Ideas
When Campaigns Smear Generals and Intelligence Officers
I worked with Gen. Allen and CIA Deputy Director Mike Morell. They deserve better than personal attacks and campaign lies.
Ideas
The U.S. Should Contain ISIS and Move On
It’s a wiser choice than the ‘destroy IS’ or ‘smash-and-leave’ options.
Defense Systems
EW ideas get real at Army's Cyber Quest
The latest exercise focused on integrating cyber and electromagnetic tools and techniques to improve a commander's situational awareness.
Defense Systems
China raises the cyber stakes with quantum satellite
The properties of quantum entanglement could deliver the first hack-proof communications.
Defense Systems
Navy taps Lockheed to develop LCS frigate's combat management system
The $68 million deal calls for hardware and software work as part of the Littoral Combat Ship program.
Ideas
Don't Dismantle the VA
Veterans care should not become a profit-making enterprise that serves no one better than its financial backers.
Science & Tech
Two Iraqi Guys Built an Armed Robot to Fight ISIS
The Baghdad Post says the machine-gun-wielding unmanned ground vehicle will be used in the effort to retake Mosul.
Science & Tech
China’s New Satellite Puts Quantum Encryption Into Orbit
It’s designed to literally teleport information nearly 750 miles.
Science & Tech
There’s a Big Loophole in the Pentagon’s Guide to Eavesdropping
The new rules reflect a shift in intel-gathering from phone-tapping to capturing conversations on the internet.
Ideas
What You Need to Know About Aleppo
Because of the city’s importance to all parties in the conflict, fighting between rebels, ISIS and the Russia-Syria-Iran alliance is only expected to escalate.
Ideas
Why is America Still Saying 'Never Again' About Terrorism?
Despite an administration change and major shifts in national security, the federal government is still taking a maximalist approach to policy.
Ideas
The Death of Hope in Syria
“I don’t think anyone can help us,” one of the last doctors in Aleppo says.
Defense Systems
DARPA moves ahead with plan to put anti-missile lasers on drones
The agency adds to a contract with Northrop to develop a small system that can be mounted on manned and unmanned aircraft.
Science & Tech
The Military Is Genetically Modifying Bacteria to Make Even Tinier Computers
The biosynthetic microbe could wire future nanoelectronics after Navy-funded researchers supercharged its conductivity.
Ideas