Ideas

Let Them Work From Home

The coronavirus is the push the Pentagon needs to become a 21st century workplace.

Ideas

The COVID-19 Models Probably Don't Say What You Think They Say

If they accurately predict the future, we've done something wrong.

Business

US Navy Speeds Weapon Buys To Keep Small Suppliers Afloat Amid Coronavirus

The service has already accelerated deals for anti-air missiles and submarine-hunting planes.

Policy

Russian Cargo Plane With Medical Supplies Lands in New York

Moscow seized the opportunity to promote its fulfillment of a U.S. purchase order.

Threats

US Sailors Pour Off Aircraft Carrier and Into Coronavirus Isolation on Guam

Navy leaders praise ship’s captain for urgent evacuation request; 3,700 will leave the ship within days.

Ideas

We Must Continue Fighting Terrorism as Relentlessly as the Coronavirus

There’s no miracle drug for stopping terrorism. It is controllable, but never curable.

Ideas

America Should Build an International Coalition Now

The United States has an urgent interest in filling the global leadership void during this stateless scourge.

Business

Military Leaders Worry About Health of Commercial Airlines

The leader of U.S. Transportation Command is looking for ways to give them work.

Threats

US Navy Evacuating Aircraft Carrier Infected by Coronavirus

A skeleton crew will man critical stations while Theodore Roosevelt is disinfected pierside in Guam, Acting Secretary Modly said.

Science & Tech

Can Better Airplane Boarding Procedures Slow the Spread of Coronavirus?

A new computer model offers a better way to understand how people move in tight spaces, which can affect how viruses spread.

Ideas

The Coronavirus Pandemic Should Be NATO’s Moment

There’s one multinational organization that has command-and-control for contingencies, the staff to execute operations, and exists to defend its member states.

Business

Pentagon Will Modify Hundreds of Contracts for Coronavirus Response

The Defense Department is ramping up the purchase of certain items, including ventilators, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Threats

Coronavirus Is Rising Around US Military, Defense Infrastructure, Analysis Shows

The Govini assessment indicates that COVID-19 is about to hit military bases and manufacturing hubs in the southern and western United States.

Ideas

Ep. 65: Preparing for the next coronavirus

Three things that could help better protect us ahead of the next coronavirus-like pandemic.

Ideas

How to Counter China’s Coronavirus Disinformation Campaign

Beijing is using lies to undermine America’s standing; the U.S. should fight back with science and truth.

Threats

Military Leaders Ask to Delay Budget Planning To Focus on Coronavirus, Let Staff Stay Home

But the Defense Department's No. 2 told Army, Navy, and Air Force budget planners to figure a different solution.

Ideas

It Wasn’t Just Trump Who Got It Wrong

America’s coronavirus response failed because we didn’t understand the complexity of the problem.

Threats

DHS Makes a Master List of Coronavirus Knowns and Unknowns

The list is meant to help government decision-makers make better choices about policies and actions.

Science & Tech

Russia Pushing Coronavirus Lies As Part of Anti-NATO Influence Ops in Europe

The pandemic has provided the Kremlin with an ample opportunity to target nervous populations with fake news.

Ideas

The US Navy Can, and Should, Do More Against the Coronavirus

Aircraft carriers and big-deck amphibious ships can help — as they have often done in humanitarian-relief efforts overseas.