Tag: Defense One

USA – US Needs to Defend Its Artificial Intelligence Better, Says Pentagon No. 2 (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

As the Pentagon rapidly builds and adopts artificial intelligence tools, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said military leaders increasingly are worried about a second-hand...

USA – Biden’s Defense Budget Will Worry America’s Indo-Pacific Allies (Ashley Townshend, Defense One)

Pentagon leaders have recently been at pains to convince the world that China is their top priority. Biden’s Defense Budget Will Worry America’s Indo-Pacific Allies - Defense One

USA – Make US Army Aviation More Lethal (R.D. Hooker, Jr., Defense One)

 TYLER GREENLEES/US ARMY For speed, lethality and decisive influence on the land battle, Army Aviation is the Army’s crown jewel. Yet a few changes could...

USA – US Civil-Military Relations Are Complicated, But Not Broken (Joseph J. Collins, Defense One)

LISA FERDINANDO, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PUBLIC AFFAIRS A recent article in Foreign Affairs carried this shocking title: “Crisis of Command: America’s Broken Civil-Military Relationship Imperils National...

Defense – Defense Business Brief: Why Navy is killing its railgun; HASC to markup in Sept.; GBSD to fly in 2023; and more… (Marcus...

 U.S. NAVY / JOHN F. WILLIAMS The Navy plans to abandon its electromagnetic railgun, citing unsolved technological hurdles. The service lacks a good way to store...

Defense – The Army Brief: Missing guns; Malpractice reform; 2002 AUMF bill; and more (Caitlin M. Kenney, Defense One)

U.S. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD PHOTO / STAFF SGT. MARGARET TAYLOR Welcome to The Army Brief, a weekly look at the news and ideas shaping the service’s...

NATO – NATO soliciting industry to beef up internal cyber defenses (Vivienne Machi, Defense News)

(Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images)  The NATO alliance plans to procure new cyber defense systems to replace aging platforms, with contracts worth tens of millions...

USA – Redraw the Limits on Lethal Force Against Terror Groups (Defense One)

Rachel Stohl is Vice President and Shannon Dick is a Research Analyst at the Stimson Center in Washington, D.C. As the Biden administration reviews policies...

Army Leaders Have Agreed to Cap Troop Size, Top General Says (Defense One)

Caitlin M. Kenney Gen. McConville and the acting secretary have agreed the force will not grow past 485,000 active-duty soldiers next year. But can they...

How to Detect Sarcasm with Artificial Intelligence (Defense One)

Patrick Tucker Humans make inferences about tone and meaning, but algorithms can find hidden relationships between words to detect irony and intentional falsehood. https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2021/05/how-detect-sarcasm-artificial-intelligence/173936/

USA/Afghanistan – Biden Must Protect Women’s Rights After Afghanistan Withdrawal, Say Lawmakers (Defense One)

Jacqueline Feldscher U.S. envoy says diplomats can handle the issue. https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2021/04/biden-must-protect-womens-rights-after-afghanistan-withdrawal/173657/

No ICBMs? Big Problems (Defense One)

Matthew R. Costlow We must dispel the unfounded fears of false alarms, place the cost in context, and seriously consider the unpleasant consequences of eliminating...

USA – DHS Tries to Root Out ‘Domestic Violent Extremism’ In Its Ranks (Defense One)

Eric Katz Department will work "with urgency and focus to address" insider threats, secretary says. https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/04/dhs-launches-internal-probe-root-out-domestic-violent-extremism-within-its-ranks/173629/

Former NGA Head to Join Satellite-Imagery Firm (Defense One)

Patrick Tucker Planet, the company that uses small, low-Earth-orbit satellites to take daily pictures of the entire globe, has hired Robert Cardillo, the former head...

One Vaccine to Rule Them All (Defense One)

James Hamblin What if a single vaccine could protect us against SARS, MERS, COVID-19, and every other coronavirus-related disease, forever and ever? https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/04/one-vaccine-rule-them-all/173622/

USA/Afghanistan – How to Think About Counterinsurgency After Afghanistan (Defense One)

Steven Metz Realistic policy depends on a closer look at costs, benefits, the objectives of would-be counterinsurgency partners. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/04/how-think-about-counterinsurgency-after-afghanistan/173596/