Defense Systems
OPED: can WIN-T evolve?
An network executive suggests adding network management tools to WIN-T
Ideas
The Summer of Misreading Thucydides
There’s a delicious irony in the Trump team’s affection for the historian—who repeatedly shows how populists lead societies to ruin.
Defense Systems
Pentagon, industry pursue increased data bus security
A private firm has developed new data bus cybersecurity technology which claims to identify attacks and cyber intruders more quickly.
Science & Tech
Advisory Group Prepping ‘Moonshot’ Plan to Fight Botnets
DHS has commissioned two reports describing what might be done about networks of compromised computers.
Science & Tech
US Army Seeks Internet-of-Battlefield-Things, Distributed Bot Swarms
After nearly two decades of war against technologically unsophisticated foes, the Army Research Lab is reorienting to counter China and Russia.
Defense Systems
New soldier 'exosuit' creates sharper, stronger fighters
The Army Research Laboratory is testing a new suit with Iron Man like technology to help soldiers carry more weight and think more clearly.
Defense Systems
Next-gen biometric sensors monitor pilot distress
The Air Force is working on aircraft technology that will automatically adjust flight systems to keep pilots healthy and secure.
Defense Systems
DIUX continues outreach into drone and satellite projects
DOD’s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental continues in new Administration with efforts to accelerate getting new tech into operation.
Policy
Cuts Proposed for Key Cybersecurity Agency
House Appropriations Committee reduces but retains White House cuts to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Ideas
Don’t Enshrine A Russian Advantage In Surveillance Flights Over the US
Provisions in the House version of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act would prevent the Pentagon from matching Russia’s advances in aerial photography.
Ideas
A Mercenary-Led Surge Won’t Solve Afghanistan
Private military contractors have spotted an opportunity as America’s longest war grinds on.
Science & Tech
Facial Recognition Coming to Police Body Cameras
An approach to machine learning inspired by the human brain is about to revolutionize street search.
Policy
Mattis on 2018 Budget: ‘We Have Got to Get a Bill Passed’
Congress is working up budgets that bust spending caps, with little evidence of a deal to avoid automatic cuts.
Science & Tech
Russian Weapons Maker To Build AI-Directed Guns
Kalashnikov’s upcoming product shows how the US and Russia are on wildly different paths to autonomy.
Ideas
Two Years on, the Iran Deal is Working
It is true that Tehran’s behavior in the region has not improved, but the agreement has kept the regime from going nuclear.
Defense Systems