Business
Price Drop: Lockheed Pitches $80M F-35A to Pentagon
That’s the cheapest price yet for the Air Force version of the fifth-generation jet.
Science & Tech
Robots and Lasers Are Bringing Shipbuilding into the Digital Age
Even decades-old aircraft carriers are being mapped onto digital models at Newport News Shipbuilding.
Ideas
The Pentagon Is Flubbing Its Pitch to Silicon Valley
Appeals to patriotism won’t move America’s tech industry. Other approaches might work better.
Ideas
You Can Now Bid on DOD's 2nd-Largest-Ever Cloud-Services Contract
The up-to-$8 billion DEOS is only the first phase of the Defense Department's plan to buy common communication, collaboration and productivity capabilities.
Ideas
Trump's Withdrawal from Arms Trade Treaty Could Reduce US Exports
The Arms Trade Treaty has helped keep U.S. companies competitive in the global market by requiring other countries to adopt standards similar to America's.
Business
Lockheed, Frustrated with US Air Force, Eyes Foreign F-35 Sales
The service’s proposed purchase of Boeing F-15s has the company increasing its sales efforts on Capitol Hill, and elsewhere.
Ideas
The US Air Force Needs F-35s, Not the F-15EX
Only about 20 percent of USAF fighters are fifth-generation aircraft. Winning tomorrow’s wars depends on growing that share faster, not slower.
Business
NSA Gave Contractors $630M in Incentives. Its Watchdog Has Questions.
More than half of the incentive-based contracts reviewed by the agency's inspector general lacked proof that such incentives were necessary.
Science & Tech
Another Launch Startup Gets Work from US Air Force
New Zealand-based Rocket Lab will orbit a trio of satellites as Pentagon hunts for cheap ways to put sensors in space.
Ideas
Solving One of the Hardest Problems of Military AI: Trust
There are many gaps, and most won’t be solved by code but by conversation.
Science & Tech
Without JEDI, Pentagon’s AI Efforts May Be Hindered
DOD won’t be able to fully harness AI unless it manages to build — or buy — a national-defense cloud.
Ideas
We Need a NATO/EU for Cyber Defense
The world’s democracies aren’t properly organized to fend off today’s authoritarian attacks, let alone reshape the internet and key industries to stop tomorrow’s.
Policy
Acting SecDef Under Investigation for Boeing Ties: Pentagon Watchdog
DOD's inspector general is looking into allegations of a conflict of interest that surfaced at a Senate hearing.
Business
America's Fighter Jet Makers Are Thriving, Thanks to Trump and Putin
Orders of older warplanes surge as U.S. military spending rises and Russia rattles its sabers.
Ideas
