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Small Business

December 2022

Startup Helps Officers Explain Future Warfare Through Storytelling

By Meredith Roaten
Useful Fiction wants to change how warfighters envision new technologies and concepts that will be essential to the future of warfare.
Emerging Technologies

July 2022

FARNBOROUGH NEWS: New Report Urges Defense Industry to Secure Software Talent

By Meredith Roaten
Looking at the bells and whistles on display at one of Europe’s largest airshows, anyone can see that software is the future of aerospace. 
Air Force News

January 2020

JUST IN: Air Force Wants More Techies, Network Modernization Funding

By Mandy Mayfield
Recruiting the brightest minds from technology companies is imperative for the Air Force to keep its software codes updated in an era of great power competition, the service’s top officer said.
International

September 2018

Study: China Pursuing ‘Quantum Supremacy'

By Mandy Mayfield
China is poised to leap ahead of the United States in the race to develop quantum technology, according to a new report released Sept. 13.
Defense Department

April 2018

Exclusive: Q&A with Sen. James Inhofe

By Jon Harper
National Defense interviewed Sen. James Inhofe in his Senate office April 9 to discuss a wide range of defense issues.
Emerging Technologies

March 2018

Raytheon Demonstrates Directed Energy Weapons at Army Exercise

By Yasmin Tadjdeh
Raytheon recently took down 45 drones during an exercise using a high energy laser and a high-power microwave, company executives said March 20.
Acquisition

March 2018

Execs: Military Failing to Take Advantage of Commercial Space Revolution

By Stew Magnuson
Whether it’s high-throughput communications spacecraft, flat electronically steerable antennas or the new wave of low-Earth orbiting small satellites, the military is failing to leverage the billions of dollars the private sector is investing in new technologies, industry executives said March 14.
Army News

March 2018

Report: Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Pose Threat to Army

By Connie Lee
The Army is facing threats from small unmanned aerial systems, according to a report released March 6.
Advanced Weapons

February 2018

Nuclear Posture Review Calls for New Sea Launched Cruise Missiles

By Jon Harper
To provide more flexible nuclear strike options, the United States intends to acquire a new sea-launched cruise missile and modify some existing warheads to lower their destructive power.
Robotics and Autonomous Systems

January 2018

Coast Guard Closer to Acquiring Long-Awaited Ship-Based Drone

By Connie Lee
The Coast Guard plans to release a request for proposals aimed at gathering submissions for the Small Unmanned Aerial System for National Security Cutters by the end of this month, according to the service’s director of acquisition programs and program executive officer.