


Quieting Discord: A new frontier in military leaks and extremism
From secret Pentagon leaks to radicalization in the military community, Discord is continuing to grapple with keeping bad actors off the popular platform.

Opinion
Intelligence Community’s IT roadmap shows way to a data-centric future
To achieve data-centricity at scale, the IC must govern and manage data cohesively, at every point of the data lifecycle.

South Korea launches first spy satellite after North Korea does same
Since last year, North Korea has conducted about 100 ballistic missile tests, part of efforts to modernize weapons targeting South Korea and the U.S.

N Korea had Russian help getting spy satellite to orbit, S Korea says
North Korea said its “Malligyong-1″ satellite has already transmitted images of military facilities in the U.S. territory of Guam.

Seoul warns North Korea not to launch spy satellite
North Korea failed in its first two attempts to put a military spy satellite into orbit this year and hasn’t followed through on vow to make a third try.

Opinion
Changing video bit rate on the fly can boost the effectivness of ISR
The video-based intelligence provided by ISR platforms is critical to the situational awareness and effective decision-making needed for mission success.

Opinion
Unmanned systems are only as capable as their networks
The current discussion on the use of drones and robotic unmanned systems tends to overlook the pressing challenges of their connectivity.

NATO to buy 6 Boeing Wedgetails to update surveillance capability
The contract with the company — one of the military organization’s biggest-ever purchases — is set to be signed next year.

US spy tool will lapse unless Congress and White House can cut deal
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act will expire at the end of December.

Sierra Nevada to supply US Army with intel-gathering jets in $554M deal
The U.S. Army is paying particular attention to what's known as deep sensing: the capacity to find, monitor, target and kill from greater distances.

White House radio spectrum access plan may benefit internet, drones
As much as 2,786 megahertz of spectrum may be repurposed for wireless broadband, drones and satellites.
