Business
The Price of an F-35 Was Already Falling. Can Trump Drive it Lower?
Defense One analyzed the changing cost of the JSF since the first production orders were placed in 2007. Here’s what we found.
Science & Tech
Exclusive: The Super Secure Presidential Phone (That Trump May Not Be Using)
A military program has created an Android-based super secure smartphone that goes with the office of the President. Is Trump using it?
Policy
'Even a Shining City on a Hill Needs Walls': Senator Tom Cotton
A Republican hawk acclimates to the Trump presidency—and threatens to reconsider the One China policy.
Defense Systems
NGEN-R redraws acquisition plan
The Navy plans to recompete its Next-Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) contract to save money, speed IT modernization and combine domestic and international data networks.
Ideas
Interview: Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson
The CNO talked with Defense One editor Kevin Baron on Jan. 17, in the first D Brief LIVE event.
Defense Systems
DARPA licenses emerging chip technology
Flex Logix will license its FPGA technology to the defense agency for use by DoD and other government agencies. Keywords: FPGA, DARPA, Flex Logix, reprogrammable, TSMC, hardware
Ideas
Why Iraq Needs the Oil
Taking it, as Donald Trump has mused about doing, is not only illegal—it would tear the country apart.
Policy
Trump Orders Halt to ‘Catch and Release,’ But There’s a Catch
Ending the practice of releasing illegal border crossers before they can be deported is easier said than done.
Science & Tech
Border Officers: Real Security is More Complicated Than Building a Wall
Trump’s order notwithstanding, it would take years and new technology to truly close the border.
Ideas
The Art of Dealing with Pakistan
Trump’s transactional approach to foreign policy may help get Islamabad moving in the right direction.
Threats
China’s Growing Ambitions in Space
While Trump works to lay out a new policy for NASA, China is set to conduct a record number of launches this year.
Ideas
No Way to Honor Sacrifice
On Saturday, President Trump stood in front of the CIA’s Memorial Wall and gave a speech that said more about himself than those the wall commemorated, or the agency they served.
Defense Systems
Air Force pursues advanced “deceptive” cybersecurity tactics
The service is working with industry to prototype and advance cybersecurity techniques built on the old “honey pot” approach for attracting attackers.
Defense Systems
Air Force pursues advanced 'deceptive' cybersecurity tactics
The service is working with industry to prototype and advance cybersecurity techniques built on the old “honey pot” approach for attracting attackers.
Threats