Science & Tech
The Pentagon Wants to Buy That Bomb You’re Building in the Garage
DARPA will pay tinkerers to weaponize off-the-shelf items — in hopes of defending against such hacks.
Ideas
Hey, America: Don’t Forget Your Soldiers While Spending Billions on Future Weapons
AUSA President Gordon Sullivan describes what a smaller, busier Army means for American power, global instability, and the troops themselves.
Ideas
Why Does Obama Fight Wars He Deems Unwinnable?
The uncertainty he projects about his policies undermine the half-hearted military efforts he undertakes.
Ideas
An Isolationist President, In Love With Drones and Special Forces
Obama’s no realist; history suggests little promise for the path he has chosen for the U.S.
Ideas
The End of the US-Dominated Order in the Middle East
Critics say the Obama doctrine has given Russia the upper hand in the region; the president says Moscow’s welcome to try to use it.
Defense Systems
DARPA wants a leg-up on off-the-shelf weapons
The agency's Improv program is interested how people can use commercial technology to threaten U.S. military personnel.
Defense Systems
Boeing's new autonomous UUV can run for months at a time
The 51-foot long unmanned Echo Voyager, which runs on a rechargeable power system, can operate without a surface support vessel.
Ideas
The Hidden Costs of Obama's Vision of American Power
Grand strategies are judged by their consequences, not by their intentions, and in the Middle East the consequences are not looking pretty.
Ideas
In Defense of the Obama Doctrine
Obama is still trying to win Washington over to American power as he sees it: limiting military interventions while convening players for peace.
Ideas
Obama's 'Red Line' That Wasn't
Inside the president’s last-minute decision not to bomb Syria in 2013.
Ideas
The Obama Doctrine
The U.S. president talks through his hardest decisions about America’s role in the world.
Science & Tech
F-35 Chief: Think Very, Very Hard Before Making Another Joint Fighter
Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan has a bit of advice for Air Force and Navy leaders envisioning their next tactical aircraft.
Defense Systems
DARPA looks to tap social media, big data to probe the causes of social unrest
The Next Generation Social Science program seeks to harness digital connections to identify "the primary drivers of social cooperation, instability and resilience."
Science & Tech
Let’s Talk About the Federal Drones Flying Over US Soil
An alphabet soup’s worth of government agencies are exercising their ability to look down on ordinary citizens.
Ideas
US Ballistic Missile Defense Needs A Boost
Amid ominous tests by Iran and North Korea, why is the Missile Defense Agency’s budget shrinking?
Defense Systems
Endgame cyber solution proves useful for Air Force at Red Flag
The commercial tool has been effective in hunting and securing networks during the Air Force’s two most recent large-scale exercises.
Defense Systems