Science & Tech
Pentagon Will Investigate NSA Crackdown on Would-Be Snowdens
The Defense Department inspector general has Congress' attention with a new probe into rogue IT employees.
Science & Tech
Researchers: ISIS Has Built A Secure Messaging App
Facebook and other big tech companies aren’t the only ones who can create apps for encrypted communication.
Defense Systems
Army adding gigabit wireless to its tactical network
Aruba's Command Post Wi-Fi brings NSA-approved wireless to WIN-T at the battalion level.
Science & Tech
America’s New Plan to Fight ISIS Online
The State Department will diversify its one-way approach, while other agencies reach out to Silicon Valley.
Ideas
Building Afghan Security Requires a Long-Term U.S. Commitment
Can Americans — and their next president — see past short-term campaign promises to save Afghanistan?
Business
Here’s What America’s Longest-Serving General Most Fears
Gen. John Kelly, commander of U.S. Southern Command, goes “over the side for the last time” with 45 years of perspective on U.S. war-fighting and its future.
Policy
Obama Prepares a 'Nontraditional' State of the Union Address
The chamber will push a pair of foreign policy bills as President Obama delivers his State of the Union address and Republicans prepare for their retreat.
Threats
Why ISIS Cannot Be Negotiated With
Jonathan Powell argues that talking to terrorists has brought peace in the past. But the Islamic State really is different.
Defense Systems
Palm-sized atomic clock could reduce reliance on GPS
A DARPA program is calling for a small, low-power but extremely accurate clock that could maintain location data when GPS goes out.
Defense Systems
Navy awards another deal for electronic warfare upgrades
General Dynamics will perform more work on improvements under the SEWIP program.
Ideas
Special Report: The State of Defense 2016
Defense One's annual year-ahead assessment of each military service finds a force ready to fight, but feeling the strain from all they are being asked to do -- still.
Threats
Terror Arrests Pose New Threat to Syrian Refugee Program
Republicans pounced on the news that two men indicted on terrorism charges had been resettled in the U.S. after fleeing Iraq.
Science & Tech
Why Amazon's Data Centers Are Hidden in US Spy Country
You'll need to go back to where a lot of significant moments in Internet history took place: the Cold War.
Science & Tech
Military Wants X-Ray Vision and Tunnel Robots To Fight Terrorists
The Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office has released their wish list for 2016 and beyond.
Defense Systems