The Hudson Institute’s Bryan Clark argues in this op-ed that balancing tight budgets with global demands should push the Navy to rethink how it’s buying ships.
In this op-ed, Bryan Clark lays out potential topics of discussion at this year’s Indo-Pacific Exposition in Sydney, Australia, such as the future of AUKUS.
Long-range missiles, missile defenses, and robotic ships will be essential adjuncts to the big, expensive “Death Stars” that dominate the Navy budget, says Bryan Clark of the Hudson Institute.
Instead of laborious decades-long development cycles that produce exquisite, expensive military-specific systems, the Pentagon needs to exploit affordable, off-the-shelf 5G technology that’s available right now, say two Hudson Institute analysts.
Pentagon leaders should down-scope JADC2 around a smaller set of force compositions, focused on problems facing combatant commanders and using the forces deploying to or already in theater, argue Bryan Clark and Dan Patt.
If missile defenses can’t protect everything, then Pentagon planners need to start thinking about new ways of deploying their limited assets – and that means new risks, say two Hudson Institute experts.
With time and money both running short, fielding a force to deter Chinese aggression will require a new approach to naval aviation. writes Bryan Clark and Timothy A. Walton.
Instead of throwing subsidies around indiscriminately, the authors argue, the US government needs to invest only in crucial new technologies while crafting policy incentives to shift industry behavior.
To compete with China, DoD needs to focus on spoiling Chinese military and paramilitary success at lower levels on the escalation ladder. This is more closely aligned with maneuver warfare concepts like DARPA’s Mosaic Warfare.
The US military is rolling out AI-enabled projects like the Air Force’s Airborne Battle Management System or the Army’s Project Convergence. But the novelty of these demonstrations and the effort required to pull them off suggest that—unlike Silicon Valley—DoD is struggling to incorporate AI into its combat systems, aircraft, ships, and other equipment. DoD promulgated an…
The Electromagnetic Spectrum is the key to waging electronic warfare, and EW is key to waging modern war. An enemy who can jam communications or GPS, mislead you (spoofing is the term of art) and stop your weapons from functioning (cyber attacks using radio waves). The US largely abandoned EW after the Cold War ended.…
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
The Hudson Institute’s Bryan Clark argues in this op-ed that balancing tight budgets with global demands should push the Navy to rethink how it’s buying ships.
By Bryan Clark