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How the Army Is Trying To Predict—and Prevent—the Next Suicide

There's more than just $65 million riding on a five-year effort to locate at-risk soldiers and get them the help they need before it's too late.

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Here’s a Chinese Take on the Pentagon's New Cyber Strategy

A military scholar doubts U.S. claims that it is getting better at attributing online attacks.

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Is the Poor Man’s Predator the Future of Armed Drones?

If the U.S. loosens its rules on the export of armed drones, the biggest names won’t necessarily be the biggest winners.

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Here’s What the New Tesla Battery Means for the Military

Elon Musk’s big announcement could revolutionize energy use for U.S. consumers—and that could be its biggest effect on national security.

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VA Blocked More Than a Billion Cyber Threats in March

The VA could become quickly overwhelmed if the threat continues to escalate, the agency's top information officer said.

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CYBERCOM To Outsource $475 Million of Work To Stand Up Command

The massive contract would cover more than 20 task areas and would build out one of the divisions of the Pentagon's fledgling cyber branch.

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How the Pentagon Could Soon Share Americans' Data With Foreign Militaries

The new cyber strategy could provide allies with Americans’ information gathered under proposed legislation.

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The Air Force Is One Step Closer to a Shape-Shifting Plane

NASA and the United States Air Force Research Lab successfully tested a plane with wings that change shape mid-flight.

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New Chips Could Patch the Military’s GPS Vulnerability

The Pentagon hopes that new location technology can ward off jammers and spoofers without breaking the bank.

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America's Police Will Fight the Next Riot With These Stink Bombs

Future protestors in places like Baltimore could be met with a new and disgusting chemical weapon.

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How To Hack a Military Drone

Recent published research has given hackers a manual for breaking into unmanned systems, according to an Israeli defense company.

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Pentagon Sets Up a Silicon Valley Outpost

Can Ash Carter enlist a tech community spooked by spying and allergic to bureaucracy?

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House Passes Blockbuster Cybersecurity Bill

Despite fears that the measure could bolster the NSA's spying power, it cleared the lower chamber by a wide margin.

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The Army Is Testing Handheld Ray Guns

Fittingly, these rifle-sized weapons would gun for other electronics.

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These Robots Are Stranded Inside a Nuclear Disaster

This month, a Tokyo utility company sent two specially-designed robots on an ill-fated mission into the Fukushima nuclear disaster site to assess the damage.

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Marines Testing Piggyback Hunter Drones

A marriage of one unmanned rover and one flying drone is the “next level” in battlefield autonomy.

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NSA Chief: Rules of War Apply to Cyberwar, Too

In the tightly controlled discussion about cyber weapons, this counts as a step toward transparency.

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Do Killer Robots Violate Human Rights?

To confidently say whether a ban on tomorrow's 'killer robots' is defensible or not, we need to better clarify the notions of human control and autonomy.