Ideas
Is There a Sunni Solution to ISIS?
David Ignatius calls for reconciliation among Iraqi Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds. But this oversimplifies the bargain that needs to be struck.
Science & Tech
The Pentagon's Massive IT Overhaul Is 'Redefining' Intelligence Collection
It isn’t uncommon for U.S. intelligence analysts to ping several hundred or more databases separately to collect information. That may soon change.
Defense Systems
Army opens a mobile app store
The Training and Doctrine Command’s site will host existing applications and facilitate the creation of new ones.
Defense Systems
Army taps supercomputing to speed development of new systems
With "physics modeling" the Army and the rest of DOD can do more rapid prototyping to keep up with emerging threats.
Threats
What the Syrian Train-and-Equip Effort Could Learn from US Ops in Africa
The commander of U.S. special operators in Africa also says African warlord Joseph Kony is on the run — but he needs more authority from Congress to broaden the U.S. military’s mission in Africa.
Business
Work: 'The Age of Everything Is the Era of Grand Strategy'
Deputy defense secretary lays out his views on 15 years of change.
Threats
Clapper Doesn't Rule Out Possibility That ISIS Took Down Russian Jetliner
But the director of national intelligence, speaking at the Defense One Summit, called it ‘unlikely.’
Ideas
Maintaining the Edge in the Age of Everything
Ash Carter's message to the Defense One Summit: a new commitment to military, academic, business and scientific partnerships.
Defense Systems
Top 20 Defense contractors, 2015
Which contractors get the largest slices of the defense spending pie?
Defense Systems
Marines award $73.2M deal for backpack electronic warfare devices
The Modi II from Sierra Nevada Corp. can jam IED detonation signals and disrupt enemy communications.
Ideas
How ISIS Spread in the Middle East
Tracing the roots of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria—and how to stop it.
Ideas
What It Would Really Take to Knock Out the Power Grid
As our electrical system lifts itself out of the stone age, the defense built around it will require added vigilance.
Policy
Budget Deal Is A Big Win for Pentagon
Even though it’s only a two-year agreement, the budget deal passed by Congress and the White House will get the Pentagon past the worst of the spending caps.
Threats
Bye-Bye ‘No Boots on the Ground’: US to Send Special Ops Troops to Syria
After months of looking at new options, the White House will send in ground forces.
Defense Systems
Army depot deploys emergency notification system
The Tobyhanna Army Depot in Pennsylvania has put a four-prong system into use for emergencies.
Defense Systems
DOD to expand cyber exchange program with industry
Pentagon CIO Terry Halvorsen says the employee exchange would include about 10 companies.
Threats