Science & Tech
Pentagon To Recruit Thousands For Cybersecurity Reserve Force
Military leaders want private sector and National Guard cyber professionals at the ready in case of a national network emergency.
Threats
New Pentagon Chief Carter to Court Silicon Valley
The Pentagon wants to partner more with Silicon Valley tech firms, but can radically different cultures find common ground?
Business
The Pentagon Says This Man Can Fix Its Personnel System
Army Under Secretary and former Congressman Brad Carson takes the reins in an office that has seen nine leaders since 2009.
Business
Pentagon Channel Goes Off the Air
Programming to move online or to the Armed Forces Network.
Business
Pentagon: We Can’t Afford to Replace Aging ICBMs, Bombers, Subs
Even if sequestration goes away, the Defense Department will need at least $10 billion more per year to modernize its nuclear arsenal, procurement chief says.
Science & Tech
The Pentagon's Cartographers Won't Be Robots Anytime Soon
Machines are increasingly taking on routine scanning tasks, but are still no match for human analysts.
Threats
How the Military Can Reinforce the Pivot to Asia
A broader investment in technology and innovation can create the necessary edge to win future battles in the Pacific.
Ideas
Thornberry’s Bill a Good Start on Acquisition Reform
But far more is needed to make the US military 'the world’s fastest incorporator' of new technology.
Business
Pentagon's Next Bomber Will Be Built To Upgrade
The stealthy strike aircraft the Air Force buys this year will look a lot different when it is retired to the boneyard decades from now.
Policy
Thornberry’s Acquisition Bill: Solid Contact, But No Home Run
The HASC chairman proposes several good ideas and several of less use.
Science & Tech
It's Taking Nearly a Decade To Upgrade the Pentagon's Internet
Defense Department IT officials are still using a technology transition plan that doesn't even reflect the role of U.S. Cyber Command, which launched in 2009.
Business
3 Takeaways from Ash Carter's 'Force of the Future'
With the Pentagon already struggling to cap rising personnel costs, are the defense secretary's new plans too ambitious to be sustainable?
Science & Tech
Why Sharing Information on Cyber Threats Is So Difficult
Two barriers, one cultural and the other technical, continue to plague well-intentioned policy efforts.
Science & Tech
Why the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Dollars Don't Add Up
This is not the first time the Pentagon has had difficulty labeling its cyber investments.
Science & Tech
Pentagon Rolls Out 'NSA-Proof' Smartphones
The Defense Department has introduced supersecret smartphones made by a company founded by a former Navy SEAL.
Science & Tech
Where the Military's Smartest Hackers Aren't Human at All
A two-year competition led by DARPA could lay the groundwork for a world where machines are in charge of cybersecurity.
Policy
The Provision That Could Destroy the Sequester
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Michael Enzi added a small provision into the Senate GOP budget designed to provide the flexibility to alter budget caps again.
Business
The F-35 Program Boss's To-Do List
The price tag for the F-35 is coming down, but program manager Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan says there are still kinks with software, cracks in aircraft and the plane’s logistics system as the Marine Corps prepare to declare the jet battle ready.
Business
DOD's Commissary Cuts Would Start a 'Death Spiral,' Pentagon Union Warns
The Pentagon's largest employee union wants to stop Congress from enacting a DOD plan to cut subsidies for the Defense Commissaries Agency by more than $4 billion.
Threats