Threats
DHS Is Drawing Up 'Strategic Principles' for Internet of Things
The Homeland Security secretary is working with law enforcement and private companies to prevent massive distributed denial of service attacks.
Defense Systems
General Atomics deal extends Army Gray Eagle support
The Army awards a sustainment contract to General Atomics for its Gray Eagle drone.
Defense Systems
Navy awards MQ-25 Stingray tanker deal
The Navy has awarded four developmental contracts for a carrier launched refueling drone. The emerging unmanned system, to be ready by the early to mid 2020s, will extend the attack range of fighter jets.
Ideas
Get Ready to Walk Away from Incirlik
As U.S.-Turkey relations cool, retaining access to the air base will require ending our dependence on it.
Defense Systems
Pentagon tests fighter jet-launched "Perdix" mini-drone swarms
The Pentagon's Perdix mini-drone swarms have already launched from F-16s and F-18s during testing. They are expected to deploy in coming years as a strategic effort to accomplish ISR and attack missions while keeping manned-aircraft at safer stand-off distances.
Business
Kendall: The Pentagon’s Spending Less on Weapons, So Let Me Keep My Job
A 30-year-low in cost growth is part of the defense acquisition undersecretary’s closing argument for why Congress shouldn’t eliminate his position.
Defense Systems
Lockheed Martin re-ups MUOS satellite network contract
The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems $92.8 million for engineering, interim logistics and associated material for the Mobile User Objective System satellite operations.
Threats
US Special Operators Accelerate Killings of ISIS Leaders
Defense Secretary Ash Carter says this will weaken Mosul’s defenders and stop attacks in the United States.
Ideas
In Aleppo, Echoes of Guernica and Global Disorder
Nearly 80 years ago, a shattered town rang a death knell for international order. We must not let it happen again.
Threats
The Worst Is Yet To Come in Mosul, US Leaders Say
ISIS’ resistance is stiffening as coalition fighters close in on the city.
Threats
Someone Weaponized the Internet of Things
Friday’s internet disruption could be a taste of what’s to come when nations and non-state actors stop using the web and start attacking it.
Science & Tech
ISIS’ Social Media Ops Are Declining, US Military Researchers Say
Over a recent 18-month period, the Islamic State's military-themed messages stayed constant while ones on governance dropped, according to a new report from West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center.
Defense Systems
Army to network Abrams tanks with new force-tracking technology
A force-tracking technology showing icons for friendly and enemy troops in real time will better network armored vehicles in combat; the Army plans to integrate the new system into Abrams tanks, Strykers and Bradley Fighting Vehicles.
Defense Systems
DoD advances second phase of 'Hack the Pentagon'
The Pentagon has awarded two new deals to further advance its "Hack the Pentagon" effort into a second phase. HackerOne and Synack were awarded DoD contracts to launch their own “bug bounty” challenges with a goal of normalizing crowd-sourced approaches to digital defenses.
Science & Tech
The Air Force Doesn’t Know How to Test Its Future Robotic Wingmen
How do you surprise a drone that can revise its strategy hundreds of times in an eyeblink?
Threats
The Once and Future Insurgency: How ISIS Will Survive the Loss of Its 'State'
Controlling territory is at the core of the group's ideology, but it isn't everything.
Threats