Defense Systems
Air Force picks the builder of its next Doomsday planes
Sierra Nevada gets a $13 billion contract to replace the E-4B Nighthawk by 2036.
Defense Systems
Doctors prefer Pentagon's old health-records system to its new one
User satisfaction "increased minimally" last year for MHS Genesis, the electronic-records system installed under a 2015 contract, a GAO survey found.
Policy
In a budgetary first, Air Force will launch two programs without asking Congress in advance
The service is using a power granted by lawmakers in the 2024 NDAA.
Ideas
How to fix the military’s software SNAFU
Too many of its apps are built on code riddled with vulnerabilities—and distributed by the Pentagon itself.
Ideas
Should governments ban TikTok? Can they?
A cybersecurity expert explains the risks the app poses and the challenges to blocking it.
Threats
Targeting time shrinks from minutes to seconds in Army experiment
The latest edition of Project Convergence streamlines processes and adds new tech.
Threats
Government was third-largest ransomware target last year: FBI
And scams that feature impostors posing as government officials are on the rise.
Science & Tech
The Navy is trying to use quantum computers to task spy satellites
Some problems are coming into focus for the next big leap in computing.
Science & Tech
China is building its own Starlink—even as questions surround Musk's constellation
A recent rocket launch lofted satellites for a Chinese service to mimic SpaceX, which was slammed this weekend by a top U.S. lawmaker.
Ideas
How Poland's new blimp may boost the Pentagon's connect-everything effort
The planned sale of a reconnaissance aerostat could help allies link up to JADC2.
Defense Systems
The Navy is building dashboards for its connect-everything effort
A conversation with Rebellion Defense about its new contract for Project Overmatch.
Defense Systems
In shakeup, Army cancels planned scout helo, will retire two drones
After sinking nearly $2 billion into the FARA program, service leaders decide "enduring, unmanned, and space-based assets" would do the job better.
Defense Systems
Explainer: Pentagon's 'AN' equipment designations
If terms like AN/SSQ-53B(V) have you boggled, Forecast International offers a decoder key.
Policy
How Space Force is raising its cyber defenses
The newest service is building in-house cyber teams but also needs to work more closely with U.S. Cyber Command, a deputy chief of space operations says.
Science & Tech
New chip coated with man-made diamonds promises smaller, more powerful radars
Diamonds aren’t just forever. They’re also a great conductor of heat.
Policy
Military leaders are already using AI tools to help make decisions
Even simpler digitization and automation tools are streamlining combatant commanders' operations, the deputy chief of the Pentagon’s AI office said.
Threats
Effort to build common Mideast air picture gets a ‘B-minus’ from USAF official
“Slow but steady progress” cited by deputy commander of Air Forces Central Command.
Ideas
Size isn’t everything: China’s new chip is less earthshaking than you may have heard
It’s one thing to make circuits smaller than the US will sell you; it’s another to do it at scale.
Science & Tech
Security remains a challenge as Pentagon broadens 5G plans
As DoD looks to put next-gen cell service to work against China, it will lean heavily on R&D by the US telecom industry.
Ideas