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Defense / Technology & National Security
How Intelligent Drones Are Shaping the Future of WarfareThe drones fell out of the sky over China Lake, California, like a colony of bats fleeing a cave in the night. Over 100 of them dropped from the bellies of three Boeing F/A-18...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Keeping America Safe: Is Trump's Military Budget Enough?On the campaign trail and now as commander in chief, President Donald Trump has pledged to boost America's depleted armed forces. During his recent address to Congress, he ann...
By Alexandra Sander
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Technology & National Security
WikiLeaks pledges to release software code of CIA hacking tools to tech firmsWikiLeaks will release to tech firms the software code of CIA hacking tools that were designed to compromise smartphones and other products, the group’s founder said Thursday,...
By Adam Klein
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Technology & National Security
Trump’s claim of FISA use against him puts focus on spying scopePresident Trump’s claim that the Obama administration used a law meant for snooping on foreign agents against him during the presidential campaign has raised new questions abo...
By Adam Klein
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Technology & National Security
WikiLeaks Dumps CIA Hacking Docs OnlineWikiLeaks on Tuesday dumped thousands of classified documents onto the Internet, exposing hacking programs used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The torrent of data is...
By Adam Klein
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Technology & National Security
Unanswered questions hover over Army drone’s 630-mile odyssey across western USMystery shrouds the rogue flight of an Army unmanned surveillance aircraft that was launched from southern Arizona on Jan. 31, flew hundreds of miles independent from human co...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Coats Stuck in Middle as Trump Takes On Intelligence AgenciesDan Coats will wade into the middle of a fight when he goes before his former colleagues on the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday for a confirmation hearing to serve as di...
By Adam Klein
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Technology & National Security
Pentagon mulling split of NSA, Cyber CommandsaThe Pentagon is beginning to assess whether it’s time to split up the leadership of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command. Right now, the two organizations shar...
By Alexandra Sander
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Technology & National Security
Mattis mulls consolidation in IT, cyberIn the 2016 defense bill, Congress told the Department of Defense to split up its office of Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. Now, the secretary of defense is tasking his...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Technology & National Security
Stackley gets lead role in transforming defense acquisitionActing Secretary of the Navy Sean Stackley has taken on an additional role inside the Pentagon – leading the congressionally-mandated transformation of the Department’s acquis...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Defense / Technology & National Security
CNAS, Bard College’s Center for the Study of the Drone Launch New Database on UASThe Center for a New American Security and Bard College’s Center for the Study of the Drone have introduced a database designed to help the public and policymakers learn about...
By Ben FitzGerald, Paul Scharre & JaRel Clay
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Center for a New American Security and the Center for the Study of the Drone Release “The Drone Database”The Center for a New American Security has released The Drone Database, a tool aimed at helping policymakers and the public understand the scope and implications of global dro...
By JaRel Clay
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Press Release
Defense / Technology & National Security
CNAS Releases Report on Automation and the Patriot Air and Missile Defense SystemThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Future of Warfare Initiative has released a new report, “Patriot Wars: Automation and the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System....
By Neal Urwitz
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Watch the Pentagon’s new hive-mind-controlled drone swarm in actionIn what will probably be considered a step forward for autonomous military technology, the Pentagon said in a statement Monday that it had successfully demonstrated “one of th...
By Paul Scharre
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In The News
Technology & National Security
This Week in Intelligence: Russian RelationsA panel including Michèle Flournoy, Mike Rogers, and Rep. Adam Schiff discusses the week's news in intelligence on CNN's State of the Union. Topics include the Fort Lauderdale...
By Michèle Flournoy
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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
