Defense Systems

DOD looks to solve battlefield network issues

DARPA is reaching out for help in developing radio technology for the battlefield that increases network reliability.

Ideas

What Does a Government Shutdown Mean for the Department of Defense?

Four years ago, this staffer for the defense policy undersecretary helped the Pentagon figure out the impacts of a shutdown. Hint: it wasn’t pretty.

Threats

Kaspersky Strikes Back After US Government Ban

The Russian anti-virus company wasn’t given a meaningful opportunity to defend itself, the CEO says in legal suit.

Ideas

Three Ways to Read Trump's National Security Strategy

Is it better approached as a sacred text, or examined like the scat of a shaggy, woodland beast?

Defense Systems

Air Force awards 'Gray Wolf' networked missile contract

Lockheed Martin wins a five-year, $110 million Air Force contract to build a "Gray Wolf" missile prototype that can connect with other weapons via a network.

Science & Tech

Air Force Pays Out Government’s Biggest Bug Bounty Yet

White-hat hackers and military cyber specialists teamed up for the latest Hack the Air Force program.

Policy

New National Security Strategy Sees Rising Russia, Retreat on 'Democratic Peace'

Donald Trump’s first strategy talks about threats and nation-state competition but also signals a reluctance to compete philosophically or morally.

Ideas

For NATO, True Interoperability Is No Longer Optional

Here are nine ways to ensure That alliance members could fight together to defend Europe.

Defense Systems

Air Force bug bounty event pays out $26K

During a live-hacking event in New York City earlier this month, 25 security researchers uncovered nearly 60 unknown vulnerabilities.

Defense Systems

Stronger security via a different chip?

Draper's 'Inherently Secure Processor' tackles cybersecurity from the hardware side.

Ideas

The Lessons of 'American War'

What holds a society together in the absence of common ideas?

Defense Systems

Army awards contract for Virtual Patient Simulator System

The Army picks seven companies for a five-year, $186 million contract to supply whole-body simulation devices.

Threats

What Putin Really Wants

Russia's strongman president has many Americans convinced of his manipulative genius. He's really just a gambler who won big.

Defense Systems

After exposing DISA data to Russia, contractor agrees to new security controls

Netcracker Technology Corp. signed an agreement to keep U.S. customer data in U.S. systems, settling a case that goes back to the Bush administration.

Defense Systems

Lessons learned from training Army combat units in cyber ops

The Cyber Electromagnetic Activities pilot initiative focused on equipping tactical commanders and brigades with cyber and information operation techniques.

Science & Tech

Russia, N. Korea Eye Bitcoin for Money Laundering, Putting It on a Crash Course with Regulators

Thieves and sanctioned countries are targeting the digital currency’s exchanges, setting up a fight between governments and cryptocurrency powerhouses.