Policy
The NSA-Cyber Command Divorce Is Inching Closer to Reality
Even if the spending-bill provision becomes law, the split may not happen until 2018.
Science & Tech
Don’t Put the Pentagon in Charge of Private Industry’s Cybersecurity
There are few ways that the military could intervene effectively without doing more harm than good.
Ideas
The Coming War on ‘Radical Islam’
How President-elect Trump’s government could change America’s approach to terrorism.
Defense Systems
Technology takes over flight of attacking drones
A system called Mesmer is able to thwart threatening or attacking drones by taking over the signal of the aircraft and, in some cases, re-directing flight.
Threats
How the Arctic Could Help Warm US-Russian Relations
U.S. Coast Guard commandant says cooperating on mass search-and-rescue exercises and other shared interests could build bridges.
Science & Tech
A Glimpse At How the F-35 Will Help the Marines Storm the Beach
In a California demonstration, the short-takeoff fighters escorted troop-carrying V-22s into simulated hostile territory.
Defense Systems
Navy sharpens AESA radar for F-18
Many Navy aircraft use AESA radars because of their superior ability to thwart jamming attempts.
Ideas
The US Military Has a Pretty Good Plan to Keep Its Advantage. Trump Shouldn’t Mess With It
The Third Offset needs help, not replacement, to secure the long-term competitive advantage of the U.S. armed forces.
Defense Systems
DNA technology secures microchips, blocks counterfeit items
DNA authentication can assure the origins and accurate destination of valuable electronics and other items.
Ideas
Trump Should Halt US Missile-Defense Plans in Europe
The new president seems determined to woo Russia. Here’s one way he can serve American and NATO security goals as well.
Defense Systems
130,000 Navy sailors hacked
"Unknown individuals” accessed the data via a single laptop owned by an unnamed employee of the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services.
Defense Systems
Navy updates radar software on stealthy Zumwalt
Raytheon officials say the plan is to start activating and operating the radar before the ship's arrival on the West Coast.
Ideas
Trump's Big Test in the Middle East
The president-elect will encounter a region convulsed by change.
Ideas
Breaking Down US-Russian Distrust With Time, Talk, and Meals
A recent session of the long-running Dartmouth Conference shows how non-governmental dialogue can ease tense relations.
Defense Systems