Tag: Defense One

Vulnerabilities Grow as Utilities Link Control Systems to the Internet (Patience Wait, Defense One)

The global electric utility sector is facing an increasingly dangerous cyberthreat landscape, even though there hasn’t been a publicly witnessed disruptive attack over the...

Pentagon AI Chief Responds to USAF Software Leader Who Quit in Frustration (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

Weeks after the Air Force’s first chief software officer resigned in frustration, a top military official says Nicholas Chaillan was wrong to assert that China...

Taiwan Emerges as a ‘Pre-eminent Issue’ For CIA’s New China Directorate (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

A possible Chinese takeover of Taiwan is “one of the No. 1 issues” occupying the new China Mission Center, CIA deputy director David Cohen...

‘History Will Not Judge Us Kindly’: From the Files of Facebook (Adrienne Lafrance, Defense One)

Before I tell you what happened at exactly 2:28 p.m. on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at the White House—and how it elicited a very specific...

A Quartet of Warnings Highlight Climate-Related Threats (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

Climate change is likely to crank up geopolitical tensions as temperatures rise and nations argue about who is responsible for fixing it, according to...

It’s Not About Submarines. It’s about Software (Nicole Camarillo, Oliver Lewis, Defense One)

The Australia-United Kingdom-United States, or AUKUS, security partnership is about much more than submarines. It is a down payment on an even more momentous commitment...

China’s Hypersonic Test Raises Questions About US Missile Defense, Deterrence (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

The “deeply concerning” test of a Chinese hypersonic missile shows that the United States has “a lot of work to do” on technology and...

Army Delays IVAS Display Headset by a Year (Caitlin M. Kenney, Defense One)

The Army is delaying testing and fielding of its augmented-reality headset while tweaks are made to improve the system, service officials announced Monday. One of...

DDS Security Clearance Tool Evolves into ‘SITH’ Insider Threat Program (Aaron Boyd, Defense One)

An automated background investigations prototype developed by the Defense Digital Service is being retooled to focus instead on identifying insider threats, including a rebranding...

It’s Time for Rapprochement Between Turkey and the United States (Hasan Murat Mercan, Defense One)

Recent developments unfolding in the Middle East, North Africa, Black Sea Basin, and Asia have rippling effects that are testing the robustness of the...

What Can the United Nations Do About Counterterrorism? (Naureen Chowdhury Fink, Defense One)

In the aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United Nations Security Council moved swiftly and laid the keystone of an international...

Army Gets Strategic About Going Digital (Brandi Vincent, Defense One)

The newly crafted Army Digital Transformation Strategy, or ADTS, marks a key component of the branch’s overarching modernization efforts that is meant to reform...

US Army to Stage Largest Robot Tank Experiment Ever (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

The U.S. Army intends to test an entire company of unmanned combat vehicles in simulated battle next year, a wargame that leaders called unprecedented...

Will Americans Buy into Biden’s Ambitious Domestic Terrorism Plan? (Karen J. Greenberg, Defense One)

There is much that is notable about the Biden administration’s National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism. Most importantly, it holds the potential of pivoting away...

Defense Firms Pitch Arms, Gear to an Army Looking for Relevance in the Pacific (Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One)

Lockheed Martin will attempt to fire its new Precision Strike Missile 499 kilometers, roughly as far as Washington, D.C., is to Cleveland, in a...

The Biggest Lesson from the Army’s Connect-Everything Experiment (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

Three weeks of data-crunching at Aberdeen Proving Grounds convinced one top Army combat-development leader that he’s seen the way of the future. The Biggest Lesson...