Defense Systems
Army consolidates computer hardware, software, sensors
The Army has ordered $53 million in a Mounted Family of Computer Systems to reduce the hardware footprint of force-tracking information and consolidate communications technology.
Defense Systems
New Army Drone is a Mini- V-22 Osprey
The Army Research Laboratory is working on a new V-22 like mini drone that is only 10-inches long.
Policy
Why John McCain Matters More than the GOP Realizes
Without McCain, Republicans have no clear leader on defense issues. Not that they ever listen to him, anyway.
Ideas
Ukraine Is Losing Fewer Weapons to Theft, but High-Level Corruption Persists
A member of the Independent Defence Anti-Corruption Committee says the international community must leverage its security aid to force reforms.
Science & Tech
State Dept Will Still Run Int’l Cyber Policy, Even If It Closes Cyber Office
A White House official also outlined how federal agency leaders will be held accountable for network breaches.
Science & Tech
Is That Really You Typing? New Pentagon Tech Will Know
In its quest to drop authentication cards, the Defense Department is trying out a system based on the nuances of users’ typing.
Science & Tech
3D-Printed Gun Designs Are Selling for $12 on the Dark Web
A new report shows just how easy it is becoming to download designs for difficult-to-trace arms.
Ideas
Is Russia Really with Assad in Syria?
Moscow appears to be preventing a total Assad victory in a bid to boost its international standing.
Science & Tech
DIUx Wins Support — and More Cash — from Trump’s Pentagon
The vice chair of the Joint Chiefs touted an effort to track North Korean missile launcher, while the military’s new weapons buyer called it a good model for developing and acquiring capabilities.
Defense Systems
Army CHESS moves to more commercial training software
An Army CHESS deal with Minitab Enterprise License Agreement to acquire commercial software for Lean Six Sigma software licenses.
Defense Systems
Army cyber fighters are on the offensive against ISIS
Army cyber warriors will attack ISIS as long as it takes to succeed in destroying ISIS networks and communications.
Threats
South Korea's President May Be Just the Man to Solve the North Korea Crisis
Just as only the conservative Richard Nixon could thaw U.S.-China relations, the supposedly dovish Moon Jae In could defuse tensions with the Kim regime.
Defense Systems
OPED: can WIN-T evolve?
An network executive suggests adding network management tools to WIN-T
Ideas
The Summer of Misreading Thucydides
There’s a delicious irony in the Trump team’s affection for the historian—who repeatedly shows how populists lead societies to ruin.
Defense Systems
Pentagon, industry pursue increased data bus security
A private firm has developed new data bus cybersecurity technology which claims to identify attacks and cyber intruders more quickly.
Science & Tech
Advisory Group Prepping ‘Moonshot’ Plan to Fight Botnets
DHS has commissioned two reports describing what might be done about networks of compromised computers.
Science & Tech