Defense Systems
Navy adds $29M worth of radios for global satellite system
The latest batch of Digital Modular Radios from General Dynamics will work with the Mobile User Objective System.
Defense Systems
Researchers show how to take out drones with loud noises
A team from South Korea's KAIST found that sound can disrupt gyroscopes commonly used on unmanned aerial vehicles.
Science & Tech
Hackers to Military: Replace Us With Robots? Ha!
Next year’s Cyber Grand Challenge event will pit humans against machines in a grand hacking war. DEF CON’s war gamers like their chances.
Business
In Swamp Phase, Women Ranger Candidates Blend Right In
Everyone in the last phase of the Army's elite school looks the same: sweat-soaked and exhausted. And the Ranger Association says everyone who graduates can be a member.
Policy
National Security: Top Issue for GOP Voters, Sideshow in Debate
The U.S. is at war across the globe, but the leading Republican candidates spent most of their time at the two-hour debate on other subjects.
Defense Systems
Army developing nine-language voice translator
The Army wants to equip deployed soldiers with a two-way translation device, starting with a focus on French dialects in Africa.
Defense Systems
DOD study: Climate change is a security threat -- right now
A report to Congress warns that the effects of global warming are no longer a "long-term risk."
Threats
US Releases First ISIS Detainee to Iraq, Setting Precedent for a New War
The White House hands Nasrin As’ad Ibrahim to Iraqi authorities, saying it has a ‘firm belief that she will be held to account for her crimes.’
Science & Tech
The Robots Taking Your Job Could Get You Killed
Automating processes at chemical and pharmaceutical plants could save money, but at what cost to safety?
Threats
Army Holds Massive Drill To Show Off Its Lethality
After spending 14 years fighting insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. Army is preparing for a hybrid war.
Policy
How President Marco Rubio Would Undo the Iran Deal
The Florida senator doesn't think Congress can block the deal, which he thinks Tehran will disregard and exploit. So here's what he'd do if he gets to the Oval Office.
Science & Tech
The Pentagon Wants a Secretive Cyber Arms Dealer To Hack Its Networks
The company, Endgame, is part of a legal but controversial industry that sells governments hacking tools called 'zero days' to pinpoint vulnerabilities.
Policy
2016 GOP Debate Guide: National Security Edition
Before tonight’s debate, take a deeper look at the candidates’ foreign-policy thinking.
Science & Tech
Hacker Cracks Satellite Communications Network
Satellite tracking of people and objects was supposed to make the world safer. If only it was secure.
Defense Systems
ONR's 'game changing' research could greatly expand wireless network capacity
One scientist's award-winning work could allow more users on a network at faster speeds, even for covert messaging.
Defense Systems
Multitasking data link keeps Marines’ operational F-35s in touch
Northrop Grumman’s Multifunction Advanced Data Link gives pilots the equivalent of 27 avionics subsystems, the company says.
Defense Systems
Report: US suspects Russia in 'most sophisticated' Joint Staff hack
The hack that shut down the staff's unclassified email system got around security measure in a way the government hadn’t seen before, officials said.
Policy