Defense Systems
DNA technology secures microchips, blocks counterfeit items
DNA authentication can assure the origins and accurate destination of valuable electronics and other items.
Ideas
Trump Should Halt US Missile-Defense Plans in Europe
The new president seems determined to woo Russia. Here’s one way he can serve American and NATO security goals as well.
Defense Systems
130,000 Navy sailors hacked
"Unknown individuals” accessed the data via a single laptop owned by an unnamed employee of the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services.
Defense Systems
Navy updates radar software on stealthy Zumwalt
Raytheon officials say the plan is to start activating and operating the radar before the ship's arrival on the West Coast.
Ideas
Trump's Big Test in the Middle East
The president-elect will encounter a region convulsed by change.
Ideas
Breaking Down US-Russian Distrust With Time, Talk, and Meals
A recent session of the long-running Dartmouth Conference shows how non-governmental dialogue can ease tense relations.
Defense Systems
Air Force expands computer chip nanoelectronics
The Air Force wants to engineer the highly sophisticated sensing and imaging technology needed to build smaller chips with comparable precision and confidence.
Ideas
As Trump Waits, So Do US War Fighters, Planners
The truth is nobody from the Pentagon to Baghdad knows yet if Trump will escalate or withdraw from America's ongoing fights around the world.
Business
Boeing Defense CEO Weighs Spending More Time in DC
The shift would follow a raft of larger organizational and personnel changes at the aerospace giant.
Ideas
Why Trump Is Wrong About His Conflicts of Interest
A conversation with Norman Eisen, former White House ethics czar, about the legal challenges facing the president-elect.
Science & Tech
Under Trump, Tech Companies Brace for Fight Over Encryption
Supporters of strong encryption are watching closely to see if Trump will force tech firms to cooperate with law enforcement, or if his campaign rhetoric will soften once he’s in the White House.
Defense Systems
Kudu Dynamics to support Air Force cyber ops
Kudu’s website mission statement says the company promises to “to turn our proverbial swords into plowshares by raising the computer network defensive bar; and to maintain our national capabilities far in excess of said bar.”
Threats
Trump Promises to Ask the Pentagon for a Plan to Defend the Country from Cyber Attacks
The president-elect included the plan in a list of 'executive actions we can take on day one to restore our laws and bring back our jobs.'
Defense Systems
DoD hacking effort extended to Army
Expanded cyber effort also included new policy guidance for security researchers probing DoD nets for bugs.
Science & Tech
The F-35B Just Got A Lot Deadlier
In a proof-of-concept experiment, data passed instantly from a Marine Corps fighter allowed a shipboard Aegis system to shoot down a drone.
Business
Canada Ditches the F-35 for the Super Hornet — For Now
After an initial buy of F/A-18s, Justin Trudeau’s government will hold a competition to replace the rest of its CF-18 Hornets.
Ideas
Transnational Criminals Move at Network Speed. At SOUTHCOM, We’re Learning to Do the Same
But this sea change must be matched by U.S. and foreign partners, writes the leader of U.S. Southern Command.
Threats