As the Pentagon’s Small Business Strategy makes clear, small companies are key to helping the U.S. ensure its technological superiority. 12 days ago
Calls to make Ukraine a laboratory and a testing ground for our own weapons and platforms are the right ones. 13 days ago
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. 2 weeks ago
A combination of enabling technologies and analytic capabilities produce a virtual model of a process, system, or object, informed by real-time data. 3 weeks ago
The safety and readiness of the force is too important to get lost in clever language about decision frameworks and assessment tools. 3 weeks ago
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. 3 weeks ago
New dynamics have created the best opportunity in a generation for progress on Middle East integrated air and missile defenses. 4 weeks ago
We may have dodged a bullet this time, but the conflict is nowhere near over. 4 weeks ago
To achieve the transformative effect needed to bolster deterrence against China, the Biden administration needs to keep its foot on the gas. 4 weeks ago
The real valley of death is not funding; it’s transitioning. 4 weeks ago
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. 5 weeks ago
The eventual passing grade is actually secondary to the kind of progress driven by the audit. 5 weeks ago
While procurement numbers and fleet size are important, they are not a proxy for assessing warfighting prowess. 5 weeks ago
Suggestions that there is no need for a sea-based battle staff platform fly in the face of Cold War and recent history. 5 weeks ago
Zealous reformers continue to over-focus on weapons buys when hardware is increasingly the commodity. 5 weeks ago
Systemic barriers to innovation persist within the military’s acquisition system that prevent the adoption of emerging technology. 6 weeks ago
The Pentagon is woefully unprepared to integrate commercial technologies and private capital at scale. 7 weeks ago
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. 7 weeks ago
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