Defense Systems
Air Force awards 10-year data link contract
The Air Force chooses nine companies for a potential 10-year, $496 million data link platform support contract.
Threats
The FBI Is Disrupting One-Tenth as Many Cyber Crime Rings As In 2015
The bureau missed its own goals for disruptions and dismantlements the past two years.
Business
US Navy: More Ships, Tech, Training, Could Help Prevent Collisions at Sea
The comments come as the Pentagon prepares to submit a budget plan expected to call for increases in the size of the military.
Business
Federal Workers Don’t Trust Their Bosses as Much as Private-Sector Employees Do
That’s one big takeaway from the latest annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.
Defense Systems
DARPA looks to radio for better network resiliency
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for radio technology that can withstand the frequent signal degradation that routinely occurs in military operational environments.
Defense Systems
Why your network needs a threat hunter
Proactive hunting can find core security issues much faster than traditional reactive methods and reduce workload on security analysts who must focus on fighting day-to-day fires.
Science & Tech
Border Agents Are Searching Through More Travelers' Devices Than Ever
Customs and Border Protection released updated rules for how officials can search phones, laptops and tablets in the age of encryption.
Ideas
The US Military Needs a Teacher Corps to Train Its Partners
Much of the $70 billion spent to train Afghan armed forces has been wasted. Here’s how to do better.
Ideas
Pakistan Will Try to Make Trump Pay
The country has banked on being treated as too dangerous to fail. But this time could be different.
Ideas
How the Olympics Could Help Defuse the North Korea Crisis
The games give Trump a chance to affirm inter-Korean diplomacy while laying the groundwork for talks with the Kim regime.
Ideas
What to Expect from the Pentagon’s First-Ever Audit
Dramatic surprises are unlikely, but the resulting information should feed better discussions and decisions about national-security spending.
Defense Systems
DOD CIO gets a seat at the table on Pentagon's cloud team
Acquisition chief Ellen Lord has been replaced as the chair of the group overseeing the massive cloud initiative known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure.
Ideas
Hybrid Star Wars: Lessons from The Battle of Endor
In an excerpt from an upcoming anthology of Star Wars-themed essays, a former NATO supreme commander revisits a forest moon in a galaxy far, far away.
Policy
Will Pakistan Close NATO’s Supply Routes into Afghanistan? Mattis Plays Down Possibility
‘I’m not concerned,’ the defense secretary tells reporters after the White House announced an intention to suspend military aid to Islamabad.
Threats
CDC To Brief the Public on Responding to a Nuclear Attack
The health agency said that such an event is unlikely, but 'planning and preparation can lessen deaths and illnesses.'
Science & Tech