Science & Tech
What SpaceX's Record-Breaking Year Means for Science (and the Rocketry Business)
After a triumphant year, the reusable rocketeer is planning 50 percent more launches in 2018.
Policy
How Pakistan Is Responding to Trump
Pushed by Trump, Tillerson, and Mattis to do more to fight terrorism, Pakistan has instead taken public steps to push back in recent weeks.
Ideas
Hail the Civil Servant in the Year of Trump
Never before have the roles of government workers taken on such significance. But there could be consequences to using their power to undermine the administration.
Ideas
3 Predictions for Government Tech in 2018
Here's which tech will move from buzzword to implementation.
Business
Congress Rushes Pentagon $4B for Missile Defense Improvements
The emergency bill is light on details, but it appears to fulfill the military’s wide-ranging November request.
Defense Systems
Burden is leaving post as head of Army PEO EIS
After just a year in the role, Brig. Gen. Patrick Burden will step down as the Army’s Program Executive Officer for Enterprise Information Systems to lead a command in Afghanistan.
Science & Tech
Pentagon Launches New Push For Tunnel-Warfare Tech
As potential adversaries build out sophisticated underground complexes, the U.S. military will try to keep up by going down.
Ideas
Take Small Steps to Advance the US-India Relationship
India got more mentions in the new National Security Strategy than Japan or South Korea. Here’s what should come next.
Science & Tech
The Pentagon’s New Artificial Intelligence Is Already Hunting Terrorists
After less than eight months of development, the algorithms are helping intel analysts exploit drone video over the battlefield.
Ideas
Where is America Going in the South China Sea?
The new National Security Strategy talks tough — but here are the options the United States actually has, and the pros and cons of each.
Science & Tech
Pentagon Full Steam Ahead with Major Cloud Acquisition
Despite industry criticism, the agency clarified its aggressive cloud strategy will continue as planned.
Threats
Here’s Why the Trump Administration Called Out North Korea’s Cyberattacks
The attribution announcement made three big arguments and North Korea’s culpability was only one of them.
Policy
Trump Administration Seeks Outside Help to Hire 26,000 New Immigration Enforcement Personnel
CBP just awarded a separate $300 million contract for Border Patrol hiring assistance.
Ideas
The National Security Strategy Papers Over a Crisis
The NSS is a stunning repudiation of Trump, and Trump’s speech was a stunning repudiation of the NSS.
Threats
The Desperate Push To Get Ukrainian POWs Home by Christmas
Kiev wants to send hundreds of captured war prisoners home to Russian-controlled areas. But not everyone wants to go back.
Defense Systems