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US Air Force Grounds F-35s It Just Declared Ready for War
Crumbling avionics lines are the latest setback for the jet, which had been riding a wave of progress.
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How Will Terrorists Use the Internet of Things? The Justice Department Is Trying to Figure That Out
As the business of connected devices explodes, DOJ joins other agencies in evaluating the national-security risks.
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The Military’s Supermarket Goes Shopping for Better Encryption
Computer-generated passwords are stored beside personal and financial data. Security should be tighter than that, a report from the Defense Commissary Agency says.
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To Counter Russia’s Cyber Prowess, US Army Launches Rapid-Tech Office
The battle for eastern Ukraine shows how the pace of innovation in electronic warfare is picking up.
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For F-35's First Deployment, Marines Plan 'School of Hard Knocks'
Real-world missions will help the Corps chart its future with the plane, says the leader of the Marines’ Combat Development Command.
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Pentagon Eyes Missile-Defense Sensors In Space
Even as the Defense Department begins to build a giant new flight-tracking radar in Alaska, it is already thinking bigger — and much higher.
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The US Military Will ‘Be Left Behind’ If It Doesn’t Embrace Open-Source Software, Report Says
Amid a rising China and Russia, the Pentagon’s slow pace on the software front could cost it tactically for years to come.
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Boeing Wants to Patent a Fire-Fighting Howitzer Round
Suppressent-filled shell would help firefighters gun down wildfires.
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‘Autonomy’: A Smart Overview of the Pentagon’s Robotic Plans
But the long-awaited Defense Science Board study tiptoes around the question of armed autonomous systems.
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US Gets Serious about Portable Nuke-Detector Prototypes
Homeland Security spends $20M to develop devices to find bombs being transported in ships, on metro systems, or in public places.
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China’s New Satellite Puts Quantum Encryption Into Orbit
It’s designed to literally teleport information nearly 750 miles.
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There’s a Big Loophole in the Pentagon’s Guide to Eavesdropping
The new rules reflect a shift in intel-gathering from phone-tapping to capturing conversations on the internet.
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The Military Is Genetically Modifying Bacteria to Make Even Tinier Computers
The biosynthetic microbe could wire future nanoelectronics after Navy-funded researchers supercharged its conductivity.
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Twitter Suspends Another 235,000 Accounts Promoting Terrorism
ISIS is losing territory online, too, as Twitter joins social media companies accelerating efforts to purge extremist speech from their sites.
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Naval Aviators Describe How the F-35's Brains Will Change Air Warfare
They gave the F-35 rave reviews during a show-and-tell at sea, but questions remain about its troubled software.
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If There’s Malware In Your Toaster, the US Military Wants to Find It
The idea is to protect household appliances connected to the internet by remotely monitoring subtle changes in thermal signals transmitted under normal conditions.
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Pentagon Opens Boston Tech Outreach Office, With an Eye to BioTech
The East Coast Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental, or DIUx, joins the Pentagon’s other DIUx office, based in the Silicon Valley area and unveiled in 2015.
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How Putin Weaponized Wikileaks to Influence the Election of an American President
Evidence suggests that a Russian intelligence group was the source of the most recent Wikileaks intel dump, which was aimed to influence the U.S. election.
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A Quick Guide to the Jihadist Communications Toolkit
A new report documents how extremist groups’ use of secure digital tools software has evolved.
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