Defense Systems
AWACS without a plane? Northrop pitches new connect-everything product
NG InSight is a “toolbox” to integrate sensors, off-board computing, and more.
Threats
Inspired by Ukraine, US Army picks two commercially available drones
The drones, including one type that can drop bombs, are bound for company-level units.
Threats
US falling dangerously behind China on GPS development: Pentagon’s former space-policy leader
The Pentagon needs other position-navigation-timing systems if it loses connection to GPS satellites.
Science & Tech
Ukraine’s F-16s are fighting with help from a USAF electronic-warfare unit
A U.S. Air Force squadron reprogrammed the jets' EW gear before delivery—and expects to upgrade them as needed.
Threats
Old-school soldiers prove they can still beat tech-heavy troops
Deep in the Louisiana woods, the U.S. Army's “Ghost” unit showed that doing the basics well can still turn the tide.
Policy
DARPA hires Twitter whistleblower as CIO
Peiter “Mudge” Zatko will return to the agency after a decade spent working for several leading tech firms.
Ideas
Let’s start treating cyber security like it matters
That means a real investigatory board for cyber incidents, not the hamstrung one we’ve got now.
Defense Systems
Ukraine’s cheap sensors are helping troops fight off waves of Russian drones
Sub-$500 rig helps save expensive air-defense missiles for bigger threats.
Threats
Russia may be learning dangerous lessons from its space mischief, DIA says
The head of the Defense Intelligence Agency says Moscow must be shown repercussions.
Policy
Several Pentagon IT programs still lack a cyber strategy, watchdog finds
The programs, used daily by DOD employees, do not even comply with decade-old cybersecurity requirements, GAO concludes.
Threats
China is turning to private firms for offensive cyber operations
Leaked documents reveal prices, clients, targets, and more.
Defense Systems
US is buying new version of counter-IED jammer
Roadside-bomb markers aren't resting, and so neither is the Pentagon.
Defense Systems
Pentagon background-check systems at risk of hacking, GAO says
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency didn’t fully implement DOD’s cybersecurity process, a new report finds.
Threats
US blacklists Kaspersky software over alleged Kremlin ties
The Commerce Department says its products could expose sensitive data; company denies it.
Threats
Nine takeaways from ProPublica's investigation into Microsoft’s cybersecurity failures
A whistleblower repeatedly tried to get the tech giant to fix a security flaw that left millions of users exposed—including contractors, the State Department, and the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Defense Systems
Ultrasecure comms could give special operators a leg up
U.S., Norwegian commands team up to test a quantum-communications prototype.
Policy
DOD CIO resigns to take university post
John Sherman will become dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M.
Science & Tech
A leading military simulation tool gets an AI upgrade
An interview with Pete Morrison, co-founder of VBS4 maker BSIM.
Policy
Defense Digital Service directors used unauthorized tech tools, watchdog finds
The former leaders “exposed DOD information to additional cybersecurity risk and increased the risk of compromise,” says the Pentagon’s inspector general found.
Defense Systems