Defense Systems
DARPA moves ahead with plan to put anti-missile lasers on drones
The agency adds to a contract with Northrop to develop a small system that can be mounted on manned and unmanned aircraft.
Science & Tech
The Military Is Genetically Modifying Bacteria to Make Even Tinier Computers
The biosynthetic microbe could wire future nanoelectronics after Navy-funded researchers supercharged its conductivity.
Ideas
Trump is Wrong About the Intelligence Community
Presidential candidates should refrain from uninformed and baseless claims that only undermine intelligence professionals.
Science & Tech
Twitter Suspends Another 235,000 Accounts Promoting Terrorism
ISIS is losing territory online, too, as Twitter joins social media companies accelerating efforts to purge extremist speech from their sites.
Defense Systems
Army adding top-secret layer to expeditionary command posts
The DCGS-A Intelligence Processing Center will add another secure network to forward-deployed communications.
Defense Systems
MDA awards $99M deal to continue space-based sensor work
Utah State's Space Dynamics Lab, which has worked with MDA on other projects, will develop new state-of-the-art systems for missile defense.
Ideas
Keeping America's Principles In the Age of Terrorism
Our security should be judged not only by the absence of major attacks but by America’s commitment to the Constitution.
Business
Pentagon: We’re Closer Than Ever to Lasers That Can Stop Iranian, North Korean Missiles
With global demand for missile defense surging, US officials are fine-tuning cheaper, more powerful laser weapons.
Threats
Did the NSA Get Hacked?
A group calling itself the “Shadow Broker” is auctioning off what it says are the agency’s cyberweapons.
Business
US-Made Patriot Missiles Shoot Down Houthi Rockets
A top U.S. admiral revealed the new detail about Saudi Arabia, already criticized for how they’re using their arsenal of Western-supplied arms against Yemen.
Science & Tech
Naval Aviators Describe How the F-35's Brains Will Change Air Warfare
They gave the F-35 rave reviews during a show-and-tell at sea, but questions remain about its troubled software.
Ideas
India's Modi Pokes Pakistan Over Contested Afghan-Border Region
India's prime minister is making waves for claiming he's received warmly by folks in Balochistan, which Pakistan struggles to secure.
Ideas
We Welcome China In Djibouti, Just As We Welcomed The West
Djibouti’s foreign minister pushes back on assertions China is elbowing Americans out of the strategic East African footprint.
Defense Systems
Pentagon wants fresh ideas on defending against small drones
DARPA researchers want modular, scalable systems to counter an emerging threat.
Defense Systems
Air Force to improve Military Code GPS receivers
A $52.6 million contract with Raytheon calls for modernizing the Miniature Airborne GPS receiver 2000 as the service shifts to stronger, jam-resistant signals.
Ideas