Defense Systems

Army tests giving ground forces control of Gray Eagle payload

The tests of the One System Remote Video Terminal are part of a long-range plan to improve UAS interoperability.

Defense Systems

Air Force awards $145.4M to keep BACN flying

Northrop Grumman will continue to support the system that lets Global Hawks act as all-purpose, around-the-clock communications nodes.

Policy

Jeb Bush Enters 2016 Race, Keeping National Security at a Distance

Bush announced his candidacy with a promise to be the optimistic candidate of ‘Today and Tomorrow’ — and no word on his father’s and brother’s wars in the Middle East.

Ideas

Stop the Army’s Dangerous Game

The service’s visions of light troops mounted on wheeled vehicles are setting up the Army — and the nation it serves — for humiliation and defeat.

Business

Watch Now: Defense One Live's ‘Force of the Future’

The Pentagon's acting personnel chief has vowed to upend the military's Cold War-era HR system. Watch him describe how and why.

Business

The Air Force Is Trying To Get Some of Its Civilians To Leave

Hoping to avoid layoffs, the service is offering incentives to civilians who retire early.

Threats

5 Chinese Cyber Attacks That Might Be Even Worse Than the OPM Hack

If the Chinese government is in fact behind the OPM hack, it would not be their boldest alleged move in cyberspace; only the most recent.

Threats

What the US Should Do About ISIS Now

More than a dozen experts and scholars weigh in on how the U.S. should regroup as the coalition nears the end of its first year of fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.

Defense Systems

Ever-widening OPM hack includes security clearance database

Hackers apparently from China took highly-detailed SF-86 info on military and intelligence personnel.

Defense Systems

Air Force accelerates development of military GPS receivers

The service has awarded Rockwell Collins another contract modification to speed development of the high-powered, jam-resistant devices.

Science & Tech

What the OPM Hack Means for the Future of Warfare

It's not the first time the U.S. government's systems have been breached, and it won't be the last time either.

Science & Tech

White House Orders Agencies To Beef Up Cyber Defenses 'Immediately'

In the wake of a devastating hack on OPM, the Obama administration is directing agencies to lock down government systems.

Policy

Hillary Clinton, Former Secretary of State, Isn’t Emphasizing Foreign Policy — Yet

The most experienced national-security candidate in the 2016 presidential race formally opened her campaign by talking mostly about her personal narrative and domestic-policy goals.

Threats

Obama Administration Transfers 6 Guantanamo Detainees to Oman

Defense Secretary Ash Carter ends a five-month pause in transfers as the White House and Congress battle over the future of the U.S. military prison.

Threats

OPM Breach Just Put America’s Spies ‘At High Risk’

Hackers may now have detailed biographical information and a virtual phonebook of every United States intelligence asset.

Science & Tech

Second OPM Hack Exposed Information About Military, Intelligence Workers

Officials confirmed Friday they had detected a second intrusion that may be far more damaging than the one reported last week.

Business

Pentagon Backs Major Changes to Retirement System

Defense Department leaders want, in part, to mandate participation in the 401(k)-type Thrift Savings Plan in the hopes it will save money and help retain top talent.