Ideas

Time Warfare: Threats to GPS Aren’t Just About Navigation and Positioning

The U.S. military needs to get serious about assuring access to precision timing.

Defense Systems

Army: modern soldier weapons need software development

A new “Software Solarium” aims to share information and strengthen the service’s focus on software dependent weapon systems.

Science & Tech

How to Stop the Next Viral Jihadi Video

A new software tool could help social-media companies shut down the distribution of violent ISIS recruiting videos.

Science & Tech

The Military Wants a Privacy Firewall for Disaster Response

A new tool to strip personal information from tweets and social media could help troops zero in on trouble spots.

Business

Carter Watches PBS on Fridays, and Other Bombshells from His Email

SecDef's redacted private messages reveal — gasp! — Washington insiders asking about jobs for friends and challenge coins for their kids.

Ideas

China Is Watching the FBI-Apple Battle Very Closely

Even if the U.S. government abandons its insistence on a backdoored iPhone, Beijing may not.

Ideas

How the Media Aids and Abets the Benghazi Committee

The investigation is functioning as partisan oppo-research organization, and the press is enabling it.

Science & Tech

Just 1 Out of Every 7 Emails The Pentagon Gets Is Legit

Of 700 million emails sent to DOD accounts monthly, about 98 million are actually “good emails,” an official says.

Ideas

The Intel Community Needs A Better Media Strategy

As press watchdogs stiffen their spines, intel agencies must decide what secrets truly need protecting and why.

Threats

How Violent ISIS Videos Help Mobilize New Recruits

Aug. 19 will mark one year since James Foley’s execution was posted on YouTube. Such videos offer, to certain minds, a paean to masculinity and a path out of powerlessness.

Defense Systems

DARPA wants tech to connect soldiers in barren lands

The Defense Department's research agency kicks off another program in its many-pronged effort to create smart, cognitive battlefield networks.

Defense Systems

Army moves to equip troops with handheld technologies

The Army and Special Operations Command launch new efforts to equip combat troops with networked communications gear.

Defense Systems

Army tests electronic, updatable manuals for the field

The Army is testing a variety of applications and devices, including a Kindle, six iPads and an Entourage Edge, as potential platforms for battlefield systems manuals.

Defense Systems

Wind power blows military in different directions

The Army is working on a wind-power project, while elsewhere wind turbines cause havoc with radar.