Ideas

Three Takeaways from Carter’s Recent Meeting with His Indian Counterpart

A long-awaited agreement finally clears the way for logistics cooperation. Just don’t call it 'basing.’

Science & Tech

The US Military Will ‘Be Left Behind’ If It Doesn’t Embrace Open-Source Software, Report Says

Amid a rising China and Russia, the Pentagon’s slow pace on the software front could cost it tactically for years to come.

Defense Systems

US expands its foreign drone sales to Canada

The Navy reaches an agreement to send a five-aircraft Blackjack system up north.

Defense Systems

Five win spots on $155.8M deal to support Joint Chiefs' cyber program

The companies will support the J6 Directorate's C4/Cyber program under a five-year contract.

Threats

EXCLUSIVE: Russia-Backed DNC Hackers Strike Washington Think Tanks

The same Kremlin-backed group that hacked the Pentagon, State Department, and DNC targeted DC insiders last week.

Ideas

A Former General's Case Against Trump

The GOP nominee would undermine values that strengthen the U.S. military, says the Army's first female three-star.

Defense Systems

New small UAV could be soldiers' future eye in the sky

The National Training Center hosts operational tests of the ISR drone, which the Army said is so new it hasn’t been named yet.

Ideas

Violently Ousting Assad Won't Solve Anything in Syria

It is hardly surprising to hear calls for more U.S. action, but what happens next?

Ideas

It’s Time: The US Should Create A No-Fly Zone, Deliver Aid — and Save Syria

The act of alleviating human suffering may fuel a new dynamic that ultimately begins to change the course of the war.

Defense Systems

Army working to put cyber warriors on the front lines

A pilot program embeds cyber teams into a brigade's companies, conducting defensive and offensive operations while on the move.

Business

Air Force, Pentagon Have More Work to Do Before Ditching the A-10, Watchdog Says

Losing the aircraft would also mean a loss of U.S. combat search-and-rescue capabilities, the Government Accountability Office said in a newly declassified report.

Science & Tech

At Least One State Rejects Feds' Offer to Help Cybersecure Voting Machines

Some security experts say it wouldn't even take Russian government-backed hackers to manipulate actual votes in some of America's antiquated tallying systems.

Ideas

Turkey Won't Solve Its ISIS Problem By Invading Syria

Erdogan launched an intervention in Syria, while gutting his own government's ability to confront the problem at home.