Defense One

COVID cases return to peak levels in US; DoD research chief quits; Trump 2020 took China-linked gifts; IC, disrupted; And a bit more.

New coronavirus cases are back to where they were at the peak of America’s outbreak, which was two months ago, the Associated Press reports this morning.? On Tuesday, the U.S. added 34,700 cases, …

TSA’s Updated Strategy Seeks Better Tech, Data-Sharing

“TSA Administrator’s Intent 2.0,” released on Tuesday, updates the 2018 version.

The US Intel Community Is Being Disrupted

Intelligence agencies aren’t businesses, but they’d better learn from private-sector giants gone by.

Does the Pentagon’s Checkbook Diplomacy Actually Work?

We know more about waste and corruption than about whether DoD’s preferential procurement produces the desired results.

COVID rising in 25 states; Afghanistan’s deadliest week in 19 years; Shipyard strike worries Navy; Russia expands forces in Libya; And a bit more.

Twenty-five states are seeing COVID-19 cases rise again, with Oklahoma leading the way, followed by Arizona, Florida, Texas and Missouri. And in Arizona, officials reported 17,000 new cases last …

DHS Expands Insider-Threat Program to Cover Everyone Who Accesses Its Info

The Homeland Security Department will begin tracking all personnel—federal employees and contractors, with or without a security clearance—in the hunt for insider threats.

Top Navy Official ‘Very Concerned’ About Strike at Maine Shipyard

About two-thirds of Bath Iron Works’ workers walked off the job on Sunday.

What America Will Lose if the Voice of America Sounds Like Trump

The recent purge at U.S.-funded broadcasters suggests a key foreign-policy tool is about to lose its value.

It’s Too Late for US-Russia-China Arms-Control Fantasies

As U.S. and Russian negotiators open two days of talks in Vienna, they should waste no more time talking about a tripartite agreement.