Commentary

Warren warns against Pentagon-defense industry revolving door

The next Joint Chiefs chair can set an example by promising not to jump to a lucrative job working on behalf of a defense contractor or foreign adversary.

Opinion

How ‘digital twins’ make defense supply chains more resilient

A combination of enabling technologies and analytic capabilities produce a virtual model of a process, system, or object, informed by real-time data.

Protect the force with timely and robust readiness funding

The safety and readiness of the force is too important to get lost in clever language about decision frameworks and assessment tools.

Marines slam a shrinking amphibious fleet, but the Navy isn’t to blame

The genesis of an amphibious lift shortfall is the Corps’ abandonment of its long-standing requirement for a larger fleet of 38 ships, this Marine says.

Now is the time to integrate Mideast air defenses

New dynamics have created the best opportunity in a generation for progress on Middle East integrated air and missile defenses.

Evacuating Sudan: An amphibious gap and missed opportunity

We may have dodged a bullet this time, but the conflict is nowhere near over.

Is America postured for a fight in the Indo-Pacific?

To achieve the transformative effect needed to bolster deterrence against China, the Biden administration needs to keep its foot on the gas.

Congress solved acquisition reform. Now we must fix incentives.

The real valley of death is not funding; it’s transitioning.

It’s time to resource the Air Force fighter enterprise the US needs

Congress should block the Air Force’s budget-driven request to retire 32 of its F-22s, while providing the resources necessary for air superiority.

What’s the real value of the US Defense Department audit?

The eventual passing grade is actually secondary to the kind of progress driven by the audit.

Beyond ship counts: Training, readiness and capabilities ‘count’ too

While procurement numbers and fleet size are important, they are not a proxy for assessing warfighting prowess.

Why the US Navy needs dedicated command ships

Suggestions that there is no need for a sea-based battle staff platform fly in the face of Cold War and recent history.

The US military must move beyond defense-reform theater

Zealous reformers continue to over-focus on weapons buys when hardware is increasingly the commodity.

How to accelerate innovation adoption at the Pentagon

Systemic barriers to innovation persist within the military’s acquisition system that prevent the adoption of emerging technology.

An organizational road map for Pentagon to deter China, win in Ukraine

The Pentagon is woefully unprepared to integrate commercial technologies and private capital at scale.

Five scenarios for the FY24 defense budget

The political fight over the U.S. federal debt ceiling makes the outcome for the fiscal 2024 defense budget difficult to predict. But we'll still try.