Ideas
The Status Quo Killed 17 US Sailors. The Navy Must Change.
The surface warfare community should embrace, not reject, a congressional mandate to divide new line officers into two specialties.
Ideas
Did Congress Just Shut Down Trump’s War Plans for Iran?
The Senate would do well to follow the House’s lead — and go even farther to shut all the backdoors to war.
Threats
Pentagon Rebrands PACOM as ‘Indo-Pacific Command’
The change is symbolic, defense officials say, but it emphasizes the U.S.’s commitment to new partnerships.
Science & Tech
Special Operations Command Takes Aim At Enemies Hiding Files Inside Seized Electronics
Terror groups are using new techniques to reduce the intel value of seized laptops and cellphones.
Defense Systems
Army awards $841M contract extension for computing system support
Leonardo DRS has received a potential $841.5 million contract to continue its hardware supply and engineering services for an Army computing platform used to manage networked-battle command information in a common environment.
Science & Tech
The US Military Has a New Tool to Connect Its Far-Flung African Bases
A medium-earth-orbit satellite contract hints at AFRICOM’s data and connectivity needs.
Ideas
Syria Is Now In Charge of the UN's Disarmament Efforts. Really.
The U.S. says the Assad regime’s repeated use of chemical weapons on civilians should disqualify it from the post.
Ideas
How to Admit Georgia to NATO — Without Triggering a War
Russia’s partial occupation of the Caucasian country has given it a kind of veto on alliance membership. Here's a way around that.
Science & Tech
Central Command Needs Mideast Cyber Ops Advisers — and Fast
Potential bidders should come ready to handle everything from network maintenance to offensive hackery.
Business
US Air Force Is Waiting a Year for Parts That It Could 3D-Print
Its chief weapons buyer is mulling licensing arrangements to allow third-party manufacture.
Ideas
North Korea Wants to End up Like Pakistan, Not Libya
A poor country made enormous sacrifices to get nuclear weapons—and has them still.
Ideas
Why Europeans Turned Against Trump
Many see an America pulling away from the world order it shaped, the colossus at twilight, turning inward as other powers rise.
Ideas
Remembering The Ones Memorial Day Honors
Here are stories of five who received the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for bravery, for making the ultimate sacrifice.
Policy
Senate Defense Bill Aims to Scrub Cyber Adversaries from US Military Tech
The bill would require companies to disclose if they’d shared source code with foreign governments.
Science & Tech
Special Operations Forces Are Changing Combat Medicine With Jury-Rigged Hospitals and Freeze-Dried Blood
Fighting that takes place far from friendly hospitals is driving experimental techniques that may one day see wide adoption by the Pentagon.
Ideas