Defense Systems

Deasy pauses on JEDI cloud acquisition

The DOD CIO set cloud as his office's top priority. But when it comes to the JEDI request for proposal, he's directed staff to "pause" to compile a comprehensive review.

  • Lauren C. Williams, Defense Systems
Threats

Mattis wants ‘civilian surge’ in Afghanistan; POTUS at NATO; New space-plane tests go well; For sale: stolen Reaper manual; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Hacker Caught Selling Maintenance Manuals for Military Drones

A poorly configured router allowed the theft of drone manuals, a list of maintainers, material on the Abrams tank, and more.

  • Patrick Tucker
Ideas

A No-Cost, No-Brainer of a Nuclear Deal

Extending New START would be an easy win out of the Trump-Putin summit.

  • Joe Cirincione
Ideas

Don’t Give Russia the Gift of Extending New START

With Moscow’s recent behavior, there’s no need to rush on a treaty that still has nearly three years to run.

  • Matthew R. Costlow
Science & Tech

The Rocket for America’s Next Space Plane Just Fired 10 Times in 10 Days

By 2021, the Phantom Express is slated to carry new satellites to orbit on a daily basis.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Ideas

What the UK Wants from the NATO Summit

Continue work on programs set in 2014 and 2016, and recognize the alliance’s immense value.

  • Steve McCarthy
Ideas

America’s Moment of Truth With North Korea Is Coming

Mike Pompeo’s visit wasn’t it. But the visit hinted at what it might look like.

  • Uri Friedman
Threats

Tomorrow's Quantum Computers Are Already Threatening Today’s Data

Large-scale quantum computing could be just five years away.

  • John Breeden II
Threats

NATO, nervous; Russia builds up in Kaliningrad; Mattis sends thank-you to Saudi; Your suggestions for the Army’s next slogan; and just a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Ideas

The Lesson of the Great War: Stay Engaged, America

A century after the guns fell silent, the United States risks replicating the errors of the past.

  • Eliot A. Cohen
Ideas

What to Expect from Trump’s Marathon Week of Diplomacy

Allies are right to be worried.

  • Rachel Rizzo
Defense Systems

DISA uses OTA to pilot background-investigation platform

A prototype aims to provide an "integrated case management solution" as a shared service for investigative users.

  • Troy K. Schneider, Defense Systems
Ideas

DHS Aims to Turn Mobile Devices into No Phishing Zones

The Homeland Security Department and 16 other agencies are upgrading their mobile device security.

  • Frank Konkel
Defense Systems

DOD rethinks digital engineering

The strategy emphasizes the need for culture shift, formalized development processes and innovation to modernize legacy defense systems.

  • Lauren C. Williams, Defense Systems
Ideas

America and North Korea Are Having Two Different Conversations

One country’s “productive” talks are another’s “gangster-like” demands.

  • Kathy Gilsinan, The Atlantic
Ideas

Trump’s Message to NATO

‘We’re the schmucks paying for the whole thing.”

  • Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic
Defense Systems

DARPA awards $60M in technology testing task orders

ManTech International reports four task order awards worth $60 million combined for technology testing support to DARPA.

  • Ross Wilkers, Defense Systems
Science & Tech

Russia Building Up Military Sites on Poland’s Border Before Trump-Putin Meeting

Satellite photos show new structures and other bunker improvements in the Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad made in the run-up to the NATO summit.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

US soldier killed in Afghanistan; A worse fitness-app data leak; How Russia could test NATO; US warships sail the Taiwan Strait; and just a bit more….

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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