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A Path to Understanding Autonomy in Defense Technology

Welcome to The Iron Triangle, the Cipher Brief column serving procurement officers tasked with buying the future, Investors funding the next [...] More

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Agentic AI and the “Human-in-the-Loop” Luxury in Modern Defense

THE IRON TRIANGLE — Welcome to the inaugural edition of “The Iron Triangle”, my new Cipher Brief column that serves the three pillars of modern [...] More

Building U.S. Drone Dominance Brick by Brick

OPINION — One of the things I loved about LEGO as a child was the ability to mix and match an endless amount of parts to create unique builds. [...] More

Putin's Drone Hit a NATO Nerve in Poland, Opening an Opportunity for Ukraine

Putin's Drone Hit a NATO Nerve in Poland, Opening an Opportunity for Ukraine

EXPERT INTERVIEW – More Western leaders and national security experts are now saying that Russia’s recent drone incursion into Poland was not a [...] More

Expert Q&A: A CIA Veteran on the Agency's Technology Mission

EXPERT Q&A – CIA veteran Sheetal Patel helped stand up and then lead the spy agency’s Transnational and Technology Mission Center in 2022, at a time [...] More

AI-Fueled Drones are Changing the Battlespace

OPINION — I recently had the opportunity to speak at a communications conference and during the Q&A period, I was asked which tech trend concerned me [...] More

HAL-9000 (and AI) Shouldn't Keep You Up at Night

CIPHER BRIEF EXPERT OPINION — At the center of Stanley Kubrick's visionary masterpiece “2001: A Space Odyssey,” HAL-9000 looms large as a symbol of [...] More

The Army is Navigating a High-Tech, Highly-Complicated Future

OPINION - “In the Army we’ve gone through some good, decent transformation in recent years, with some game-changing systems coming online as a result [...] More

End-of-Life Care for Tech Could Ward Off China’s Hackers

End-of-Life Care for Tech Could Ward Off China’s Hackers

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING - As Chinese government hackers have burrowed into U.S. critical infrastructure, they have avoided detection by [...] More

A New Year Means Further Transformative Shifts in Cyber

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — 2023 saw the start of a transformative shift in cybersecurity, bringing both new opportunities and new challenges to the [...] More

The Administration's Confusion on AI is Bad for U.S. Security

OPINION — The realm of artificial intelligence (AI) is a battleground not just of technological prowess but also of geopolitical strategy. The [...] More

On the US Radar: The Rise of China-backed Cyberattacks

On the US Radar: The Rise of China-backed Cyberattacks

The Department of Defense (DOD), in an unclassified summary of its 2023 Cyber Strategy, deems China as the US’ most flagrant threat in the realm of [...] More

Are U.S. Taxpayers Unintentionally Funding China's Military Development?

Are U.S. Taxpayers Unintentionally Funding China's Military Development?

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — As a response to concerns about U.S. involvement in Chinese high-tech industries, President Biden this month signed an [...] More