Thought Leadership: Opinion

How to build a robust space domain defense

The integration of ASAT weapon countermeasures will be necessary on future military satellites to responsibly protect these assets.

5 hours ago

Ukraine needs help to counter Iranian-made ballistic missiles, drones

Iran could soon provide the Russian military with even deadlier weapons than the Iranian drones it has been using to target Ukraine.

10 days ago

Battlefield Tech

Proliferation of precision fires creates overmatch

GPS can no longer be relied upon to support the accurate delivery of precision fires, given adversarial capabilities to disrupt satellite communications.

How Robotic Process Automation is helping federal agencies manage data

RPA and the use of intelligent bots are proving critical for agencies seeking to automate time-consuming manual processes.

2 weeks ago

Robust cryptographic policies will help save military software systems

How can we build resilient software systems out of unreliable parts?

3 weeks ago

How secure collaboration improves quality of military decision making

Air Mobility Command relied on a collaboration platform for tactical communications to enhance decision advantage during Operation Allies Refuge.

3 weeks ago

The human touch: ‘Artificial General Intelligence’ is next phase of AI

AGI is the ability of an intelligent agent to understand or learn any intellectual task in the same way that humans do.

3 weeks ago

Demystifying the five ‘sights’ of artificial intelligence

Hindsight, foresight, insight, oversight and rightsight all needed to unlock AI's full potential.

3 weeks ago

Data preparation is key to expanding military benefits of AI

Using data correctly can provide new AI capabilities to commanders without taking away any of their legacy decision-making tools.

4 weeks ago

A Counter Rocket, Artillery, Mortar weapon system is test fired on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 13, 2018.

Send Ukraine C-RAMs and VAMPIREs to help defeat Iranian drones

Washington should deliver Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment (VAMPIRE) and Counter–Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-RAM) systems asap.

4 weeks ago

Enhance US rare earth security through international cooperation

China is dominating battery material separation and processing as well as component manufacturing.

4 weeks ago

State Dept. plan to track weapons for Ukraine should be starting point

Since the conflict began, the U.S. has provided more than $17.6 billion in security assistance to Ukraine.

4 weeks ago

US tech companies in China may soon be forced to ‘choose a flag’

Amazon, Facebook, IBM and other companies with U.S. military ties have expanded their businesses in China.

4 weeks ago

Keeping the human in the OODA Loop

The task of evaluating multiple and disparate datasets is put on analysts and decision makers using tools for visualization.

5 weeks ago

Here are 4 ways Non-traditional ISR can accelerate time to insight

Humans still play a crucial role in the process, but NTISR relies heavily on automation for enhanced data processing, exploitation, and dissemination.

5 weeks ago

Six hours to share one piece of data? Here’s a faster, more secure way

Trusted Data Format is an open standard for protecting data with military-grade encryption

5 weeks ago

Artificial intelligence is critical to accelerated decision making

Without clean, easy-to-understand data, AI cannot provide effective analysis for quick and correct decisions.

5 weeks ago

U.S. Air Force and Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft, conduct a bilateral air-to-air training exercise over the Netherlands, Feb. 22, 2022. The U.S. and its allies are bound by shared principles of democracy, national sovereignty and commitment to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, vital to ensuring a strong and free Europe. (Tech. Sgt. Rachel Maxwell/Air Force)

US must ensure mission partner data security for collaborative warfare

When building a coalition of partners, the Pentagon can’t just connect allies directly to its classified networks.

6 weeks ago

Tactical Air Control Party specialists at the 13th Air Support Operations Squadron conduct reconnaissance training, Aug. 03, 2021, at Fort Carson Army Base. The training provided instruction and preparation for Joint All-Domain Command and Control operations.

How military teams can optimize data, decision-making at tactical edge

Simply having a lot of data doesn’t mean anyone’s gaining actionable insights from it.

6 weeks ago

US cannot assume any advantage in AI arms race

To keep up with pacing threats including China, Washington must both accelerate the innovation pipeline and build end-user confidence in AI.

7 weeks ago

Opinion

An array of perspectives and messages from thought leaders in the defense IT and C4ISRNET community.

The integration of ASAT weapon countermeasures will be necessary on future military satellites to responsibly protect these assets.

Iran could soon provide the Russian military with even deadlier weapons than the Iranian drones it has been using to target Ukraine.

GPS can no longer be relied upon to support the accurate delivery of precision fires, given adversarial capabilities to disrupt satellite communications.

RPA and the use of intelligent bots are proving critical for agencies seeking to automate time-consuming manual processes.

How can we build resilient software systems out of unreliable parts?

Air Mobility Command relied on a collaboration platform for tactical communications to enhance decision advantage during Operation Allies Refuge.

AGI is the ability of an intelligent agent to understand or learn any intellectual task in the same way that humans do.

Hindsight, foresight, insight, oversight and rightsight all needed to unlock AI's full potential.

Using data correctly can provide new AI capabilities to commanders without taking away any of their legacy decision-making tools.

Washington should deliver Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment (VAMPIRE) and Counter–Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-RAM) systems asap.

China is dominating battery material separation and processing as well as component manufacturing.

Since the conflict began, the U.S. has provided more than $17.6 billion in security assistance to Ukraine.

Amazon, Facebook, IBM and other companies with U.S. military ties have expanded their businesses in China.

The task of evaluating multiple and disparate datasets is put on analysts and decision makers using tools for visualization.

Humans still play a crucial role in the process, but NTISR relies heavily on automation for enhanced data processing, exploitation, and dissemination.

Trusted Data Format is an open standard for protecting data with military-grade encryption

Without clean, easy-to-understand data, AI cannot provide effective analysis for quick and correct decisions.

When building a coalition of partners, the Pentagon can’t just connect allies directly to its classified networks.

Simply having a lot of data doesn’t mean anyone’s gaining actionable insights from it.

To keep up with pacing threats including China, Washington must both accelerate the innovation pipeline and build end-user confidence in AI.