Policy
The US Air Force Is Reorganizing to Fight in Space
After a scathing report, service leaders are creating a three-star czar to oversee orbital warfare.
Threats
China’s Information Warriors Are Growing More Disciplined, Say US Cyber Leaders
And some U.S. cyber leaders worry that the American military’s approach is too reactive and defensive.
Ideas
Want to Plug Intel Leaks? Let Technology Find the Next Insider Threat
Lack of empathy? High narcissism? Self-absorbed? You could be the next Snowden.
Threats
Post-9/11 Intel Sharing Needs Fine-Tuning, IGs Say
Domestic sharing of counterterror info could be better, according to the inspector generals of the intel community, DHS, and Justice Department.
Ideas
WATCH: Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition 2017
Join us as we livestream the final day of this year's conference. Or you can catch up on Monday and Tuesday's live-streamed discussions here, too.
Ideas
Attacks on Russia Will Only Increase
Its entanglements across the Middle East will come with a deadly price.
Ideas
The Silence of Rex Tillerson
Sooner or later, someone needs to explain what Trump’s foreign policy is. But the secretary of state does not seem to understand his job.
Ideas
Egypt and America Are Destined to Disappoint Each Other
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s supporters in Washington are about to get mugged by reality: His regime is alarmingly weak.
Ideas
Don’t Let the Pentagon Monopolize Nuclear Policy
Expert voices from State and Energy must be brought into the Trump administration’s nascent Nuclear Posture Review.
Science & Tech
Connecticut Police May Soon Hunt Perps with Lethal Drones
A new bill under consideration forbids civilians from outfitting drones with weapons but includes a crucial exemption for police.
Ideas
A Bad Time for a Trump-China Summit
A former South Korean lawmaker says the White House needs to strengthen its relationship with Seoul before deciding to grant the same level of respect to Beijing.
Defense Systems
Video Update 4-3-2017: Air Force "cyber squadrons" defend against attackers
Newly configured Air Force units patrol networks to find and thwart malicious intruders or would-be attackers.
Defense Systems
Navy implements interferometer-based technology EW
SEWIP Block 2 upgrades will improve electronic threat detection and signal jamming.
Ideas
America's Foreign-Policy Voice Is Fracturing. Trump’s Cuts Would Make Things Worse
The post-9/11 explosion in security-assistance funding has muddied the roles of diplomats and generals. A re-empowered State Department could help fix that.
Science & Tech
Elon Musk’s Reusable Rocket Just Changed The Space Game
The successful test flight of a used rocket is a milestone in the effort to drastically lower the cost of putting a satellite in orbit.
Science & Tech
Trump Team Seems to Stay the Course With the Last Administration’s Cyber Efforts
Two recent moves suggest the White House isn’t seeking a sea change in international cyber policy.
Policy
‘General Flynn Certainly Has a Story to Tell’
The former national-security adviser has asked congressional committees and the FBI for immunity in exchange for his testimony, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Policy