Thought Leadership: Opinion

Ukraine’s Kinzhal intercepts should cool hypersonic hype

The Ukrainian experience with Kinzhal may be a wake-up call for Russia. It should also be a wake-up call for the United States.

3 days ago

Australia’s CI-ISAC takes whole-of-nation approach to cybersecurity

Cyber threats span all sectors and a more holistic approach to sharing information on cyber threats and attacks is required.

12 days ago

One dollar notes with the signature of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen are unveiled at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility on December 8, 2022 in Fort Worth, Texas.

Opinion

A better bridge across the ‘valley of death’

As the Pentagon’s Small Business Strategy makes clear, small companies are key to helping the U.S. ensure its technological superiority.

Combating US cyber adversaries calls for whole-of-government approach

While cyber criminals take advantage of gaps in our visibility over domestic infrastructure, foreign nation states, such as Russia, give them safe harbor.

13 days ago

Give the Defense Innovation Unit a slice of Ukraine funds

Calls to make Ukraine a laboratory and a testing ground for our own weapons and platforms are the right ones.

13 days ago

The Defense Department is finally getting workforce development right

To ensure the success of budding workforce initiatives, we must avoid burdening them with well-intentioned but overreaching bureaucracy.

14 days ago

How ‘digital twins’ make defense supply chains more resilient

A combination of enabling technologies and analytic capabilities produce a virtual model of a process, system, or object, informed by real-time data.

3 weeks ago

The failure of Russia’s missile war in Ukraine

Russia's missile attacks have, in the aggregate, failed to produce the kind of decisive strategic effects Moscow likely expected.

3 weeks ago

How the US government can combat Russian disinformation on Ukraine

U.S. support could go a long way toward helping Balkan countries in their attempts to remain autonomous from Russia.

4 weeks ago

The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.

Cross-pollination on AI may be a way forward for US, China

In some cases, collaboration with Chinese developers could build better understanding of AI challenges.

4 weeks ago

Is ‘memory safety’ the killer use case for SBOMs?

The federal government — the country’s largest purchaser of software — will be using SBOMs to instruct security compliance for procurement.

4 weeks ago

How ‘Edge Semaphores’ can help solve interoperability challenges

Modern communications needs compact data packages, or “edge semaphores," that are concise, precise, interoperable and secure.

4 weeks ago

Addressing OT security under the National Cybersecurity Strategy

Lessons learned from modernizing IT won’t apply to OT because of the latter's unique operating requirements.

4 weeks ago

Joint Collaborative Environments can help stop foreign disinformation

The U.S. faces increasingly complex and sophisticated threats from foreign governments exerting malign influence.

5 weeks ago

The US military must move beyond defense-reform theater

Zealous reformers continue to over-focus on weapons buys when hardware is increasingly the commodity.

5 weeks ago

US must be vigilant in developing military space capabilities

The space race is the great battle of the 21st century, and America must win it, the author argues.

6 weeks ago

Congress is gearing up for fight over US arms transfers

Congress has never successfully stopped an arms sale.

6 weeks ago

How to accelerate innovation adoption at the Pentagon

Systemic barriers to innovation persist within the military’s acquisition system that prevent the adoption of emerging technology.

6 weeks ago

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows fortifications and dragons in Medvedivka, Crimea, Feb. 11, 2023.

Space domain awareness, protection requires more space-based systems

Space-based surveillance has become increasingly affordable.

6 weeks ago

Opinion

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

The Ukrainian experience with Kinzhal may be a wake-up call for Russia. It should also be a wake-up call for the United States.

Cyber threats span all sectors and a more holistic approach to sharing information on cyber threats and attacks is required.

As the Pentagon’s Small Business Strategy makes clear, small companies are key to helping the U.S. ensure its technological superiority.

While cyber criminals take advantage of gaps in our visibility over domestic infrastructure, foreign nation states, such as Russia, give them safe harbor.

Calls to make Ukraine a laboratory and a testing ground for our own weapons and platforms are the right ones.

To ensure the success of budding workforce initiatives, we must avoid burdening them with well-intentioned but overreaching bureaucracy.

A combination of enabling technologies and analytic capabilities produce a virtual model of a process, system, or object, informed by real-time data.

Russia's missile attacks have, in the aggregate, failed to produce the kind of decisive strategic effects Moscow likely expected.

U.S. support could go a long way toward helping Balkan countries in their attempts to remain autonomous from Russia.

In some cases, collaboration with Chinese developers could build better understanding of AI challenges.

The federal government — the country’s largest purchaser of software — will be using SBOMs to instruct security compliance for procurement.

Modern communications needs compact data packages, or “edge semaphores," that are concise, precise, interoperable and secure.

Lessons learned from modernizing IT won’t apply to OT because of the latter's unique operating requirements.

The U.S. faces increasingly complex and sophisticated threats from foreign governments exerting malign influence.

Zealous reformers continue to over-focus on weapons buys when hardware is increasingly the commodity.

The space race is the great battle of the 21st century, and America must win it, the author argues.

Congress has never successfully stopped an arms sale.

Systemic barriers to innovation persist within the military’s acquisition system that prevent the adoption of emerging technology.

Space-based surveillance has become increasingly affordable.