivery contract.
Ideas
Ep. 15: Space Force is happening; The future of ISIS in Africa; Charlottesville, one year later; and more.
Welcome to our podcast about the news, strategy, tech, and business trends defining the future of national security.
Policy
Pence Makes Hard Sell For Trump's Space Force by 2020
The administration wants a new military service branch, but space mission's future in the Pentagon and Congress is far from certain.
Policy
DIUx Drops the X, Becomes Permanent
Facing criticism, Pentagon signals to Silicon Valley the military isn't going anywhere.
Threats
School-Security Companies Are Thriving in the Era of Mass Shootings
A multibillion-dollar industry is pushing an array of expensive technologies with the message that any campus could be next.
Defense Systems
DOD sketches plan for proposed Space Force
Vice President Mike Pence announced the Defense Department’s plan to create the military’s sixth branch.
Defense Systems
DIUx now simply DIU
The Defense Innovation Unit Experimental is no longer experimental, Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan announced.
Science & Tech
Flaw in Some Satellite Communication Terminals Can Expose US Troops’ Location
Vulnerabilities in certain brands of communications terminals can be used to access GPS data on forward-deployed troops.
Ideas
What It Would Take for Iran to Talk to Trump
It may not seem like it, but Tehran has a lot to gain from meeting with a U.S. president in search of his own nuclear deal.
Ideas
Do We Need a Space Force? That Depends on Our Answers to These Legal and Strategic Questions
The first question that we need to clarify is whether the U.S. and its future peer adversaries are willing to fight a war in space.
Defense Systems
DOD sharply restricts use of geolocation devices and services
The Defense Department now prohibits personnel from using geolocation devices, applications or services in any area where military operations are being conducted.
Defense Systems