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Target practice and North Korea’s missiles
There is a way to slow down North Korea’s missile program and there is no need to launch any military attack on the Pyongyang regime.
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![Defense acquisition: Focus on the requirement document, not the process [Commentary]](https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/635856995242078988-pentagon-gettyjpg.jpg?w=1024)
Defense acquisition: Focus on the requirement document, not the process [Commentary]
The most important, yet most overlooked, product in the defense acquisition system is a succinct operational requirements document.
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![Rest easy, changes at the top are a good sign [Editorial]](https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/635990095790276161-dfn-jill-aitoro-portrait-defense-news-05-13-2016-dw124jpg.jpg?w=1024)
Rest easy, changes at the top are a good sign [Editorial]
Every year there’s some churn in leadership among the top defense companies. People retire. Acquisitions bring shifts at the top. Scandals happen. But among the standout findings from our Top 100 list this year was the number of execs that have moved on. So what’s happening?
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![Hawaii in the crosshairs: The North Korean ICBM threat [Commentary]](https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/north-korea-icbm-launch.jpg.jpg?w=1024)
Hawaii in the crosshairs: The North Korean ICBM threat [Commentary]
North Korea is pursuing an ICBM, and its demonstration of foolhardy behavior combined with increasingly hostile rhetoric proves this is a real threat the United States cannot afford to ignore.
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A state of military un-readiness: How budget caps threaten national security
While America’s military remains a potent power on the battlefield, the growing boldness of our adversaries is evidence that our forces no longer provide the overwhelming deterrent they once did.
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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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Target practice and North Korea’s missiles
There is a way to slow down North Korea’s missile program and there is no need to launch any military attack on the Pyongyang regime.
-
Defense acquisition: Focus on the requirement document, not the process [Commentary]
The most important, yet most overlooked, product in the defense acquisition system is a succinct operational requirements document.
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Rest easy, changes at the top are a good sign [Editorial]
Every year there’s some churn in leadership among the top defense companies. People retire. Acquisitions bring shifts at the top. Scandals happen. But among the standout findings from our Top 100 list this year was the number of execs that have moved on. So what’s happening?
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Hawaii in the crosshairs: The North Korean ICBM threat [Commentary]
North Korea is pursuing an ICBM, and its demonstration of foolhardy behavior combined with increasingly hostile rhetoric proves this is a real threat the United States cannot afford to ignore.
-
A state of military un-readiness: How budget caps threaten national security
While America’s military remains a potent power on the battlefield, the growing boldness of our adversaries is evidence that our forces no longer provide the overwhelming deterrent they once did.
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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.
-
Target practice and North Korea’s missiles
There is a way to slow down North Korea’s missile program and there is no need to launch any military attack on the Pyongyang regime.
-
Defense acquisition: Focus on the requirement document, not the process [Commentary]
The most important, yet most overlooked, product in the defense acquisition system is a succinct operational requirements document.
-
Rest easy, changes at the top are a good sign [Editorial]
Every year there’s some churn in leadership among the top defense companies. People retire. Acquisitions bring shifts at the top. Scandals happen. But among the standout findings from our Top 100 list this year was the number of execs that have moved on. So what’s happening?
-
Hawaii in the crosshairs: The North Korean ICBM threat [Commentary]
North Korea is pursuing an ICBM, and its demonstration of foolhardy behavior combined with increasingly hostile rhetoric proves this is a real threat the United States cannot afford to ignore.
-
A state of military un-readiness: How budget caps threaten national security
While America’s military remains a potent power on the battlefield, the growing boldness of our adversaries is evidence that our forces no longer provide the overwhelming deterrent they once did.
-
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,…
-
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.
