Tag: Defense One

(USA/SolarWinds Hack) White House Prepping Multi-Part Executive Order on SolarWinds Hack (Defense One)

Mariam Baksh While it will take several months to fully understand the massive hacking campaign that compromised several federal agencies and private-sector companies, the Biden...

(USA/Pentagon/Space Lasers) Space Lasers Will Revolutionize Military Communications, If They Work (Defense One)

Patrick Tucker Satellites that use lasers to exchange data promise to make military communications faster and harder to intercept — if the Pentagon can figure...

(USA) How to Teach Troops about the Constitution (Defense One)

As a veteran, I was mortified by the large number of U.S. military veterans involved in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/02/how-teach-troops-about-constitution/172117/

(China/Military-Civil Fusion Strategy) China’s Military-Civil Fusion Strategy: What to Expect in the Next Five Years (Defense One)

By ALEX STONE and PETER W. SINGER As a new administration takes power in Washington, Beijing is preparing its next Five-Year Plan, which will set overall guidance for...

(USA/Africa) New Plane Key to Special Ops Vision for Africa, General Says (Defense One)

Marcus Weisgerber A new aircraft that can fly reconnaissance missions and bomb enemy forces is key to U.S. special forces’ future in Africa, the head...

(USA/Space) Don’t Downgrade Space (Defense One)

Dan Tomanelli Early indications from the Oval Office suggest that the Biden administration places less importance on space policy than did the Trump administration. This...

(USA/China) What the Fear of China Is Doing to American Science (Defense One)

Rory Truex In what is becoming a familiar scene in American higher education, a Chinese-born scientist at a high-profile university was recently arrested for his...

(USA) Pentagon Advisory Boards Need to Offer 10X Ideas, Not 10% Ones (Defense One)

By STEVE BLANK, RAJ SHAH and JOE FELTER Thursday’s news that the Biden administration will delay the seating of several Trump appointees to defense advisory boards is a welcome signal that...

(USA) Trying to Box in Biden on Arms Control (Defense One)

By STEVEN PIFER and JAMES ACTON On Joe Biden’s first full day in the Oval Office, the White House announced its readiness to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty,...

(USA) The Next Steps For the Pentagon’s AI Hub (Chris Bassler, Bryan Durkee, Defense One)

JOINT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER As the two-year-old Joint Artificial Intelligence Center shifts from a projects-and-products shop to the Pentagon’s hub for AI services and support, its leaders are working...

(USA) Northrop Grumman Says It Will Walk Away From Cluster Bomb Contract (Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One)

Unexploded submunitions of a cluster bomb that hit a remote area in Azerbaijan. AZIZ KARIMOV/GETTY IMAGES Northrop Grumman said Thursday that it would walk away from...

(USA) New Biden Directive Shields Federal Scientists From Political Interference (Eric Katz, Defense One)

Biden's National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy JOSHUA ROBERTS/GETTY IMAGES President Biden signed a measure on Wednesday that seeks to ensure career federal employees can conduct scientific work...

(USA) The Pentagon’s Chance to Get Serious About Climate Change (Sharon Burke, Defense One)

U.S. Army 1st Special Force Command Staff Sgt. Eric Reyes checks the depth of a river that was caused when heavy rains fell on...

(USA/China) Beijing’s Warning Shot to Biden (Defense One)

Happier times: Mike Pompeo, who as Secretary of State met with China's State Councillor Yang Jiechi in Beijing in 2018, has been banned from...

(USA/North Korea) Kim Jong-un’s Shot Across Biden’s Bow (Bruce Klingner, Defense One)

Having built up his nuclear and missile arsenal during the past four years, North Korean strongman Kim Jong-un has just warned President-elect Biden to...

(USA) Air Force Recommends Space Command Move to Alabama (Marcus Weisgerber, Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

U.S. Space Command should move from Colorado to Alabama, the Air Force secretary said on Wednesday, effectively announcing the winner of a hotly contested...