Morrison’s “government has really dropped the ball on this,” Peter Dean at the University of Western Australia said. “Why had the warnings last year not been taken more seriously?”
By Colin ClarkA new approach to speed, scale and efficiency for the industrial base
Radars, EW, EO/IR, space imagery, and microelectronics are brought under one roof for a streamlined approach to common people and factories.
The White House announced that Daniel Kritenbrink, assistant secretary of State for east Asian and Pacific affairs, and Kurt Campbell, the National Security Council’s Indo-Pacific Coordinator, will lead an interagency delegation to the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Papua New Guinea.
By Colin Clark
The Strategic Capabilities Office is considering engineering designs by BWXT Advanced Technologies, LLC, and X-energy, LLC. One design will be selected and announced this spring.
By Jaspreet Gill
The bottom line, according to DIA is that space “is being increasingly militarized” around the globe, and the threats to US military and commercial space activities continue to grow, from ground-based ASAT tests, to ISR fleets, to deep space hiding places.
By Theresa Hitchens
While the NGA chief said it’s “surprising to see that information advantage on the battlefield is so far countering superior equipment and mass” in Ukraine, experts warn a future information fight with China won’t likely go as smoothly.
By Theresa Hitchens
“We have to demonstrate a resolve as a country and as an alliance that prevents the worst-case scenario from happening or nobody’s going to care how much [readiness] I preserved for the future,” Air Mobility Command head Gen. Mike Minihan said in an exclusive interview.
By Valerie Insinna
Insights on digital transformation following successes on B-21 and Sentinel
Customers and employees are experiencing the ‘Butterfly Effect’ of digital transformation from key national security programs.
“We’ve seen Russian soldiers — short of weapons and morale — refusing to carry out orders, sabotaging their own equipment and even accidentally shooting down their own aircraft,” said Sir Jeremy Fleming.
By Colin Clark
“Acute is a sharper, sort of more immediate word,” said Mark Cancian, a senior adviser to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “I think that’s a response to Ukraine, and the fact that this is not a long term challenge, it is immediate [and] happening today.”
By Valerie Insinna
“The budget was done before Russia invaded Ukraine. That does not mean that our strategy is off in any way,” a senior defense official told reporters.
By Valerie Insinna
Lawmakers’ concerns echoed similar worries brought up earlier this month during a hearing with the heads of US Central Command and US Africa Command.
By Justin Katz
Lisa Porter and Mike Griffin, the Pentagon’s two top research and engineering officials during the Trump administration, lay out the case for new conventional long-range strike options in the Pacific.
By Lisa J. Porter and Michael D. Griffin
Russian and Chinese international weapon sales are continuing on a downward trend from last year’s report.
By Justin Katz
“The lesson every Taiwanese is learning from what we are seeing in Ukraine is that we have to defend ourselves, no one else will fight for our democracy like we can,” said Kolas Yotaka, spokeswoman for Taiwan’s presidential office.
By Chris Horton
Changes in technology, terrain and society have shifted the balance between offense and defense in ways that favor democracy’s defenders in Ukraine — and beyond.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.