The US Coast Guard in recent months has been signaling to industry it would soon advance its Arctic Security Cutter program through a series of requests for information and discussions with vendors from multiple countries.
In this op-ed, Lt. Col. Jeffery M. Fritz proposes the US buy the Commander Islands from Russia in order to better monitor Chinese subs.
Explore how networked warfare, AI, and 3D-printed drones are reshaping US Indo-Pacific strategy.
In light of Canada's recent purchase of JORN from Australia, Elizabeth Buchanan writes in this op-ed that the two nations should continue to foster a polar partnership.
The contract award comes as President Donald Trump has been publicly calling for the United States to buy dozens of new icebreakers.
For the first time, the DoD is flying a protected military satellite communications payload on an internationally operated, commercial satellite.
Andrew Spafford and Samantha Olson in this op-ed lay out ways the US and Canada could work together to establish a stronger presence in the Arctic, but acknowledge that Canada may not have the ability to build its forces.
The U.S. Army’s MAPS Gen II program of record for assured PNT provides an authoritative and reliable source of truth for combat vehicles in a highly contested battlespace.
Russia has the world's largest icebreaker fleet, and China is investing. Here's how many icebreakers the US and its allies have - and how they intend to compete going forward.
The service has been conducting several R&D and procurement programs to prepare its vehicles to succeed in extreme weather conditions.
The satellites carry a handful of different payloads, including the two US Space Force Enhanced Polar System-Recapitalization jam-resistant communication payloads, an X-band communications payload for Norway's Ministry of Defence, and a Ka-band payload for commercial firm Viasat.
The new strategy comes as the US, Canada and Finland embark on a new strategic agreement to build ice-breaking ships.
CDAO’s Advana data analytics platform is ingesting data from about 500 DoD business systems.
The new strategy "seeks to capitalize on this strength and prioritizes three key areas of cooperation with our Allies in the region: presence, know-how, and capabilities," writes DoD official Iris A. Ferguson in this op-ed.
"Without this arrangement, we'd risk our adversaries developing an advantage in a specialized technology with vast geostrategic importance," a White House official said.
Commander of the Finnish Defense Forces Gen. Janne Jaakkola in this op-ed discusses Finland's military positioning as part of NATO.
In this exclusive op-ed, Minister of National Defence for Canada Bill Blair discusses Canada's investments into NATO and how it plans to remain a committed ally.