Defense Systems

Seeking to woo commercial satellite companies to its reserve effort, the Space Force is sifting through industry feedback on what would make a voluntary partnership most beneficial. “We cannot wait for a national war to integrate…

Can a sixth-generation fighter jet cost less than previous generations of fighter jets? U.S. Air Force officials say it’s possible. “The F-35 kind of represents the upper bounds of what we'd like to pay for an individual…

The Pentagon’s biggest quantum challenge isn’t just the tech itself—it’s making the technology relevant and relatable to commanders and troops. But a push to develop and deploy quantum sensors for navigation as a more accurate, less…

The U.S. Army’s search for its next howitzer remains in motion, six months after service leaders scrapped efforts to upgun its current M109 Paladin self-propelled howitzer.Even as the Army was terminating the…

FORT CARSON, Colo.—For an infantry crew, nothing can replace the experience of riding in a big truck and firing guns at targets hundreds of yards away. Shell cases clinking as they collect on the roof, the smell of diesel and gunpowder, the…

The National Security Agency has been slowly creating an “innovation pipeline” to pinpoint and fix U.S. vulnerabilities to China, and it’s starting with a new pilot program focused on economic security and emerging technologies, a senior…

The United States is struggling to dismantle a pervasive Chinese government-backed hacking group that’s been found digitally spelunking into troves of America’s critical infrastructure, leaving no end in sight as spy agencies and their…

The FBI needs to do a better job keeping track of electronic media slated for destruction and disposal at bureau facilities, according to an advisory memo from the Justice Department's Inspector General publicly released Thursday.The bureau…

FORT CARSON, Colo.—Does the weather outside affect how ready troops are for battle? What about the cumulative stress of training, exercises, or overseas deployment?Before it can answer those questions, the Army must first determine how to…

The Defense Department and National Nuclear Security Administration have a new supercomputing system focused on biological defense at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.Inaugurated on August 1, the system will “provide unique…