Ideas
Five Myths About Pentagon Weapons Programs
As the service secretaries converge on Capitol Hill to talk acquisition reform, it’s important to sort fact from fiction.
Business
Pentagon Tells Leaders to Talk More With Contractors — and Less to the Public and Press
One day after Air Force leaders severely restricted media contacts, Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan encouraged Pentagon officials to engage more with industry.
Ideas
Team of Sycophants
Tillerson’s dismissal leaves the White House more than ever the conniving and dishonest court of an erratic, ill-informed, and willful monarch.
Business
Comptroller: Pentagon's First Audit Will Be Worth Its Nearly-$1B Pricetag
At a Senate hearing, DoD's David Norquist defended the cost of the first-ever financial accounting and provided new details about the effort.
Science & Tech
Pentagon May Create a Combatant Command for Space
The Defense Department is also looking at major changes to speed up how it buys satellites.
Science & Tech
Pentagon’s $1 Billion Cloud Deal May Signal New Era in Government Buying
Congress wants the Defense Department to buy technology faster. Now it's beginning to do just that.
Science & Tech
Pentagon R&D Funding Fell $4 Billion Short of Experts' Recommendations Last Year
The Defense Department spent 2.3 percent of its budget toward research, well under its own 3-percent guideline.
Policy
Cyber R&D Would Go Up at Defense, Down At Standards Agency
Budget proposal would cut 18% from NIST, just as it updates cybersecurity rules that apply across government.
Science & Tech
DOD Issued a $7 Million Cloud Support Contract To a Company With One Employee
The Defense Department awarded a sole-source contract to Eagle Harbor Solutions, an Alaska-based small business with a single employee, to consult in its major cloud acquisition.
Business
Pentagon Warns CEOs: Protect Your Data or Lose Our Contracts
Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan says cybersecurity should be a top priority for its contractors.
Threats
Meet the Believers: The Afghanistan War’s US Commanders are Ready For a Reboot
What's different this time? New rules, new plan, new firepower, new hope.
Threats
Pentagon Confirms It’s Developing Nuclear Cruise Missile to Counter a Similar Russian One
The new Nuclear Posture Review nods to North Korea, China, and Iran but devotes most of its time to Russian threats and U.S. deterrence.
Threats
US-Backed Syrian Force Holding ‘Hundreds’ of ISIS Foreign Fighters
A day after CENTCOM'S leader says they should face prosecution at home, Trump hints at Gitmo option.
Threats
Half of the US Military’s Sites Are Vulnerable to Climate Change. Now What?
Next up: figuring out what bases, airfields, and naval stations need help first, says the former Pentagon appointee who started the survey.
Business
Why the Shutdown Didn’t Much Affect Defense Firms
Timing is everything. Three days — including a weekend — is not quite enough to cause production problems that really hurt.
Science & Tech
Pentagon Deputy Tapped For Powerful New Management Role
The chief management officer position would focus on business reform but include IT and data management responsibilities.
Policy
Mattis: Pentagon Shifting Focus to Great Power Competition — ‘Not Terrorism’
The first national defense strategy in 10 years puts on paper what Mattis, McMaster have signaled for months: the U.S. is refocused on China and Russia.
Threats
Nuclear Command Network Would See Comprehensive Upgrade Under Trump Plan
While the ICBMs, bombers, submarines and cruise missiles get lots of attention, the network connecting them also needs updating.
Ideas
Hawaii's Nuclear Wakeup Call (and Why We Should Take MLK's Advice)
The Cold War brought plenty of false alarms — but nothing like the situation we face today.
Policy