Editorial

Defense News offers commentary and opinion that frames the global debate about defense policy, programs and strategy.

It’s time for Congress to bring back ‘Defense Valley’

Congress must ensure that our warfighters gain the most value possible from government and private sector technology development.

9 days ago

The list is here: Find out how global defense companies performed in FY21

We reveal who’s up and who’s down for 2022, based on fiscal 2021 defense revenue.

2 months ago

Outlook

What can the world expect in 2022?

The concept of collective defense is gaining momentum in a big way.

The list is here: Find out how global defense companies performed in FY20

We reveal who’s up and who’s down for 2021, based on fiscal 2020 defense revenue.

15 months ago

‘Drone Wars’: New book wonders who will be the next drone superpower

Victory in the next major conflict could very well depend on the effectiveness of drones — from their swarm capabilities to their surveillance and artificial intelligence technologies.

16 months ago

Australia is suffering from a defense information dearth

Defense reporting in a country that regards itself as one of the world’s most stable democracies has became a lot harder.

16 months ago

A fake story about the secretary of defense stole my real byline

It looked like a Defense News story but the truth was this meme was full of lies and intent on spreading misinformation.

21 months ago

We need less jargon, more nuance in 2021

Can we please do better than making acronyms like CJADC2?

21 months ago

Even a pandemic can’t stunt geopolitics

This year's Outlook authors were, understandably, unable to ignore the coronavirus pandemic. But the spread of a disease did not distract them from the affairs of geopolitics.

21 months ago

Shipbuilding: Here today, gone tomorrow

Industry well remembers the 1990s when costs drove the Navy to slash the Seawolf-class sub order from 29 hulls to just three, with no immediate replacement vesse ready to keep the lines hot.

23 months ago

Cadets watch a hand grenade drill, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.

When the challenge of coronavirus becomes a catalyst to change

Military leaders for years have said they value agility. Now they will get to watch firsthand which firms are prepared for the long term, who adapts and who merely talks about adapting.

2 years ago

When a global health crisis hits home

At the start, this was a health care crisis certainly, an economic crisis potentially. Now it's clear that no market is unaffected, and I join the rest of the world in wondering where the defense industry will land.

3 years ago