Commentary


  • The CVN, at Full Speed, But Going Where?
    The CVN, at Full Speed, But Going Where?

    The Navy currently has 10 nuclear-propelled aircraft carriers in commission, one of which is in a multiyear overhaul/nuclear refueling. The other nine ships can sustain only two or three ships forward-deployed in crisis-conflict areas at any time. Is it time to reexamine the US Navy’s carrier program and future plans?

  • US Air Force Key to Third Offset Strategy
    US Air Force Key to Third Offset Strategy

    An offset should throw adversaries back on their heels. It should make them cringe and say: “Where did that come from?” In its simplest form it means harnessing existing technologies while investing in new ones to better effects.

  • Editorial: Trump’s Simplistic World
    Editorial: Trump’s Simplistic World

    One way or the other, Trump’s rise on the national stage will have long-term implications even beyond Election Day. The man has a lot of ardent believers, and he gives form to a deeply human desire to live in a world that is fundamentally simple. Except that it’s not.

  • Russian Cyber Attacks Highlight Need For Next-Generation GPS
    Russian Cyber Attacks Highlight Need For Next-Generation GPS

    Regardless of who wins the White House, it is unlikely the end of the election will bring an end to cyber attacks from Russia. The new Cold War is heating up and the weapons are computer code and the battlefield is cyberspace.

  • 30 Years: Covering the Nexus of Business and Politics in Defense
    30 Years: Covering the Nexus of Business and Politics in Defense

    From the very beginning, Defense News knew how to deliver a good story, like the one involving Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, his charismatic yet combative Navy secretary and a carving knife.

  • 30 Years: Defense Tales From the UK Side of the Atlantic
    30 Years: Defense Tales From the UK Side of the Atlantic

    When Defense News first hit the street in 1986, the Cold War was edging toward a close, and thoughts here in Britain and elsewhere would soon be turning to how we could go about spending the surplus cash generated by the peace dividend. It was a seemingly inauspicious time to launch a weekly defense newspaper.

  • 30 Years: How Times Have Changed — Reflecting on Decades at Defense News
    30 Years: How Times Have Changed — Reflecting on Decades at Defense News

    It’s been a privilege to witness the evolution in political correctness, but more importantly in equal opportunity, where a woman can be secretary of state, national security adviser, Air Force secretary and Lockheed CEO.

  • Honoring Three Decades in Defense
    Honoring Three Decades in Defense

    Since Our First Issue in 1986, ‘All is Flux, Nothing Stays the Same’

  • Building Syria on the Bones of Daesh
    Building Syria on the Bones of Daesh

    Defeating Daesh must be linked organically to the eventual rebirth of a post-Assad Syrian state featuring pluralism, rule of law, empowered local governance, reconciliation and reconstruction.

  • DoD Is Losing the Online Fight to Win Hearts and Minds
    DoD Is Losing the Online Fight to Win Hearts and Minds

    The US must dominate the informational battle space in the same way its able to control the skies or snatch a terrorist leader anywhere in the world.

  • The CVN, at Full Speed, But Going Where?
    The CVN, at Full Speed, But Going Where?

    The Navy currently has 10 nuclear-propelled aircraft carriers in commission, one of which is in a multiyear overhaul/nuclear refueling. The other nine ships can sustain only two or three ships forward-deployed in crisis-conflict areas at any time. Is it time to reexamine the US Navy’s carrier program and future plans?

  • US Air Force Key to Third Offset Strategy
    US Air Force Key to Third Offset Strategy

    An offset should throw adversaries back on their heels. It should make them cringe and say: “Where did that come from?” In its simplest form it means harnessing existing technologies while investing in new ones to better effects.

  • Editorial: Trump’s Simplistic World
    Editorial: Trump’s Simplistic World

    One way or the other, Trump’s rise on the national stage will have long-term implications even beyond Election Day. The man has a lot of ardent believers, and he gives form to a deeply human desire to live in a world that is fundamentally simple. Except that it’s not.

  • Russian Cyber Attacks Highlight Need For Next-Generation GPS
    Russian Cyber Attacks Highlight Need For Next-Generation GPS

    Regardless of who wins the White House, it is unlikely the end of the election will bring an end to cyber attacks from Russia. The new Cold War is heating up and the weapons are computer code and the battlefield is cyberspace.

  • 30 Years: Covering the Nexus of Business and Politics in Defense
    30 Years: Covering the Nexus of Business and Politics in Defense

    From the very beginning, Defense News knew how to deliver a good story, like the one involving Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, his charismatic yet combative Navy secretary and a carving knife.

  • 30 Years: Defense Tales From the UK Side of the Atlantic
    30 Years: Defense Tales From the UK Side of the Atlantic

    When Defense News first hit the street in 1986, the Cold War was edging toward a close, and thoughts here in Britain and elsewhere would soon be turning to how we could go about spending the surplus cash generated by the peace dividend. It was a seemingly inauspicious time to launch a weekly defense newspaper.

  • 30 Years: How Times Have Changed — Reflecting on Decades at Defense News
    30 Years: How Times Have Changed — Reflecting on Decades at Defense News

    It’s been a privilege to witness the evolution in political correctness, but more importantly in equal opportunity, where a woman can be secretary of state, national security adviser, Air Force secretary and Lockheed CEO.

  • Honoring Three Decades in Defense
    Honoring Three Decades in Defense

    Since Our First Issue in 1986, ‘All is Flux, Nothing Stays the Same’

  • Building Syria on the Bones of Daesh
    Building Syria on the Bones of Daesh

    Defeating Daesh must be linked organically to the eventual rebirth of a post-Assad Syrian state featuring pluralism, rule of law, empowered local governance, reconciliation and reconstruction.

  • DoD Is Losing the Online Fight to Win Hearts and Minds
    DoD Is Losing the Online Fight to Win Hearts and Minds

    The US must dominate the informational battle space in the same way its able to control the skies or snatch a terrorist leader anywhere in the world.

  • The CVN, at Full Speed, But Going Where?
    The CVN, at Full Speed, But Going Where?

    The Navy currently has 10 nuclear-propelled aircraft carriers in commission, one of which is in a multiyear overhaul/nuclear refueling. The other nine ships can sustain only two or three ships forward-deployed in crisis-conflict areas at any time. Is it time to reexamine the US Navy’s carrier program and future plans?

  • US Air Force Key to Third Offset Strategy
    US Air Force Key to Third Offset Strategy

    An offset should throw adversaries back on their heels. It should make them cringe and say: “Where did that come from?” In its simplest form it means harnessing existing technologies while investing in new ones to better effects.

  • Editorial: Trump’s Simplistic World
    Editorial: Trump’s Simplistic World

    One way or the other, Trump’s rise on the national stage will have long-term implications even beyond Election Day. The man has a lot of ardent believers, and he gives form to a deeply human desire to live in a world that is fundamentally simple. Except that it’s not.

  • Russian Cyber Attacks Highlight Need For Next-Generation GPS
    Russian Cyber Attacks Highlight Need For Next-Generation GPS

    Regardless of who wins the White House, it is unlikely the end of the election will bring an end to cyber attacks from Russia. The new Cold War is heating up and the weapons are computer code and the battlefield is cyberspace.

  • 30 Years: Covering the Nexus of Business and Politics in Defense
    30 Years: Covering the Nexus of Business and Politics in Defense

    From the very beginning, Defense News knew how to deliver a good story, like the one involving Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, his charismatic yet combative Navy secretary and a carving knife.

  • 30 Years: Defense Tales From the UK Side of the Atlantic
    30 Years: Defense Tales From the UK Side of the Atlantic

    When Defense News first hit the street in 1986, the Cold War was edging toward a close, and thoughts here in Britain and elsewhere would soon be turning to how we could go about spending the surplus cash generated by the peace dividend. It was a seemingly inauspicious time to launch a weekly defense newspaper.

  • 30 Years: How Times Have Changed — Reflecting on Decades at Defense News
    30 Years: How Times Have Changed — Reflecting on Decades at Defense News

    It’s been a privilege to witness the evolution in political correctness, but more importantly in equal opportunity, where a woman can be secretary of state, national security adviser, Air Force secretary and Lockheed CEO.

  • Honoring Three Decades in Defense
    Honoring Three Decades in Defense

    Since Our First Issue in 1986, ‘All is Flux, Nothing Stays the Same’

  • Building Syria on the Bones of Daesh
    Building Syria on the Bones of Daesh

    Defeating Daesh must be linked organically to the eventual rebirth of a post-Assad Syrian state featuring pluralism, rule of law, empowered local governance, reconciliation and reconstruction.

  • DoD Is Losing the Online Fight to Win Hearts and Minds
    DoD Is Losing the Online Fight to Win Hearts and Minds

    The US must dominate the informational battle space in the same way its able to control the skies or snatch a terrorist leader anywhere in the world.