The president doesn’t need a one-trick Army
In our high-tech, fast-moving world, the US Army should stop optimizing for prediction and start optimizing for uncertainty, argues this retired one-star general.
What China’s PLA says it is learning from the Iran war
From AI integration to the economics of air and missile defense, Chinese military commentators are paying especially close attention to the US-Israel war in Iran.
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Engineering decision advantage for the warfighter
Multi-orbit mission capabilities are accelerating decision making across domains.
America is sailing through the Taiwan Strait less. Does it matter?
A Heritage Foundation study shows a significant drop in Taiwan Strait transits by the US military under the second Trump administration.
Fatalities at CYBERCOM merit Pentagon intervention
Recent suicides among US cyber personnel should serve as a call to action for implementing durable institutional change, Joshua Stiefel argues.
The defense sector is under water: Maritime investments reflect growing threats
A recent sequence of undersea-focused defense acquisitions is a welcome pivot to a critical warfighting domain, two CSIS experts argue.
Updating Navy warships at the speed of software
After years of wanting and waiting, the Navy is now updating combat systems over-the-air on ships at sea, write two Navy Department leaders.
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Acquisition reform at the speed of war
As part of the DoW’s acquisition transformation, streamlined processes must be extended to all companies in the defense industrial base.
Top cover and clear metrics: How to make the new PAE structure work
Two moves, made in the right order, will break portfolios — and eventually the acquisition system as a whole — out of the compliance trap, writes Timothy Cooke in this op-ed.
Everyone is learning the wrong lessons from Ukraine’s drone war
Everyone is focused on Ukraine’s drones. They should be focused on Ukraine’s ability to adapt.
The confidence deficit in space
Satellite operators make decisions based on the quality and confidence of orbital data they receive. But new research indicates that such data must be improved in order for space safety and security to be effective, argues Dan Oltrogge.
With Hormuz in the spotlight, the Navy can do better
CSIS's Mark Cancian responds to a recent op-ed in Breaking Defense about the relative standstill at the strait.
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Biodefense is force protection: Ready today, prepared for tomorrow
A decorated combat aviator and biotech CEO advocates preparing for novel viral threats before the next crisis.
The devil was in the waivers: How new minerals procurement rules will change the game
Establishing durable domestic mineral supply chains will likely require closer coordination between US defense primes as well as small businesses and new entrants, says Abigail Hunter.
Airpower opened Iran’s skies. Why hasn’t it reopened Hormuz?
The hardest lesson of the Iran war for a US military "that has dominated the blue skies for generations," two Stimson Center experts argue, "may be that the decisive contest has moved below."
Protecting America’s troops on the digital battlefield: Rep. Jackson
Rep. Ronny Jackson lays out his concerns about ubiquitous technical surveillance, or UTS, in this new op-ed.
Time to decide: A critical moment in Japan-US missile defense cooperation
In the face of growing air and missile threats in the Pacific, robust radar coverage and command networks will be critical to US and Japanese defense objectives, Tom Karako writes.