SpaceX sues USAF, citing unfair contractor monopoly
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DefenceTalkElon Musk, the inventor and technology billionaire who recently debuted a rocket that he hopes will travel to Mars, has filed suit against the US Air Force claiming the military currently relies on an unfair billing process that costs taxpayers millions. Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, first announced that he would file suit […]https://www.defencetalk.com/spacex-sues-usaf-citing-unfair-contractor-monopoly-59873/
Technology one step ahead of war laws
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DefenceTalkToday’s emerging military technologies-including unmanned aerial vehicles, directed-energy weapons, lethal autonomous robots, and cyber weapons like Stuxnet-raise the prospect of upheavals in military practices so fundamental that they challenge long-established laws of war. Weapons that make their own decisions about targeting and killing humans, for example, have ethical and legal implications obvious and frightening enough […]https://www.defencetalk.com/technology-one-step-ahead-of-war-laws-50045/
US court sides with Amazon on CIA cloud contract
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DefenceTalkA US federal judge has reinstated a CIA cloud computing contract with Amazon, rejecting a challenge from IBM, according to court documents released Tuesday. Judge Thomas Wheeler of the Federal Court of Claims said in a notice posted by the court that Amazon Web Services’ is “restored” and that a “corrective action stay is lifted.” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-court-sides-with-amazon-on-cia-cloud-contract-49324/
Snowden exit: Hong Kong revels in its rule of law
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DefenceTalkHong Kong has risked the threat of US reprisals in allowing Edward Snowden to leave. But its government insists that the rule of law took primacy for a territory that jealously guards its separateness from mainland China. On social media, there was talk of political considerations at play in allowing the former National Security Agency […]https://www.defencetalk.com/snowden-exit-hong-kong-revels-in-its-rule-of-law-48223/
Integration of Drones into Domestic Airspace: Selected Legal Issues
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DefenceTalkUnder the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, P.L. 112-95, Congress has tasked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with integrating unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), sometimes referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones, into the national airspace system by September 2015. Although the text of this act places safety as a predominant concern, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/integration-of-drones-into-domestic-airspace-selected-legal-issues-2-47402/