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

DOD seeks cloud-based task management system

The Defense Human Resources Activity is developing a five-year contract for development of a cloud-based task management system.

Threats

US Announces New Sanctions Against Smugglers Who Bring Fuel to North Korea

The White House takes aim at international shipping companies in its latest attempt to undermine Pyongyang’s weapons developments.

Business

White House, Boeing In Final Stages of New Air Force One Deal

President Trump and Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg met in White House this week to break gridlock on price of new presidential planes.

Ideas

Special Report: The State of Defense 2018

Here is our annual report on what's to come.

Threats

New Report Notes Erosion of Pentagon’s Technological Advantage

The evidence ranges from a new long-range Chinese missile to ramped-up European defense spending, an annual assessment of the world’s militaries finds.