Science & Tech
Swiss Researchers Invent Way to Let Mini Drones See in the Dark
Future drones will see as the human eye does, helping to navigate dark rooms.
Business
Air Force: We’re Low on Bombs Because Congress Can’t Pass a Budget
It’s hard to persuade arms makers to boost production, even to fight ISIS, without cash on the barrelhead.
Defense Systems
Air Force and industry rethink requirements to prep for space war
The emergence of new threats will require the Air Force and industry to rethink training and technical approaches to space strategy.
Defense Systems
Army turns to Plan X to defend against cyber threats
Plan X software and hardware uses traditional warfare tactics to protect the Army from cyber attacks.
Science & Tech
The Russians Just Test-Fired an ICBM
Both Washington and Moscow are modernizing their nuclear arsenals, but military leaders worry that Russia is ahead.
Ideas
A Presidential Misunderstanding of Deterrence
But Trump’s bellicosity undermines his ability to deter the Kim regime’s nuclear weapons and missiles programs.
Ideas
Why ISIS Is So Good at Branding Its Failures as Successes
The Parsons Green attack shows that governments and media outlets keep falling into the propaganda traps being set for them.
Defense Systems
Army looks to expand size and scope of cyber war unit
The Army’s Cyber Solutions Development unit is already expanding the number of cyber war soldiers and is growing its mission scope.
Ideas
Trump Is Trying to Hoodwink Us into War with Iran
We’ve seen this movie before, complete with trumped-up charges of WMD. Americans must speak out now to head off another disastrous military adventure.
Science & Tech
Defense Firms to Air Force: Want Your Planes’ Data? Pay Up
It may be years before Air Force leaders can scrounge up the funds to turn on diagnostic gear they already own.
Threats
In Fiery UN Speech, Trump Delivers The Far-Right Goods
The black-helicopter crowd, and the president’s base, should love this Bannon-esque, undiplomatic speech, filled with ‘America First,’ ‘radical Islamic extremism,’ and cries for sovereignty over collective security.
Ideas
Marine National Monuments Are Defense Assets
If the Trump administration removes federal protections from these giant swaths of ocean, it will make it easier for enemies to hunt American warships.
Defense Systems
The Navy is using laser gyroscope tech to navigate in GPS-denied environments
Northrop Grumman is upgrading Navy inertial navigation systems, using ring laser gyroscopes instead of GPS for navigation. .
Defense Systems
Northrop Grumman acquires Orbital ATK
Northrop purchased Orbital ATK in a clear effort to invest in space technologies.
Science & Tech