Business
Pentagon: F-35 Software Remains Seriously Flawed
The $397 billion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program suffers from such severe software problems that it could not conduct operational missions today. By Bob Brewin
Science & Tech
The Army Wants More Smartphones on the Battlefield
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno says the Army shouldn't have to rely on heavy, bulky communications equipment. By Bob Brewin
Science & Tech
Pentagon Wants to Develop Electronics That Can Vaporize
DARPA is trying to make battlefield electronic systems 'capable of physically disappearing in a controlled, triggerable manner.' By Bob Brewin
Science & Tech
What the Target Breach and Edward Snowden Tell Us About Network Controls
Giant data leaks from retailers to national security show that cyber security is more than an IT issue. It's about who has access -- and control. By Eric Chiu
Science & Tech
Battery Modification Could Add 27 Years of Life to GPS Fleet
The Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center has extended the operational life of 19 GPS satellites in orbit by altering their battery chargers. By Bob Brewin
Science & Tech
The Future of the Army: Less Soldiers, More Robots, More 'Lethality'
In the future, an Army brigade might have 3,000 human troops instead of 4,000, but a lot more robots. By Alexis C. Madrigal
Science & Tech
Marines Could Get Lighter with 'Thin' Computing
The Marines are asking for industry input on the development of a virtual desktop infrastructure -- thin cients -- for classified networks. By Bob Brewin
Science & Tech
It's Becoming Too Expensive for the Military to Go Into Space
DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar says the national security community is facing a crisis caused by the spiraling cost of sending military assets into orbit. By Kedar Pavgi
Policy
Forget the Feds: States Are Trying to Rein in the NSA
Legislators in statehouses around the country are seeking to take the battle over government surveillance into their own hands. By Dustin Volz
Science & Tech
Meet Silicon Valley’s New Spy Satellites
The Pentagon is using new technology that provides real-time, better-than-Google imagery of the earth. By Robinson Meyer
Science & Tech
Snowden's Latest Leak: NSA Is Building a Quantum Computer
The NSA is building a quantum computer capable of cracking even the most difficult codes as part of an $80 million research program called 'Penetrating Hard Targets.' By Brian Resnick and Marina Koren
Threats
China Is the Top Foreign Investor in U.S. Firms Critical to National Security
A U.S. government report says that Beijing has outstripped major allies, including the United Kingdom and Canada, in investing in sensitive industries. By Tim Fernholz
Science & Tech
Eight Tech Giants Urge Obama and Congress to Rein In NSA
Tech giants like Microsoft and Google are urging the administration to enact reforms that make surveillance programs more secure and transparent. By Bob Brewin
Science & Tech
Using Search Tools to Declassify Presidential Docs - Starting With Reagan's
New tools could find emails and other documents that are ready to be published for public release. By Joseph Marks
Science & Tech
Navy Launches a Drone from a Submerged Submarine
The drone flew a ‘successful several hour’ mission after launching from a submerged submarine. By Stephanie Gaskell
Science & Tech
Cyber Arms Dealers Peddle 85 Worms a Day
New research says that boutique security firms are finding flaws in software and selling them to the highest bidders--not necessarily the good guys. By Aliya Sternstein
Science & Tech
Pentagon Forcing Many Workers Back to BlackBerry
Many employees who had switched to iPhone or Android devices will be reverting back to Blackberrys because of security concerns. By Aliya Sternstein
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Science & Tech
Canadian Company Could Support Pentagon's Pivot to Arctic With Fiber Optic Connection
Magnetic and solar phenomena limit existing C4ISR assets near the pole. A hard communications line has the potential to change that. By Bob Brewin
Science & Tech
China Says It Just Flight Tested Its New Stealth Drone
China says it just conducted the first test flight for its new stealth drone. By Kedar Pavgi
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