Defense Systems
Navy awards $97M deal for radar jammers
Exelis will provide the latest versions of the jammers used to protect carrier-based Hornets from electronic warfare threats.
Business
The Original NSA Whistleblower Is Still Rebuilding His Life
Working in an Apple store in Bethesda, Thomas Drake is advocating heavily for more protections for national security whistleblowers.
Ideas
Drifting Down The Nile: US, Egypt Prepare to Talk
The upcoming strategic dialogue will seek to expand the relationship beyond security issues—or maybe just get things back on track.
Threats
Mullah Omar’s Death Could Be a Nightmare for Afghanistan and NATO
Who is left among the Taliban leadership to conduct peace talks?
Ideas
Force 2025 and Beyond: How the Army Is Preparing for Its Future
Over the past year, the Army has refined its vision, its operating concept, and its strategy for comprehensive change. Here’s how they all fit together.
Defense Systems
For DOD, building the cyber force is a team game
The cyber force is only halfway towards its personnel goal, but members are making marginal strides in training, recruitment and defining roles in the emerging operational domain.
Defense Systems
Leidos-led team wins $4.3B DOD health records contract
The long-awaited deal calls for the overhaul of the Defense Department’s health system.
Defense Systems
Lockheed Martin begins layoffs at NORAD
Pink slips come in advance of GAO ruling on contract protest.
Science & Tech
This Isn’t The Death Star Laser You’re Looking For
Japanese scientists have created the world’s most powerful light beam, but its military use is limited.
Policy
America Is Paying a Heavy Price for Russia’s Help
Washington is getting Moscow’s assistance on grave, complex issues like Iran and Syria — and Ukraine is footing the bill for it.
Policy
Three Cabinet Secretaries Crashed John McCain's Iran Hearing
The Armed Services Chairman makes it known he didn’t ask Secretary of State John Kerry, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to testify on the Iran deal — the Pentagon did.
Ideas
Stephen Hawking Doesn’t Have to Fear Killer Robots
Autonomous weapons might instead thin the fog of war and make combat more transparent.
Business
Saudi Arabia Responds to Iran Deal: Give Us 600 Patriot Missiles
The Kingdom’s request for additional interceptors could be the first of many new Mideast arms purchases aimed at warding off Iranian missiles.
Policy
Robert Gates, Unlikely Gay Rights Hero
The former defense secretary has gone further than many politicians in promoting gay rights in the military and private sphere.
Defense Systems
Warfare 2050: robots, augmented humans and force fields
An Army-sponsored workshop examined what the battlefield of future decades could look like based on current trends, technologies and trajectories.
Defense Systems
Hackathon helps improve DARPA’s Plan X
The program looks to make it easier to visualize a network and recognize malicious activity.
Defense Systems
Survey: Shadow IT haunts DOD networks
Sixty-three percent of IT pros in the department said unauthorized apps and services are used, and 70 percent expect the practice to grow, a Solar Winds survey found.
Policy