Ideas
Train Troops to Use Social Media More Effectively
It’s a tool, like any other. We may as well know how to use it.
Ideas
What If the Pentagon Skipped 5G?
The answer to the headaches and security risks of next-generation mobile communications just might be a technological leap past them.
Science & Tech
Pentagon Wants To Start Testing New 5G Tech Soon
The Defense Department is about to get serious about evaluating next-gen networking gear.
Science & Tech
This Little-Used Area of the Electromagnetic Spectrum Might Be the Future of Battlefield Communications
If commercial 5G millimeter-wave gear can be hardened against jamming, the U.S. Army thinks it might gain a real battlefield edge.
Science & Tech
Weapons Makers Unveil A Herd of Robotanks— As the Army Worries about Battlefield Bandwidth
The U.S. Army is determined to field a mid-sized combat robot vehicle, but the prototypes are outstripping the datalinks that would connect them.
Science & Tech
A New Consensus Is Emerging On How to Handle The Risk from China’s 5G
Chinese telecom tech is invading the physical world, but Europeans and industry have strategies to contain the threat.
Science & Tech
Pentagon To Explore Potential of 5G — and Its Made-in-China Hazards
Planned experiments will test the emerging wireless technology, even as leaders fret publicly about supply-chain risks.
Science & Tech
The Military Now Has Tooth Mics For Invisible, Hands-Free Radio Calls
The future of battlefield communications is resting comfortably near your back gums.
Ideas
The Dead Metaphors of National Security
To grapple with today’s complex security environment, we must first think about it realistically. Our terminology — not our technology — is key.
Defense Systems
Coast Guard takes steps toward JRSS
The Coast Guard has recently embarked on DOD-wide initiative to increase security by 2019.
Defense Systems
Army looks at redefining its classified networks
Army leaders hope to modernize mobile networks through secure but unclassified pathways.
Defense Systems
Air Force awards 10-year data link contract
The Air Force chooses nine companies for a potential 10-year, $496 million data link platform support contract.
Defense Systems
DARPA looks to radio for better network resiliency
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for radio technology that can withstand the frequent signal degradation that routinely occurs in military operational environments.
Defense Systems
DOD looks to solve battlefield network issues
DARPA is reaching out for help in developing radio technology for the battlefield that increases network reliability.
Defense Systems
Beam-switching tech successfully tested on Predator drone
Hopping between narrower satellite beams could increase data transfer and resiliency for the military's unmanned aerial systems.
Science & Tech
China Has A Breakthrough in Spy-Proof Quantum Communications
By sending quantum information several kilometers, the researchers took a big step toward the future of information security.
Defense Systems
New Army commercial cloud deal offers smartphone chat, video & voice
An AT&T Unified Capabilities deal will expedite cloud-based voice, video, chat and data services.
Defense Systems
Navy, DARPA build new voice and text network
Navy and DARPA are working on a new voice and text network able to allow real-time connectivity that can transmit force-tracking information.
Defense Systems
Army fast-tracks new man-packable counter-drone EW weapons
The Army’s Rapid Equipping Force is accelerating development of EW weapons to jam and disable enemy small drone threats.
Defense Systems