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![Make a move: Key steps to a new NATO air power game plan [Commentary]](https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/635868237478710527-5555113569-b0cffc78fb-ojpg.jpg?w=1024)
Make a move: Key steps to a new NATO air power game plan [Commentary]
Russia remains a growing threat to NATO, and the alliance is designing a new air power strategy. To take full advantage of NATO’s overwhelming potential to deliver precise combat power from the air, this new strategy should focus on three long-term tasks.
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Okay US allies, give it to us straight
The Paris Air Show is not the first big defense show since Trump took office. We got a fair amount of commentary about the Trump administration from countries in the Middle East during the IDEX show in Abu Dhabi, and American policy also came up at both IMDEX and Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. But Paris…
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![What went wrong with Lockheed’s F-35? [Commentary]](https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/635888314276118452-23956977610-a85d0e523f-kjpg.jpg?w=1024)
What went wrong with Lockheed’s F-35? [Commentary]
The F-35 should be replaced with a series of new designs targeted toward the specific mission requirements of the individual branches of the armed forces, in lieu of a single aircraft design trying to be everything to everyone.
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See you around, shipmate
I am moving on from Defense News after more than 13 years as this publication’s naval warfare correspondent. For five years prior to that I was at Navy Times, lastly as the managing editor. It’s been a very long and amazingly fruitful association with what was the Army Times Publishing Company, now Sightline Media Group,…
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![5 ways to manage federally funded R&D portfolios in an uncertain political climate [Commentary]](https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/scientists-r-d.jpg.jpg?w=1024)
5 ways to manage federally funded R&D portfolios in an uncertain political climate [Commentary]
U.S. scientific and technological superiority is at a tipping point. With the current White House push to reduce funding of basic science and focus on later-stage science and technology, the superiority advantage is likely to erode further.
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![Storm in the Pacific: Defending against growing North Korean threats [Commentary]](https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/636067849541546108-slide4apng.png?w=906)
Storm in the Pacific: Defending against growing North Korean threats [Commentary]
The fastest and most immediate way to provide for the defense of Hawaii is to operationalize the Aegis Ashore site located at Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai.
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![How, and why, to hold defense companies accountable [Commentary]](https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/military-defense-industry.jpg.jpg?w=1024)
How, and why, to hold defense companies accountable [Commentary]
Government agencies responsible for national security are dependent on private defense firms. These companies are primarily responsible to shareholders rather than the American people. How can they be held accountable to the nation’s interests?
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![The US and UAE forge a new path on defense [Commentary]](https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/uae-drill.jpg.jpg?w=1024)
The US and UAE forge a new path on defense [Commentary]
US and UAE officials recently signed a landmark Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) expanding work in key defense and security arenas between the two partners.
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![Restoring the balance on NATO’s eastern flank [Commentary]](https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/636067844670352433-slide3png.png?w=906)
Restoring the balance on NATO’s eastern flank [Commentary]
Russian anti-access, area denial bubbles in the Kaliningrad enclave and on the Crimean Peninsula restrict NATO’s self-defense capabilities.
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![Take a lesson from the Cold War to work with North Korea [Commentary]](https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/kim-jong-un-missile.jpg.jpg?w=1024)
Take a lesson from the Cold War to work with North Korea [Commentary]
In their classic work “Thinking in Time,” Richard Neustadt and Ernest May developed a useful manual of statecraft designed to improve the decision-making abilities of national leaders through the proper uses of history.
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Make a move: Key steps to a new NATO air power game plan [Commentary]
Russia remains a growing threat to NATO, and the alliance is designing a new air power strategy. To take full advantage of NATO’s overwhelming potential to deliver precise combat power from the air, this new strategy should focus on three long-term tasks.
-
Okay US allies, give it to us straight
The Paris Air Show is not the first big defense show since Trump took office. We got a fair amount of commentary about the Trump administration from countries in the Middle East during the IDEX show in Abu Dhabi, and American policy also came up at both IMDEX and Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. But Paris…
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What went wrong with Lockheed’s F-35? [Commentary]
The F-35 should be replaced with a series of new designs targeted toward the specific mission requirements of the individual branches of the armed forces, in lieu of a single aircraft design trying to be everything to everyone.
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See you around, shipmate
I am moving on from Defense News after more than 13 years as this publication’s naval warfare correspondent. For five years prior to that I was at Navy Times, lastly as the managing editor. It’s been a very long and amazingly fruitful association with what was the Army Times Publishing Company, now Sightline Media Group,…
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5 ways to manage federally funded R&D portfolios in an uncertain political climate [Commentary]
U.S. scientific and technological superiority is at a tipping point. With the current White House push to reduce funding of basic science and focus on later-stage science and technology, the superiority advantage is likely to erode further.
-
Storm in the Pacific: Defending against growing North Korean threats [Commentary]
The fastest and most immediate way to provide for the defense of Hawaii is to operationalize the Aegis Ashore site located at Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai.
-
How, and why, to hold defense companies accountable [Commentary]
Government agencies responsible for national security are dependent on private defense firms. These companies are primarily responsible to shareholders rather than the American people. How can they be held accountable to the nation’s interests?
-
The US and UAE forge a new path on defense [Commentary]
US and UAE officials recently signed a landmark Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) expanding work in key defense and security arenas between the two partners.
-
Restoring the balance on NATO’s eastern flank [Commentary]
Russian anti-access, area denial bubbles in the Kaliningrad enclave and on the Crimean Peninsula restrict NATO’s self-defense capabilities.
-
Take a lesson from the Cold War to work with North Korea [Commentary]
In their classic work “Thinking in Time,” Richard Neustadt and Ernest May developed a useful manual of statecraft designed to improve the decision-making abilities of national leaders through the proper uses of history.
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Make a move: Key steps to a new NATO air power game plan [Commentary]
Russia remains a growing threat to NATO, and the alliance is designing a new air power strategy. To take full advantage of NATO’s overwhelming potential to deliver precise combat power from the air, this new strategy should focus on three long-term tasks.
-
Okay US allies, give it to us straight
The Paris Air Show is not the first big defense show since Trump took office. We got a fair amount of commentary about the Trump administration from countries in the Middle East during the IDEX show in Abu Dhabi, and American policy also came up at both IMDEX and Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. But Paris…
-
What went wrong with Lockheed’s F-35? [Commentary]
The F-35 should be replaced with a series of new designs targeted toward the specific mission requirements of the individual branches of the armed forces, in lieu of a single aircraft design trying to be everything to everyone.
-
See you around, shipmate
I am moving on from Defense News after more than 13 years as this publication’s naval warfare correspondent. For five years prior to that I was at Navy Times, lastly as the managing editor. It’s been a very long and amazingly fruitful association with what was the Army Times Publishing Company, now Sightline Media Group,…
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5 ways to manage federally funded R&D portfolios in an uncertain political climate [Commentary]
U.S. scientific and technological superiority is at a tipping point. With the current White House push to reduce funding of basic science and focus on later-stage science and technology, the superiority advantage is likely to erode further.
-
Storm in the Pacific: Defending against growing North Korean threats [Commentary]
The fastest and most immediate way to provide for the defense of Hawaii is to operationalize the Aegis Ashore site located at Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai.
-
How, and why, to hold defense companies accountable [Commentary]
Government agencies responsible for national security are dependent on private defense firms. These companies are primarily responsible to shareholders rather than the American people. How can they be held accountable to the nation’s interests?
-
The US and UAE forge a new path on defense [Commentary]
US and UAE officials recently signed a landmark Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) expanding work in key defense and security arenas between the two partners.
-
Restoring the balance on NATO’s eastern flank [Commentary]
Russian anti-access, area denial bubbles in the Kaliningrad enclave and on the Crimean Peninsula restrict NATO’s self-defense capabilities.
-
Take a lesson from the Cold War to work with North Korea [Commentary]
In their classic work “Thinking in Time,” Richard Neustadt and Ernest May developed a useful manual of statecraft designed to improve the decision-making abilities of national leaders through the proper uses of history.
