Defense Systems
Army LOGSA accelerates migration to AI analytics, private cloud computing
The Army’s new LOGSA deal with IBM is designed to leverage advances in AI, cloud computing and analytics.
Defense Systems
Air Force expands QF-16 training to manned and unmanned missions
Air Force plans to add 18 training aircraft by 2021
Defense Systems
DARPA funds new electronics revolution
The research agency fleshes out its ERI effort with research funding for chip materials, design and next-generation architectures.
Threats
Future US Navy Accident Investigations Will Look for Cyber Attacks
The fleet’s info-warfare chief has a team aboard the damaged USS McCain. The main thing she expects to learn is how to do this kind of investigation.
Ideas
The Only Path to Peace is a Kurdistan Independent of Iraq
A Peshmerga commander says Iraq had its chance and failed to live up to its security promises to the people of Kurdistan.
Science & Tech
Trump's Tech Crackdown on China Has Begun
The White House just blocked a $1.3 billion plan to sell an Oregon-based semiconductor company to a Chinese equity firm, citing possible technology risks to national security.
Defense Systems
Army virtual reality sensor aims to bring 360-degree view to human eyes
An Army research solicitation seeks sensor technology able to bring human eyes a 360-degree view of the battlefield.
Business
NSA Quietly Awards a Classified $2.4B Tech Contract, With More to Come
CSRA won the first of three NSA Groundbreaker contracts to upgrade parts of the intelligence community’s IT infrastructure.
Threats
Swarmed With Mosquitoes After Harvey, Texas Calls in the Air Force
The Air Force is spraying a controversial insecticide across 6 million acres to kill mosquitoes brought in by Hurricane Harvey.
Business
At US Nuclear Weapons Base, Mattis Signals Support for Triad
But the U.S. defense secretary stopped short of endorsing all types of new nuclear weapons in development.
Threats
‘I Want to Finish This’: US Special Ops Leaders Urge Washington to Stick by the Syrian Kurds
Commanders inside Syria say rebels are doing all they hoped for — and are the best shot to break the region's cycle of terrorism.
Threats
Trump Administration Orders US Government To Delete All Kaspersky Software
The move follows months of warnings about the Moscow-based cybersecurity firm and speculation about its possible connections to the Kremlin.
Science & Tech
Energy Dept Spends $33M to Harden Grid Against Network, Kinetic Attack
The grants focus on improving grid resiliency during a cyberattack and speeding recovery.
Defense Systems
Army seeks swarms of mini-drones for medevac
Research solicitation envisions swarms of semi-autonomous minidrones to conduct medevac missions.
Defense Systems
New Air Force AI will address data influx problem
The Air Force is planning to design next-generation drones based on the data being sought and implement artificial intelligence solutions to process that data.
Ideas
How Trump Is Ending the American Era
For all the visible damage the president has done to the nation’s global standing, things are much worse below the surface.
Defense Systems
The technology is here for tiny, swarming, gust-tolerant, perching drones
The Army Research Laboratory’s micro-drone research program ended last month, but is leaving a legacy of brand new micro-drone technology
Ideas