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December 2022
Startup Helps Officers Explain Future Warfare Through Storytelling
By Meredith RoatenUseful Fiction wants to change how warfighters envision new technologies and concepts that will be essential to the future of warfare. -
July 2022
FARNBOROUGH NEWS: New Report Urges Defense Industry to Secure Software Talent
By Meredith RoatenLooking at the bells and whistles on display at one of Europe’s largest airshows, anyone can see that software is the future of aerospace. -
January 2020
JUST IN: Air Force Wants More Techies, Network Modernization Funding
By Mandy MayfieldRecruiting 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. -
September 2018
Study: China Pursuing ‘Quantum Supremacy'
By Mandy MayfieldChina is poised to leap ahead of the United States in the race to develop quantum technology, according to a new report released Sept. 13. -
April 2018
Exclusive: Q&A with Sen. James Inhofe
By Jon HarperNational Defense interviewed Sen. James Inhofe in his Senate office April 9 to discuss a wide range of defense issues. -
March 2018
Raytheon Demonstrates Directed Energy Weapons at Army Exercise
By Yasmin TadjdehRaytheon recently took down 45 drones during an exercise using a high energy laser and a high-power microwave, company executives said March 20. -
March 2018
Execs: Military Failing to Take Advantage of Commercial Space Revolution
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. -
March 2018
Report: Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Pose Threat to Army
By Connie LeeThe Army is facing threats from small unmanned aerial systems, according to a report released March 6. -
February 2018
Nuclear Posture Review Calls for New Sea Launched Cruise Missiles
By Jon HarperTo 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. -
January 2018
Coast Guard Closer to Acquiring Long-Awaited Ship-Based Drone
By Connie LeeThe 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.