Policy
Trump’s Transgender Troop Ban Sparks An Instant Opposition of Unusual Allies
The commander in chief tweet-declares a stunning change for military personnel, but it’s far from clear he can make it stick.
Defense Systems
CNO: Network, cyber connectivity key to future Naval superiority
IT upgrades and next generation platforms will help grow the Navy’s network use so that it can maintain maritime superiority.
Defense Systems
SOCOM wants commandos to become walking SIGINT sensors
U.S. Special Operations Command is looking for a signals intelligence sensor to equip an individual commando with SIGINT-like ISR technology.
Science & Tech
US Air Force Wants Robots Watching Twitter
Tomorrow’s operations will be shaped by automated analysis of the world’s open-source data, says the service’s chief of staff.
Defense Systems
Soldier Nett Warrior device streams real time drone video
A hand held, smartphone-like device used by Army soldiers in combat is now able to view and share real time video feeds from nearby drones and robots.
Defense Systems
Soldier Nett Warrior device streams real-time drone video
A hand held, smartphone-like device used by Army soldiers in combat is now able to view and share real time video feeds from nearby drones and robots.
Ideas
US Cyber Diplomacy Has Bigger Problems Than the Closure of its Coordination Office
The Trump administration isn’t making it a foreign policy priority.
Ideas
The US Army’s Next Big 5 Must Be Capabilities, Not New Platforms
The service’s weapons are increasingly unsuited for tomorrow’s battlefields, but there’s too little time and money to start from scratch.
Science & Tech
Forget Radio Silence. Tomorrow’s Soldiers Will Move Under Cover of Electronic Noise
The Army’s doctrine chief says it’s self-defeating to switch off the networks that enable U.S. military superiority.
Threats
Counties Are on the Front Lines of Cyber War
John Allen, Marine general-turned-think-tanker, outlines how officials can protect voting machines and other vulnerable systems.
Defense Systems
Army seeks shape-changing biomimetic aircraft
A research solicitation wants plans for aircraft able to reshape itself in mid-air, depending upon mission requirements.
Policy
Annual Defense Bill Aims to Rein in Pentagon Outsourcing
Supporters say measure would protect federal employees from seeing their jobs contracted out.
Defense Systems
New mission simulator tests potential drone operators based on personality info
Assessing individuals who want to operate drones based on their performance, personality, and biology.
Ideas
Trump’s Ceasefire May Hand Russia the Keys to Southwestern Syria
The US must quickly send monitors to the ‘safe zones’ — or cede yet more regional influence to Moscow and Tehran.
Ideas
'Dunkirk' Should Remind Us What Wars Are Like (And That We’re Still Fighting Them)
After our veterans screened the movie's powerful and familiar portrayals of combat, we think Americans should be talking more about our endless presence in Afghanistan and the multi-front war against ISIS.
Policy
The Dangerous Politicization of the US Military
By asking active duty personnel to lobby Congress in their own self-interest, President Trump crossed an important line.
Science & Tech