Policy
Pentagon Wraps Up Colorado Search for Gitmo North
Pending report to go to the Defense Secretary before the White House, then on to Congress.
Ideas
How Drones Make War Too Easy
A report from the Council on Foreign Relations explores "several reasons why armed drones are unique in their ability to destabilize relations and intensify conflict."
Defense Systems
Cyber warriors take to the battlefield
Armed and in full camo, an Army team gives a mission force valuable real-time information during a recent exercise.
Defense Systems
Navy wrapping up its switch from BlackBerry to Apple, Android
The transition for shore-based mobile users on NMCI and ONE-Net is to be completed by the end of January 2016.
Defense Systems
DISA mulls small businesses for National Gateway Center support
The agency is looking for engineering and hardware and software services in support of its cross-domain messaging system.
Ideas
Counterterrorism's False Trade-off Between Security and Freedom
Fighting terrorism across the globe involves a dangerous paradox: the better it works, the less we appreciate the need for it.
Ideas
1.3 Billion People Are the Real Losers of India, Pakistan Extremism
More than 70 years of violence has consistently left the citizens of each nation out to dry.
Ideas
Why Do Top Government Personnel Keep Using Private Email for Official Business?
As government breaches continue, it's hard to argue that 'security' alone is a good enough reason to keep official communication on official servers.
Business
Meet the New Army General in Charge of the ISIS War
Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland is now commanding the counter-ISIS campaign; Officials name Nagata’s successor at SOCOM Central.
Ideas
Kunduz, War Crimes, and the Real Laws of War
The U.S. should embrace an independent investigation of the tragic Afghanistan hospital strike to shed light—and facts—on the laws of war.
Ideas
Why It Matters That Carter Says Iraq Raid Isn't Combat, Then Says It Is
We may not be a nation at war, but U.S. special operators are fighting. And their raids against ISIS most certainly are combat.
Science & Tech
A New Material Promises NSA-Proof Wallpaper
A Utah company has a new nickel-carbon material that could help the Pentagon fight off some of its most haunting threats.
Policy
The Benghazi Committee's Missed Chance at Clinton's Real Record
Both sides pledged they wouldn’t. Both went after each other anyway.
Business
Meet the Secretive Team Shaping the Air Force’s New Bomber
The 80-person group operates outside of the typical chain of command, which senior officials say will keep the stealth aircraft program on track.
Defense Systems
Navy is on to the next phase of laser weapons
ONR awards Northrop a potentially $91 million contract to develop a more powerful directed-energy system.
Defense Systems
Army unsheathes Excalibur supercomputer
The 3.7 petaflop Cray Xc40 machine greatly boosts processing power at the Defense Supercomputing Resource Center.
Science & Tech
Pentagon: State Doesn’t Have Enough People Tweeting At ISIS
In the war of online influence, the U.S. is gaining ground but is still hopelessly outmanned.
Threats