Defense Systems
Army networks its command-and-control systems
Command Post Computing Environment is a developmental effort to synchronize command center mobile and fixed-site applications.
Defense Systems
Army networks its command-and-control systems
Command Post Computing Environment is a developmental effort to synchronize command center mobile and fixed-site applications.
Defense Systems
Navy networks ship’s gunnery systems
An augmented reality helmet fuses information from a ship's gunnery liaison officer and weapons system into an easy-to-interpret visual format for the gunner.
Ideas
Weaponized Narrative Is the New Battlespace
And the U.S. is in the unaccustomed position of being seriously behind its adversaries.
Ideas
ISIS Ends Its Separate Peace With Turkey
The politics of the attack and its avowal make the Istanbul massacre much more pivotal than many others.
Science & Tech
Is This the Accidental Mastermind in the DNC Hack?
The White House’s new list of sanctioned Russians includes a young Moscow-based hacker, much to her professed surprise.
Threats
The Key to Putin’s Cyber Power
The Russian president has both the capability and the intent to cause harm, says a former U.S. ambassador to Russia. And the threat won’t vanish once Donald Trump takes office.
Science & Tech
Hacking Into Future Nuclear Weapons: The US Military’s Next Worry
Warheads will be networked, and that presents unique challenges for the U.S. Air Force.
Threats
What We Know About the Syrian Ceasefire Announced by Putin
Russia and Turkey say Syrian government forces and rebels will begin a truce at midnight on December 30. Other details are thin.
Defense Systems
OPED: Legacy vs modern command & control
by Jason Poteat - Solution Architect at Red Hat. Aside from being larger and more difficult to manage, legacy applications often lack the scalability that is required in today’s cloud-based environments. The existing applications were independently designed, require their own custom configured runtime, and must be managed and configured individually
Defense Systems
Navy Will Expand Undersea Drone Operations
Navy Will Expand Undersea Drone Operations
Business
Trump is Now America’s Arms Deal Negotiator
His meetings and bombshell tweets with the heads of America’s two largest weapon makers show Trump will play a role in hammering out contracts.
Threats
Made-in-America Weapons, War Crimes, and the Outcry Over Yemen
As the US limits some arms sales to Saudi Arabia, human rights groups present 'overwhelming evidence' pointing back at Washington.
Threats
After ISIS, Iraq's Militias Face Another Fight: Legitimacy
The Popular Mobilization Forces, or PMF, face a post-war battle for influence that connects Tehran and Washington.
Ideas