Tag: Defense One

(USA) D.C. Guard Commander Says ‘Unusual’ Restrictions Prevented Swift Response To Capitol Riot (Defense One)

Katie Bo Williams “Unusual” restrictions placed on the commander of the D.C. National Guard prevented him from responding to the besieged Capitol on Jan. 6...

(USA) Trump Is Gone, but Democracy Is in Trouble (The Atlantic, Defense One)

Yascha Mounk After November 3, I allowed myself to dream that the battered troops of democracy would regain their courage and go on the offensive. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/03/trump-gone-democracy-trouble/172418/

(USA) Boycott the Olympics? Cancel the Saudis? How Woke Can Biden Really Get? (Defense One)

Kevin Baron Boycott the Olympics? Cancel the Saudis? Don’t even fire back at Iran-backed militias who wound U.S. troops and kill personnel? How woke should President Joe...

(Iraq/USA) Militias in Iraq Provide Security, Wield Political Power, and May Be Tearing the Country Apart (Defense One)

Katie Bo Williams Rogue militia groups threaten to thrust Iraq into civil war, senior U.S. military officials are warning in increasingly stark language. https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/03/militias-iraq-provide-security-wield-political-power-and-may-be-tearing-country-apart/172390/

(USA) Defense Innovation Unit Launched 23 Projects Last Year, Up One-Third (Defense One)

Mila Jasper Five years after it was established as an experimental component, the Defense Innovation Unit in 2020 solicited more projects and transitioned more capabilities...

(USA) AI-Powered Drones Emerge as R&D Priority for Boeing (Defense One)

Marcus Weisgerber New technology that allows military drones to fly alongside manned warplanes has emerged as a rare area of corporate investment for Boeing’s defense...

(USA) Key Elements Expected This Year for Pentagon’s Link-Everything Effort (Defense One)

Patrick Tucker Several foundational elements of the Pentagon’s effort to network virtually all of its weapons, vehicles, and troops should fall into place this year,...

(USA/China) US Unprepared for AI Competition with China, Commission Finds (Defense One)

Mila Jaspers The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence is out with its comprehensive final report recommending a path forward for ensuring U.S. superiority in...

(USA) Why Invest in Hypersonic Technology? (Defense One)

AJ Piplica A recent study that criticizes U.S. investment in hypersonic weapons misses the opportunity such technologies present for something beyond missiles: dual-use hypersonic aircraft that can solve...

(USA/China) A Solid Plan to Compete with China in Artificial Intelligence (Defense One)

Megan Lamberth, Martijn Rasser If the United States is to keep ahead of a rapidly gaining China in the field of artificial intelligence, it needs...

(USA/Taiwan) A Salami Slice for Taiwan’s Security (Defense One)

Andrew Latham In recent years, “incremental slicing” or “salami-slice” tactics have become an increasingly prominent feature of great power relations. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/03/salami-slice-taiwans-security/172346/

(USA) Modeling Software Once Led Us to the Precipice of Nuclear War. What Will AI Do? (Defense One)

Steve Blank The Pentagon must heed the lessons of RYAN and Able Archer amid its artificial-intelligence aspirations. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/03/modeling-software-once-led-us-precipice-nuclear-war-what-will-ai-do/172329/

(USA/Europe/NATO) Biden Wants to Restore NATO. Macron Is Looking to Move On (Defense One)

Kevin Baron President Joe Biden came to office promising to renew the spirit of the Western alliances born after World War II. It’s his deliberate...

(USA/DOD/5G) DOD’s Smart Warehouse-Enabling 5G Network Underway (Defense One)

Brandi Vincent Deployment of the private 5G wireless network that will underpin the Defense Department’s experimentation with an array of cutting-edge technologies through its forthcoming...

(USA/Antitrust/Lockheed Martin/Aerojet Rocketdyne) Antitrust Regulators Extend Review of Lockheed’s Proposed Purchase of Aerojet Rocketdyne (Defense One)

Marcus Weisgerber U.S. antitrust regulators have extended their inquiry of Lockheed Martin’s planned acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne requesting the companies provide additional information about the...

(USA) The U.S. Puts Its Greatest Vulnerability on Display (Defense One)

Kori Schake In one of his first public speeches, in early 1838, Abraham Lincoln warned that the biggest threat to the United States came from within. “If...