Defense Systems

The Navy has seen the future and it's filled with drones

Naval officials have recently described how unmanned technologies will “fundamentally change the way the Department of the Navy operates in the future.”

Ideas

If Diplomacy Fails, Then What for Syria?

What leverage has a United States that is so reluctant to fight?

Science & Tech

How the Pentagon is Preparing for a Tank War With Russia

Reactive armor and cross-domain fire capabilities are just some of the items on the Army’s must-have list.

Ideas

The Military Isn't Fully Tracking Sexual Assault Reports

Watchdog says DOD has yet to comply with a new law to tally discharged troops who had reported being assaulted.

Science & Tech

The Tiny Town Where Air Force Cadets Learn to Drop ‘Cyber Bombs’

The future of cyber warfare training looks like a model railroad where network security majors take turns turning off the lights.

Defense Systems

DARPA dives in to underwater navigation project

BAE was recently awarded a contract to work on DARPA’s Positioning System for Deep Ocean Navigation, an attempt to create a GPS-like system under the sea.

Defense Systems

Battelle demos a handheld anti-drone 'gun'

The research lab unveiled a man-portable drone countermeasure system, as well as a dual-mode sub capable of long-duration autonomous or manned missions.

Ideas

If Russia is Selling, the Pentagon Should Keep Buying — Rocket Engines, That Is

What’s the rush? Before hastily cutting off the engines we need, Congress should set the conditions for a better American space launch market.

Defense Systems

Navy still focusing on the Next Gen Jammer

The plan to replace the 50-year-old jammer is designed to address rapidly proliferating threats in the electromagnetic spectrum.

Defense Systems

DOD cyber officials: Pace of threats calls for faster acquisition

At the Sea Air Space Exposition, top naval officials described how new technologies are needed – and needed quickly – to address the emerging threats in the cyber domain.

Ideas

LIVESTREAM: Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition 2016

Join us as we livestream this year's conference and panel discussions, featuring Defense Secretary Ash Carter and more than 150 speakers from across the U.S. military and private sector.

Business

Japan Shops Futuristic Sub-Hunter Plane

With arms export ban loosened, Tokyo is shopping an indigenous sub-hunting plane for the first time at an American arms show.

Science & Tech

Pentagon Testing Small Robot to Help Hunt Naval Mines

The US military has been looking for an underwater bomb disposal robot for years. It finally has one.

Science & Tech

Federal Background Checks Will Soon Involve Your Life on Facebook

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper signed a policy Thursday allowing investigators to scan public social media posts when deciding whether to issue a security clearance.

Science & Tech

US Navy Wants to Train Its Own 'Ethical' Hackers

The service wants to certify sailors to think more like a cyber adversary to better defend its networks across the globe.