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.
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.
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Localizing tactical communications for sovereign, NATO-ready C3I
Beyond foreign sales, Rafael’s model enables tech transfer, local engineering, and is a template for NATO partners.
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.
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.
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MQ-9B and Gambit Series: Advancing European Defense Capabilities
GA-ASI will build Gambit aircraft in Europe, partnered with European-based companies, with airframes available for international procurement starting in 2027.
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.
America’s fighter force is running out of margin: Rep. Biggs
The current demand signal for US air power abroad is not sustainable without significantly growing the force, argues Rep. Sheri Biggs, R-S.C.
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Addressing the ‘four tyrannies’ of the Pacific to keep logistics flowing
Predictive artificial intelligence and autonomy will reshape how forces are sustained across the Pacific.
It is time to reconsider the costs of new energetics
Considering only the price tag of a munition and its energetic filling may lead the US military to seriously undervalue improved energetics, argues CSBA's Tyler Hacker.
There has been no US naval ‘failure’ in the Strait of Hormuz
In this op-ed, Steven Wills of the Center for Maritime Security rebuts the idea that the US Navy shoulders the blame for instability around the critical waterway off the coast of Iran.
The US military campaign to stop drug trafficking has failed. It’s time to move on.
The mission has not succeeded in its core goals, and it’s using up military manpower and munitions at a time when the US is stretched on both, writes Daniel R. DePetris.
A naval failure in the Strait of Hormuz
Why can’t the world’s most powerful military secure the Strait against a country that has no navy?