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NATO Should Always Work From Home
Alliance leaders are using virtual meetings to make quicker decisions. That’s exactly what Russia should fear.
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The US Army Wants Your Ventilator Ideas
A new contest seeks new designs to meet a growing need.
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Weird Hours, Contractor Concerns: How the Intelligence Community Is Grappling with Coronavirus
Intelligence agencies are trying to adapt to social distancing guidelines, but that’s leaving many employees and contractors in limbo.
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The Pentagon Is Using Zoom. Is it Safe?
Experts say the ubiquitous videoconferencing tools bear some risk of accidentally exposing mundane details, and even inviting a new wave of deep fakes. But the risks can be managed.
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New Satellites Will Be a Big Step in the Pentagon’s Plan to Link Everything
A new “transport layer” constellation will help distribute tactical data — but won’t have defenses against anti-satellite weapons.
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Let Them Work From Home
The coronavirus is the push the Pentagon needs to become a 21st century workplace.
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How the Marine Corps Plans to Become Lighter, Nimbler, More Unmanned
The Force Design 2030 report discards tanks and doubles UAV squadrons.
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If Space Startups Fail, the Pentagon’s Going to Need Some New Plans
The coronavirus is threatening young space companies — and the military’s plans to rely on them.
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Can Better Airplane Boarding Procedures Slow the Spread of Coronavirus?
A new computer model offers a better way to understand how people move in tight spaces, which can affect how viruses spread.
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White House Releases National Strategy for 5G Security
The strategy focuses on four lines of effort and will guide how the government approaches 5G for the near future.
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The US Army’s Next Attack-Reconnaissance Helicopter Is Coming Into Focus
Bell Textron and Sikorsky will build test models as the service seeks a replacement for the Kiowa and some Apache missions.
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Russia Pushing Coronavirus Lies As Part of Anti-NATO Influence Ops in Europe
The pandemic has provided the Kremlin with an ample opportunity to target nervous populations with fake news.
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Chinese Hackers Attacked Foreign Health Care, Military, Oil Networks as Coronavirus Hit China
In January, the ‘widespread’ assault targeted a vulnerability in virtual desktops, cloud computing, and network applications, FireEye announced.
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Esper to DOD: Expect to Telework for 'Weeks For Sure, Maybe Months'
At a virtual town hall, the defense secretary asked troops and employees to be extra careful of phishing attempts and to disregard dis- and misinformation about COVID-19.
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Amazon: Pentagon Is Trying to ‘Gerrymander’ Its JEDI Fix
Amazon Web Services said the Pentagon’s plan to fix the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract is not enough.
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Thermal Camera Market Explodes as Coronavirus Spreads
Temperature readers could be coming to a workplace near you.
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White House Launches Supercomputing Consortium to Fight the Coronavirus
Scientists are tapping supercomputers to seek treatments and a vaccine.
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Russia Has New Tool For Massive Internet Shutdown Attack, Leaked Documents Claim
Moscow’s latest cyber weapon would target a wider array of devices than previous denial-of-service tools: the growing internet of things
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Will An App Tell You Who Will Give You COVID-19?
Researchers say a movement-tracking app, like one China deployed, could help slow the spread of the disease.
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