Ideas

What Comes Next After Raqqa and Mosul?

Obama is making U.S. special operators and locals do most of the fighting. When ISIS falls, Iraq and Syria need better leaders to keep this from happening again. So, what’s the plan?

Defense Systems

IARPA wants intel tools that can predict the future

IARPA is interested in proposals ranging four broad topics – anticipatory intelligence, analysis, operations and collection – to better integrate intelligence.

Defense Systems

Army's portable command post connects expeditionary forces

The expeditionary sustainment commands, or ESCs, extend the operational picture out to units in the field.

Ideas

Watch How NATO Leaders Respond to Brexit at The 'Most Important' Summit in 25 Years

A former NATO ambassador outlines a triple threat facing leaders this week in Warsaw, and what they need to do about it.

Threats

China Declares a No-Sail-Zone in Disputed Waters During Wargame

The 38,000-square-mile trapezoid sits in the South China Sea between Vietnam and the Philippines.

Defense Systems

Navy names 21 companies to $750M C2 contract

The companies will compete to supply the service with commercial command and control equipment and services.

Defense Systems

Report: Electronic jihad grows in sophistication

The cyber threat from terror groups could eventually endanger critical infrastructure, a new report warns.

Defense Systems

DARPA looks to improve tracking of objects in space

The Pentagon's research arm has a plan to increase fidelity in tracking satellites, other assets and debris in orbit.

Threats

Air Force Officers Give New Details for F-35 in War With China

For the first time, key officers lay out how they’d deploy the stealth F-35 and F-22 in an all-out war with China.

Ideas

How to Slow President Trump From Pushing The Nuclear Button

Trump could order a nuclear war as easily as a Domino’s pizza. Here's how to change that.

Defense Systems

Directed energy weapons making a great leap forward

Lockheed Martin’s directed energy lead Paul Shattuck expounds on why laser beam weapon technology is maturing so quickly.

Defense Systems

Vermont Guard gears up for major cyber exercise

The Guard, preparing for the large Vigilant Guard cyber exercise in protecting critical infrastructure, is asking for contractor assistance in spinning up a cyber range.

Science & Tech

Check Out The US Military's Sandbox of Silly-Putty That Predicts Disasters and War

Analysts are using what they call a ’tangible landscape' to predict the path of everything from forest fires and floods to movement of adversaries in war games.

Ideas

The Now and Future US-Philippines Military Alliance

As the Philippines prepares to inaugurate a new president, this backgrounder explores the long-lasting defense ties between Manila and Washington.