Defense Systems
Air Force, Raytheon successfully test airborne EW missiles
The updated HARM Control Section Modification can suppress or destroy an enemy’s surface-to-air missile radars.
Business
What If Canada Doesn’t Buy the F-35?
The F/A-18 Super Hornet could be the RCAF’s next top fighter if the new Liberal government keeps its vow to jettison the Joint Strike Fighter.
Threats
Don’t Be Shocked the CIA Head Was Hacked
How can a random teenager break into the CIA director’s private email? The problem isn’t technical.
Business
A-10s Are Heading Back to War, This Time In Syria
Pentagon confirms Hawgs’ arrival in Turkey; details new deconfliction deal with Russia.
Threats
Russian Airstrikes Are Killing 1 Syrian Civilian for Every 2 Combatants
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Russian warplanes have killed 370 people this month. Thirty-four percent have been civilians.
Policy
The Perseverance of Kirsten Gillibrand
Whether confronting the military over sexual assault or her fellow New York senator on the Iran deal, the Democrat’s ambitions stretch beyond Hillary Clinton’s shadow.
Policy
Jim Webb Drops Out of 2016 Dem Race, Leaves Independent Bid Open
The Democratic presidential hopeful with far and away the most military experience is now out of his party’s race for the White House.
Defense Systems
Going mobile: DOD needs to take the next steps on security
DOD is ahead of civilian agencies on security, a SolarWinds survey finds, but there is still a lot of work to be done.
Defense Systems
'Bioscavengers' could stop nerve agents in their tracks
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is looking to protect warfighters from nerve agents like sarin before those agents can do any damage.
Ideas
Russia is Proving Why Nuclear-Tipped Cruise Missiles Are a Very Bad Idea
Those four cruise missiles that crashed in Iran could’ve been carrying nuclear warheads — which is why the US should ban them, not renew them.
Ideas
A Spate of Violence in Israel, and Then What?
The uptick in tensions between Israelis and Palestinians show that neither the one-state nor two-state solutions are viable.
Ideas
Trump Is Right About 9/11
Given that Bush’s advisors still dominate the GOP foreign-policy establishment, his record both before and after 9/11 remains relevant to the terrorism debate.
Defense Systems
U.S. sends drones to Africa for counterterrorism operations
The ScanEagle units being delivered to the Kenyan and Cameroonian militaries are part of an effort to share some of the military’s technological advantage with allies.
Defense Systems
GSA issues $460M request for Cyber Command support
Contract would support the command across the full range of its mission areas.
Defense Systems
Army asks for help in cyber and network management
The service is looking for contractors to assist with the full range of cyber identity management support services.
Ideas
How the Media Aids and Abets the Benghazi Committee
The investigation is functioning as partisan oppo-research organization, and the press is enabling it.
Threats
Signs Point to China in US Research Facility Hack
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution sustained a “sophisticated, targeted attack” according to the organization's general counsel.
Ideas