Ideas
As China Rises, the US Must Stop Taking Australia for Granted
Canberra’s and Washington’s strategic preferences for confronting Beijing are diverging. Here’s how to bring them back together.
Defense Systems
Air Force 3-star: “algorithmic warfare” needed for future ISR, combat ops
Artificial intelligence and human-machine warfare will increasingly be vital for Air Force ISR operations as a way to keep pace with the speed and scale of information technology.
Ideas
How Mattis May Get Himself in Trouble With Trump
The secretary of defense could run afoul of his boss if his review of the policy on transgender troops follows the facts to their conclusion.
Ideas
The Quite Rational Basis for North Korea's Japan Overfly
With each new missile test, Pyongyang shakes Tokyo’s confidence in Washington, while accruing valuable data on its own capabilities.
Defense Systems
Video Update 8-31-17: Army reduces WIN-T hardware footprint, slingloads beneath helicopter
Army reduces WIN-T hardware footprint, sling-loads beneath helicopter
Defense Systems
Navy seeks new software tool able to predict insider threat risks
The new software would examine user behavior and develop a potential risk indicator.
Defense Systems
Mattis plans to bolster DIUX
The Pentagon’s DIUX will continue to fast track innovative commercial IT by extending its reach into the private sector.
Ideas
It Takes a Village to Raze an Insurgency
As the Trump Administration reviews its counter-terrorism policies and strategies, it should apply the lessons of the Village Stability Operations program.
Defense Systems
Air Force Research Lab tests new radio tech for GPS-denied environments
A new handheld device for ground forces aggregates radio signals to provide force location data in combat, without GPS.
Threats
How Many US Troops in Afghanistan? Pentagon Changes How It Counts Them
A new accounting method ups the official total in Afghanistan from 8,400 to “approximately” 11,000.
Defense Systems
DARPA looks beyond Moore's Law
Chip effort targets reconfigurable devices as scaling runs out of steam.
Ideas
Congress Should Do Its Job, and Get Us Out of Yemen’s Civil War
American support for the Saudi-led coalition is getting us nowhere good.
Policy
Trump Directly Counters Mattis, Military, In Tweet on North Korea
‘Talking is not the answer!’ says president, after threatening ‘all options’ following North Korean missile-launch over Japan.
Ideas
Trump Doesn't Have the Authority to Attack North Korea Without Congress
The decision to engage in armed conflict rests with the legislative branch, a requirement that is neither a formality nor outdated.
Ideas
Our Navy is Broken, and That is a Bad Thing
The fleet’s problems stem from decades of flat acquisition budgets and declining ship numbers.
Science & Tech