Thought Leadership

An array of perspectives and messages from thought leaders in the defense IT and C4ISRNET community.

How ‘digital twins’ make defense supply chains more resilient

A combination of enabling technologies and analytic capabilities produce a virtual model of a process, system, or object, informed by real-time data.

15 months ago

The failure of Russia’s missile war in Ukraine

Russia's missile attacks have, in the aggregate, failed to produce the kind of decisive strategic effects Moscow likely expected.

15 months ago

Opinion

How the US government can combat Russian disinformation on Ukraine

U.S. support could go a long way toward helping Balkan countries in their attempts to remain autonomous from Russia.

The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.

Cross-pollination on AI may be a way forward for US, China

In some cases, collaboration with Chinese developers could build better understanding of AI challenges.

15 months ago

Is ‘memory safety’ the killer use case for SBOMs?

The federal government — the country’s largest purchaser of software — will be using SBOMs to instruct security compliance for procurement.

15 months ago

How ‘Edge Semaphores’ can help solve interoperability challenges

Modern communications needs compact data packages, or “edge semaphores," that are concise, precise, interoperable and secure.

15 months ago

Addressing OT security under the National Cybersecurity Strategy

Lessons learned from modernizing IT won’t apply to OT because of the latter's unique operating requirements.

15 months ago

Joint Collaborative Environments can help stop foreign disinformation

The U.S. faces increasingly complex and sophisticated threats from foreign governments exerting malign influence.

15 months ago

The US military must move beyond defense-reform theater

Zealous reformers continue to over-focus on weapons buys when hardware is increasingly the commodity.

15 months ago

US must be vigilant in developing military space capabilities

The space race is the great battle of the 21st century, and America must win it, the author argues.

15 months ago

Congress is gearing up for fight over US arms transfers

Congress has never successfully stopped an arms sale.

15 months ago

How to accelerate innovation adoption at the Pentagon

Systemic barriers to innovation persist within the military’s acquisition system that prevent the adoption of emerging technology.

15 months ago

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows fortifications and dragons in Medvedivka, Crimea, Feb. 11, 2023.

Space domain awareness, protection requires more space-based systems

Space-based surveillance has become increasingly affordable.

16 months ago

An organizational road map for Pentagon to deter China, win in Ukraine

The Pentagon is woefully unprepared to integrate commercial technologies and private capital at scale.

16 months ago

The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022.

Comply-to-Connect: The roadmap for the Pentagon’s Zero Trust mission

C2C leverages zero trust’s least privilege principles to safeguard access to data.

16 months ago

What’s in the defense wish lists? Unraveling FY24 unfunded priorities

Given the political drama stemming from the FY24 budget request, it is worth investigating what’s not in the president's submission.

16 months ago

Guided-missile cruiser Chancellorsville conducts routine underway operations in the South China Sea, Nov. 29, 2022.

Sea power is essential to countering communist China

China is on a fast track to displace America as the world’s dominant naval power.

16 months ago

How to ensure Iranian drones don’t include US components

While the Iranian drone threat may have previously seemed distant for Europe, the appearance of these weapons in Ukraine has brought the problem home.

16 months ago

This picture, taken on Jan. 23, 2023, in Toulouse, France, shows screens displaying the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT.

The impact of ChatGPT on the federal workforce

Amid all the excitement, there are concerns that ChatGPT and other LLM tools could eliminate jobs, provide inaccurate information and perpetuate bias.

16 months ago