Threats
A Better Deal With Iran Is Possible
A congressional “no” doesn’t have to mean “no, never.” It can also mean “not now, not this way.” Here’s what a better deal might look like.
Defense Systems
The Internet of Arms will be slow to emerge
While the Internet of Things is growing, security and other risks will slow its growth in the military, a market watcher predicts.
Defense Systems
Navy awards $1.7B in C4ISR installation contracts
M.C. Dean and Honeywell will install and certify systems on ships and subs and at shore stations around the world over the next four years.
Business
Carter Crafts Close Team of Chiefs to Finish Out Obama Years
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter’s team is finally coming together, but they don’t have much time to accomplish several ambitious projects.
Policy
Jeb Bush ‘Won’t Commit’ to Ban on Torture
Bush “not struggling with” undoing President Obama’s executive order that codified the ban on enhanced interrogation techniques.
Threats
An Iraq Combat Vet Looks at the Iran Deal
I fought alongside men and women to prevent a Mideast dictator from obtaining WMD; this deal represents a better way.
Science & Tech
A Congressman Goes to DEF CON
Amid the fun and fanfare of the world’s largest hacking conference, the cyber-political battles of the future are taking shape.
Threats
How Violent ISIS Videos Help Mobilize New Recruits
Aug. 19 will mark one year since James Foley’s execution was posted on YouTube. Such videos offer, to certain minds, a paean to masculinity and a path out of powerlessness.
Defense Systems
The key to stronger communications? Vacuum tubes.
DARPA is looking for ways to make a new generation of vacuum electronics devices that will open up a new area of the electromagnetic spectrum and be harder to jam.
Defense Systems
Tactical data link puts Marine units on the same page
Replacing a paper-based process, Marines use Link 16 to integrate field radios and tablets to connect helicopters, UAVs and ground forces.
Defense Systems
Stratcom expands space surveillance with Israel agreement
U.S. Strategic Command recently entered into a Space Situational Awareness data sharing agreement with Israel, adding to a growing list of partners.
Threats
Odierno Wades Into GOP Battle Over Iraq War
If Iraqi soldiers don’t make progress in the coming months, the Pentagon should recommend embedding troops on the battlefield, says Gen. Raymond Odierno, the outgoing Army chief of staff.
Threats
What's Putin Doing in the Arctic? Trying To Keep Russians Distracted
Stuck in Ukraine, battered by global energy trends, the Russian president is trying to insure his still-stratospheric popularity at home.
Defense Systems
Northrop demonstrates multiple-UAS control with Global Hawk
The company's Control Mission Management System is another step toward standardizing command and control systems.
Defense Systems
Air Force puts 25 companies on $20.9B training contract
The companies will compete for work under the 10-year deal, which consolidates Air Force simulation and training programs under one roof.
Policy
Let the Great Debate Over the Iraq War Begin — Again
Forget the primary — it’s gloves off for Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, already beginning to slug it out over who lost Iraq.
Science & Tech