Science & Tech
Policy and Will, Not Cyber Weapons, Are Missing in Action Against Russian Information Attacks
The outgoing head of the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command says fending off Russian hackers requires more than operators hurling ones and zeros at the Kremlin.
Ideas
The US Will Spend $500M on Syrian Kurds This Year. For What?
The Trump administration is embarking on a state-building project with no clear strategy, benchmarks, or goals.
Ideas
It’s Time for a National Security Cooperation Strategy
The current way the U.S. government approves what weapons get exported and where is fragmented and slow. That undermines American leadership and interests.
Defense Systems
Rogers: CyberCom can't be 'the end-all, be-all of everything'
The outgoing NSA and U.S. Cyber Command chief told lawmakers CyberCom is not sitting on its hands when it comes to potential Russian cyber interference, but it lacks the authority to do more absent additional presidential direction.
Ideas
America and Russia Aren't Morally Equivalent
There is no comparison between Russian efforts to undermine elections and American efforts to strengthen them, a former Obama official writes.
Ideas
Russia Is a Great Power Once Again
Putin’s Syria intervention saved Assad. But is he ready for what comes next?
Defense Systems
Army awards NETMOD Pacific contract
LGS Innovations takes an $81.5 million contract to help the Army build a new single data delivery network for the Asia-Pacific region.
Science & Tech
Coast Guard Needs Fresh IT, People to Keep Networks Secure
The service’s head of Cyber Command outlines his strategy for updating old systems and getting personnel to rethink cybersecurity.
Ideas
Russia Is Abetting Mass Murder in Syria
By standing by and watching a slow-motion Rwanda unfold, the U.S. risks becoming an accessory to evil.
Defense Systems
An early-warning system for WMDs
DARPA wants a real-time detection system to sniff out chemical, biological, nuclear or other potential threats.
Science & Tech
Russia Claims It Now Has Lasers To Shoot Satellites
A defense source tells Russian media that military engineers have advanced work on the next big anti-satellite weapon.
Ideas
The Dark Arts of Foreign Influence-Peddling
The Mueller investigation is showing the extent of Russian operations. But its real import extends far beyond that.
Science & Tech
Pentagon R&D Funding Fell $4 Billion Short of Experts' Recommendations Last Year
The Defense Department spent 2.3 percent of its budget toward research, well under its own 3-percent guideline.
Ideas
America Is Teaching Syria a Dangerous Lesson
Bashar al-Assad seems to have gotten the message that he can do whatever he wants short of using sarin gas.
Defense Systems
DIUx searching for Raj Shah replacement
After almost two years at the helm of the Pentagon's innovation shop, Raj Shah is returning to the private sector.
Ideas
We’ve Lost the Opening Info Battle against Russia; Let’s Not Lose the War
Our defenders must understand not just media technology but the critical historical and societal contexts that give it power.
Defense Systems
ARL exploring private cloud options
The Army Research Laboratory is looking for industry input on how to migrate its current data centers to a cloud environment.
Defense Systems