Science & Tech
China Is Still Stealing America’s Business Secrets, US Officials Say
The 2015 agreement between Xi and Obama produced only a lull in Beijing’s economic espionage.
Science & Tech
Bidding Begins for Pentagon's Controversial $10 Billion War Cloud
The Defense Department will stick to a single cloud provider for its JEDI cloud contract.
Defense Systems
Cyber X-Games takes on critical infrastructure defense
The Army's latest Cyber X-Games competition featured attack scenarios on industrial control networks in the finance, public utility and health care sectors.
Ideas
'A Sudden Burst of Movement’ on the Afghan Peace Process
The reported U.S. offer of direct talks with the Taliban is adding to rare optimism in Afghanistan.
Ideas
How to Stop Losing the Information War
No one is in charge of messaging, counter-messaging, and coordinating America’s instruments of information power. Here’s a way to change that.
Defense Systems
DISA broadens search for DIBNet support
The Defense Information Systems Agency is looking for sources to defend DOD's enterprise service systems and infrastructure.
Defense Systems
DOD releases $10 billion JEDI cloud contract
Despite objections from industry, the Pentagon is sticking to the single-award plan for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program.
Ideas
How the Five Eyes Can Harness Commercial Innovation
Here are a few concrete ways to get this alliance’s vibrant commercial technology sectors to address common national-security concerns.
Science & Tech
New Details About the F-15X That Boeing is Pitching the US Air Force
The single-seat jet is being built to shoot down enemy aircraft, pound targets on the ground, and even hit ships at sea.
Defense Systems
Workforce analytics can provide benefits across DOD
One Defense Department office used workforce analytics to more easily determine which soldiers would succeed and which would drop out of an advanced training course.
Ideas
Pulling Security Clearances Is Just the Start
Another norm falls victim to Trump as he turns the power of government against his critics.
Defense Systems
AF awards F-16 integration services contract
The $620 million contract for the Air Force's ongoing F-16 fighter jet integration effort went to Leidos.
Ideas
The Marines Still Need a New Amphibious Combat Vehicle
Those who argue that beach landings are irrelevant are not seeing the whole picture.
Ideas
Trump’s Space Force Will Have to Wait
The president has called for the creation of a new military branch. So far, Congress is ignoring him.
Defense Systems