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Technology & National Security
Trump poised for cost-cutting battle with defense contractorsPresident-elect Donald Trump’s preemptive strike on the price tag of two major projects with leading defense contractors has fiscal hawks hopeful the incoming administration c...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Technology & National Security
Defense companies must go on offense to prove their valueIn anticipation of changing leadership in Washington, the stock market has soared higher in recent weeks. Increasing optimism in an economic recovery is bringing more investme...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Technology & National Security
Report: DOD needs new strategy to regain technological edgeThe United States is facing growing cyber and electronic warfare threats, and the Department of Defense needs to develop a new "optionality strategy" in order to regain its te...
By Ben FitzGerald, Alexandra Sander & Jacqueline Parziale
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Technology & National Security
To Innovate, Hill and DoD Must Get Comfortable With FailureFor the Pentagon to innovate, defense officials and lawmakers have to embrace failures that ultimately sharpen the military’s technological edge. Speaking at the unveiling o...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Technology & National Security
Report: Strategy, Not Acquisition Reform, Central to Maintain DoD Tech EdgeIf the Pentagon wants to maintain a technological edge over near-peer adversaries, it needs to develop a serious strategic plan and not just focus on improving the acquisition...
By Ben FitzGerald, Alexandra Sander & Jacqueline Parziale
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Technology & National Security
Pentagon taking a more serious look at off-the-shelf technologyIt seems rather straightforward: Buy technology that is already available rather than spend money reinventing the wheel. For the Pentagon, this has been easier said than done...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Technology & National Security
CNAS Releases Report on Ensuring U.S. Military Technical AdvantageWashington, December 14 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Technology and National Security Program has released a new report laying out a fundamentally new strat...
By Neal Urwitz
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Technology & National Security
CNAS Releases Report Providing a Surveillance Agenda for the Next AdministrationWashington, December 12 – With a new administration set to begin in a just over a month, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has released a new report laying out pra...
By Neal Urwitz
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Press Release
Defense / Technology & National Security
CNAS Commentary: Trump Administration Defense PrioritiesAs President-elect Donald Trump weighs his options for the next secretary of defense and for his defense agenda, CNAS Future of Warfare Initiative Director Paul Scharre and CN...
By Paul Scharre & Lauren Fish
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Technology & National Security
War Game Confirms Major Gaps in U.S. Army’s Cyber CapabilitiesU.S. forces participating in a multinational war game were tested with a barrage of cyber attacks, electronic-warfare jamming and drones that confirmed major gaps in capabilit...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Defense / Technology & National Security
CNAS Press Note: What Does a Trump Administration Mean for Defense?Washington, November 17 – As the transition to the Trump administration begins and markets predict a growth in defense spending, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Defe...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
DIUX and RCO could get lost in transitionSenior defense officials have said in recent weeks that new programs like the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental and the Rapid Capabilities Office are too mature to be rolle...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Technology & National Security
Why WikiLeaks hates Hillary ClintonSenior fellow Ben FitzGerald offers two theories for why WikiLeaks might cooperate with Russia in Vox....
By Ben FitzGerald
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Technology & National Security
Audio: The Rise Of The Drone, And The Thorny Questions That Have FollowedOn NPR, senior fellow Ben FitzGerald discusses the dangers of continuing U.S. drone strikes without clear and open guidelines....
By Ben FitzGerald
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Pentagon is worrying about 'Terminator' coming true. Seriously.Senior fellow Paul Scharre discusses the risks of autonomous weapons systems in the Christian Science Monitor....
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
How Technology Could Create 'Super Soldiers'In National Defense, senior fellow Paul Scharre discusses the use of performance-enhancers in the military....
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Report: Cyber enhances military power -- and vulnerabilitiesFCW examines the recent CNAS report "Digitally-Enabled Warfare: The Capability-Vulnerability Paradox," which discusses the dangers of increased use of technology in defense st...
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Attack of the Killer RobotsIn BuzzFeed, senior fellow Paul Scharre explains the meaning and importance of "meaningful human control" when discussing autonomous weapons systems....
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
F-35B Stealth Fighter: How the US Marine Corps Could Dominate the SkySenior fellow Jerry Hendrix explains why current carrier-based tactical aircraft do not meet future challenges in The National Interest....
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / Technology & National Security
US Navy's Sixth-Generation F/A-XX Fighter: Just a 'Super' Super Hornet?Senior fellow Jerry Hendrix discusses the recent development in Navy aircraft technology in The National Interest. ...
By Jerry Hendrix
