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Defense Secretary Mattis has rare, brief chance for Pentagon reform
In a few days, the Pentagon will submit an interim report to Congress in response to the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) providing an update on Secretary James ...
By Ben FitzGerald, Alexandra Sander & Madeline Christian
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Why the United States Is Losing Its Technological Edge
Earlier this month, President-elect Donald Trump drew headlines for his criticism of two major defense programs, the Air Force One replacement and the Joint Strike Fighter (F-...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Time for Twitter to grow up: Column
Twitter recently barred Dataminr, a business partner of Twitter in which the social media company also holds a 5% stake, from providing its technology to the United States int...
By Ben FitzGerald
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The DIUx Is Dead. Long Live The DIUx.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter launched his high-profile Silicon Valley outpost a year ago to great fanfare and high expectations. Less than a year later, he has completely over...
By Ben FitzGerald & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Reforming Acquisitions and the Need for Speed
This month, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, unveiled new acquisition reform legislation. The draft stand-alone bill is noteworthy from a ...
By Alexandra Sander, Ben FitzGerald & Jacqueline Parziale
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Opinion: Cybersecurity collaboration needs a toolkit. So we built a prototype
Financial sector institutions from the US and Britain tested their cybersecurity cooperation last month in a joint exercise, dubbed operation Resilient Shield. The table-top e...
By Alexandra Sander & Ben FitzGerald
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The Theory Of Intersectionality Can Make Cybersecurity Collaboration Real
Symbolically, the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection was about the White House reaching out to Silicon Valley and the need for collaboration between g...
By Ben FitzGerald
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When Superiority Goes Wrong: Science Fiction and Offset Strategies
For all our talk about the need for military technical superiority, what if pursuit of that goal becomes our downfall? A couple of weeks ago, Bill Sweetman from Aviation Weekl...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Technology strategy then and now – the Long Range Research and Development Planning Program
Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work has called for a new offset strategy to help maintain the United States’ military technical superiority. But is a third offset strategy th...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Can America Maintain Its Military-Technology Edge?
In a recent NDU speech, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Bob Work, spoke about the need for a third offset strategy in order to maintain U.S. technological superiority. This r...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Peering into America's Military Blind Spots: High-Impact Long Shots
The national security establishment is currently facing criticism for a perceived failure to anticipate Russia’s actions in Ukraine, the capture of a swathe of Iraqi territory...
By Ben FitzGerald
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The Best Defense Ready, Aim, 'F.I.R.E.': A review
The Department of Defense's (DOD's) recent attempts to build next-generation weapons systems have not gone well. There is an alphanumeric soup of projects: FCS, EFV, F-22, F-3...
By Ben FitzGerald
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The End of the U.S. Military's Tech Edge?
Is the American military losing its vaunted technological edge? During the next decade, the rise of new powers and the accelerating diffusion of advanced technology throughout...
By Ben FitzGerald, Kelley Sayler & Shawn Brimley