Defense Systems
Despite hitches, DISA continues JIE rollout
A key assessment has been delayed until the end of the year, as the agency measures JRSS's ability to counter threat vectors.
Defense Systems
Army wants to give soldiers their own micro-drones
The service is asking industry for information on developing UAS weighing 150 grams for ISR in the field.
Science & Tech
So That Thumbprint Thing on Your Phone Is Useless Now
Researchers found a cheap, easy way to copy your fingerprints a few months after millions of Americans had theirs stolen by hackers.
Ideas
What It Would Take to Build Trump's Border Wall with Mexico
The presidential candidate is pledging the largest infrastructure project since the U.S. highway system. And it makes no sense at all.
Defense Systems
SmartCAR makes soldiers wise to chem-bio threats
The handheld device tests for pathogens on the spot and communicates results up the chain of command via Nett Warrior smartphones.
Defense Systems
The 4 prongs of DOD's cybersecurity discipline plan
The Pentagon's implementation plan looks to enforce better cyber hygiene throughout the department.
Science & Tech
Thanks, America! How China's Newest Software Could Predict, Track, and Crush Dissent
Armed with data from spying on its citizens, Beijing could turn 'predictive policing’ into an AI tool of repression.
Ideas
Let Russia's Planes Keep Flying Over US, Just Like Ike Wanted
The Pentagon dithered while Moscow upgraded. It’s time to catch up — not scrap the Open Skies Treaty.
Ideas
What the 2016 Presidential Candidates Get Wrong About the Future of War
They fail, they lack, they misunderstand, they pander, they don’t get, and they just don’t know national security – not according to our Future of War roster of experts.
Defense Systems
Strategies for delivering on the promise of JIE
DOD can control access while limiting the attack surface of a joint network, SolarWinds' Joel Dolisy writes.
Defense Systems
DARPA's high-speed vertical-lift plane goes to Phase 2
Aurora Flight Sciences' design for the VTOL X-Plane project aims to improve hovering efficiency while also increasing airspeed.
Ideas
China Is Watching the FBI-Apple Battle Very Closely
Even if the U.S. government abandons its insistence on a backdoored iPhone, Beijing may not.
Ideas
Here's How Easily a Wanted War Criminal Can Travel the Globe
Sudan's pledges of support against enemies of the West and Saudi Arabia have greased the skids for alleged war criminal and President Omar al-Bashir's 21-country world tour.
Science & Tech
Check Out the Military’s Experimental Helicopter Plane
The Pentagon has picked a design for its next experimental aircraft.
Ideas
Russian Subs Are Reheating a Cold War Chokepoint
As the GIUK gap returns to importance, NATO must look to regenerate its anti-submarine forces.
Defense Systems
Cloud shift, data security driving encryption use
An industry survey forecasts broad use of crypto technologies as more enterprises shift sensitive data to the cloud.
Defense Systems