Defense Systems
Air Force to offer $15K-a-year bonuses for drone pilots
The proposed changes also include stepping up training of new pilots.
Defense Systems
Report: DOD IT spending headed for a slight increase
The uptick will reverse a three-year trend of shrinking budgets and could hold through 2019, market research firm IDC Government Insights says.
Ideas
From VOA to Radio Free Europe, the US Needs a Single News Voice Abroad
To fight Russian and ISIS propaganda, Congress should merge the government’s diverse information services.
Threats
What International Law Says When Boko Haram's Captive Nigerian Girls Commit Atrocities
The world must determine who's at fault after Nigeria's terrorist organization forced many kidnapped Chibok girls to do horrible things.
Policy
Iran Deal Trips Up Hillary Clinton’s Delicate Dance
The nuclear agreement is forcing the Clinton campaign to figure out how to tout her tenure as Obama’s first secretary of state while keeping the president’s mixed national-security record at arm’s length.
Business
Shake-Up Underway at Prominent Washington Think Tank
The departures of Andrew Krepinevich, the longtime president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, and budget analyst Todd Harrison follow a decline in government grants to the non-profit organization.
Defense Systems
DOD trying behavioral analytics as a way to thwart insider threats
The defense and intelligence communities want to get inside the heads of those who would leak sensitive documents.
Defense Systems
Transcom nominee takes aim at cyber threat
At his Senate confirmation hearing, Air Force Gen. Darren McDew stressed the importance of information sharing with the private sector, which handles 90 percent of Transcom’s activity.
Defense Systems
Latest GPS IIF satellite makes it into orbit
While delays hold back development of the next-generation GPS III, the Air Force is keeping the current constellation up to date.
Science & Tech
What Will Happen To You When You Storm a US Military Checkpoint?
The military has put a lot of effort into making checkpoint encounters less lethal, through the application of some bizarre-sounding technologies.
Policy
What the Next President Should Do With the Iran Deal
The next commander in chief will have fewer and worse options, yet still room to tweak and improve the deal.
Policy
Obama Offers a Forceful Defense of the Iran Deal
Rejecting the deal 'defies logic,' the president said at a Wednesday news conference.
Threats
What Africans Think Is the Biggest Threat to the Continent
Terrorism is up there, but it doesn't top the list.
Policy
Biden Pitches Skeptical House Democrats on Iran Deal
Whether or not it moved votes is another question.
Threats
The Dirty Secret About the Iran Deal
A deal, as morally dubious as this one is, is a national security necessity.
Defense Systems
Will OPM hack affect DOD's use of fingerprints for authentication?
The theft of 1.1 million fingerprints raises a host of questions.
Defense Systems