Defense
A Marine Logistics Base May Be the Warehouse of the Future
Virginia Tech researchers aim to use 5G networks to track items as they come and go.
Defense
Service Dogs Can Help Veterans with PTSD – Growing Evidence Shows They May Reduce Anxiety in Practical Ways
Traditional treatments for PTSD, such as talk therapy and medication, do work for some veterans. But service dogs can make a difference when those methods fall short.
Defense
Senators Offer to Let NSA Hunt Cyber Actors Inside the US
After SolarWinds hack, Gen. Nakasone seeks some sort of a fix for the cybersecurity ‘blind spot’ against Russia, China, but others cite privacy concerns in potential expanded authorities.
Defense
Military Exposed to Toxic Fumes From Burn Pits Set to Get Bipartisan Boost
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Republican Sen. Marco Rubio were set to roll out a bill Friday that could help unknown thousands of service members who are sick from toxic substances they were exposed to from burning garbage in Afghanistan, Iraq and other war zones.
Defense
What the Navy’s War on Sleep Deprivation Teaches Us about Cultural Change
A campaign to make ship drivers rest has lessons for larger-scale culture shifts.
Defense
Pentagon Picks Lockheed, Northrop-Raytheon Team to Develop Missile Interceptors
Officials reject a bid by Boeing, which builds the current generation of missile interceptors.
Defense
UK Confirms Plans to Add F-35s, But Won’t Commit to Original Goal
Officials have promised to buy 48, are thinking about buying more, but wouldn’t say whether the 138-plane vision will ever be realized.
Defense
One Year into the Pandemic, Defense Department Data Remains Incomplete
Outstanding questions include: why are civilians dying at higher rates than troops?
Defense
Drones Could One Day Make Up 40% of a Carrier Air Wing, Navy Says
The department’s new unmanned plan directs focus not just on drones but on their “enabling technologies.”
Defense
Key Official: Defense Information Operations ‘Not Evolving Fast Enough’
China will soon harness AI to supplant Russia as the world leader in information warfare, a DIA leader said.
Defense
Putin Authorized Smear Campaign Against Biden, US Intelligence Concludes
Less hacking, more laundering: 2020 tactics show evolution of Russian information warfare efforts.
Defense
Better Weapons or More Soldiers? Army Chief Says He's Being Forced to Choose
“We'd like to make it bigger, but what we have to do is prioritize,” said Gen. James McConville.
Defense
The Military Could Soon Face a Flag Officer Talent Crisis
Senior leader pay is seriously out of sync with the risks and responsibilities that come with the positions.
Defense
Pentagon Officials, Uniformed Leaders Slam Fox’s Carlson Over Female-Troop Comments
“What we absolutely won't do is take personnel advice from a talk show host,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Thursday.
Defense
Americans’ Trust in Military Is Declining, Survey Finds
Yet people still trust the military more than six other U.S. institutions.
Defense
Splitting NSA, CyberCom Now Could Reduce Military Access to Intelligence, Milley Says
The Joint Chiefs chairman says the organizations have not yet worked out how to keep the data flowing after the long-awaited split.
Defense
Biden Nominates Two Women To Lead Combatant Commands
They would become just the second and third women to head up a top-level joint military command.
Defense
D.C. Guard Commander Says ‘Unusual’ Restrictions Prevented Swift Response To Capitol Riot
“I believe that number could have made a difference,” he said.
Defense
Space Force Sounds like a Joke Thanks to Pop Culture – that Could Be a Problem for An Important Military Branch
Science fiction has often had an inspirational and positive relationship with space endeavors. But the new Space Force is struggling with a pop culture public relations problem.
Defense
Air Force General: If US Doesn’t Hurry to Build New Fighter, China Will
A test version of the highly classified Next Generation Air Dominance aircraft flew last year.
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