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US Navy Gunners Are Testing A Wearable Heads-Up Display
A service lab has turned a lieutenant’s brainstorm into a testable prototype dubbed the GunnAR augmented-reality headset.
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For Sale: Artificial Intelligence That Teaches Itself
An AI startup with dozens of aviation-industry customers sets its sights on the US military.
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Watch: Future of War Conference 2017
Defense One partners with New America to bring you the Future of War Conference 2017 in Washington, D.C.
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War in the Information Age
The chief of the U.S. Air Force describes a speed-infused future of combined arms — across domains and entire partnerships.
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It's Getting Harder to Define Military Readiness. Here's What to Do About It.
Planners and evaluators must try to anticipate how threats and operating environments will change during a deployment.
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VIDEO: The Future of War Conference 2016
On land or sea, from Raqqa to Russia: watch videos from the 2nd annual Future of War conference presented by Defense One, New America, and Arizona State University
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What the 2016 Presidential Candidates Get Wrong About the Future of War
They fail, they lack, they misunderstand, they pander, they don’t get, and they just don’t know national security – not according to our Future of War roster of experts.
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Pentagon Wants to Pair Troops with Machines to Deter Russia, China
More than a year in the works, Pentagon leaders are betting an ambitious effort to pair soldiers with machines to give the American military an edge on the battlefield of the future.
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Kunduz, War Crimes, and the Real Laws of War
The U.S. should embrace an independent investigation of the tragic Afghanistan hospital strike to shed light—and facts—on the laws of war.
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Obama’s Two-Year Plan for Afghanistan is Doomed
Obama offered yet another short-term solution, but it’s time the US starts talking about a long-term troop agreement, just like we gave South Korea.
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5 Reasons Obama’s Afghan Withdrawal Delay is Necessary But Not Sufficient
A former Green Beret and White House policy advisor ticks off the missing elements of success.
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How JSOC Harnessed Networks To Take on Terrorists
A former SEAL and McChrystal aide outlines the cultural shifts that helped fight AQI — and are needed against ISIS.
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Top-Down IT Approach Too Slow To Meet Threats
The Defense Department arms itself for cyber at the same plodding pace with which it buys major weapons.
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How Uber Could Help Change Spycraft
The U.S. intelligence community wants feedback from the innovative car-sharing company and other commercial startups on its 5-year data-analysis roadmap.
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Here’s the Defining National Security Question of Our Time
We asked 20 experts whether great powers might ever go to war again.
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How to Win a National Security Election Without Really Trying
When it comes to national security, expect the expected from the 2016 presidential candidates. Here’s the off-the-shelf playbook they’ll all use.
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Ask Your 2016 Candidate These Questions on Drone Warfare
Our country needs to know where its next commander-in-chief stands.
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How Blitzkrieg (Sort Of) Explains Killer Robots
No one has yet solved the problems of multiple flows of control, but it’s worth studying how past generations have approached them.
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How Terrorists Are Turning Robots Into Weapons
Terrorists and college kids already have hacked into government drones. It's time to rethink security with the rise of robotics.
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What the ISIS Campaign Teaches Us About the Future of War
Winning today's fights still means reaching an actual victory, focusing on changing players, and heeding history.
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