“We know that over the past decade, we have not paid attention to our installations the way we should,” said Ravi Chaudhary, assistant secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations and Environment.
By Michael MarrowReassessing America’s defense strategy for a safer future
In an unpredictable world, a strong and innovative military is essential to protect the United States and its economic interests.
“The Pacific Islands occupy a pivotal location that is important to U.S. efforts to protect Americans and deny China’s regional hegemonic ambitions,” Andrew Harding, the report’s author says.
By Colin Clark
The company’s capability to precisely measure land surface temperatures — using data from a wide variety or Earth monitoring satellites and a software suite for data fusion — has potential military and national security applications.
By Theresa Hitchens
“One of China’s most salient advantages in the competition is its ability to identify and woo both public influencers and elites in [Pacific island] governments, whether via licit or illicit means,” MITRE analysts conclude.
By Colin Clark
“High resolution (spatial and temporal) global weather data is more readily accessible from commercial platforms, and is increasingly important for making well-informed decisions in geographically diverse environments around the world,” the DIU-AFLCMC announcement states.
By Theresa Hitchens
The National Security Strategy is finally out, 22 months into the Biden administration. But what does it actually say?
By Valerie Insinna
How advanced sensors are shaping the battlefield
Ground platform situational awareness is critical as vehicle crew survivability depends upon it.
China is still the pacing threat, but challenges like climate change, inflation and food insecurity “are not marginal issues, they are not secondary to geopolitics,” said National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
By Valerie Insinna
Step-by-step plan shows that nearly 76 percent of the that $6.8 billion goes toward increasing the climate resiliency of Army installations with microgrids and vehicle electrification.
By Andrew Eversden
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken made a bold promise to the Pacific island leaders: “You can count on the United States partnering with you.”
By Colin Clark
The Navy’s deal with the city to generate energy credits is a “first-of-it-kind” agreement between San Diego Port and a Pentagon agency.
By Justin Katz
The concept of solar power satellites, first posited in 1968, seems to be back in fashion — not just in the US with initiatives at DoD and NASA, but around the globe, including in Beijing.
By Theresa Hitchens
The war game is the first in a series of many to explore how the impact of climate change — from storms to fires — could affect operations, according to a senior official.
By Justin Katz
“So for example, if you collect an image of a…ground radar…and you determine that there’s also an electromagnetic signal coming from it that you collect through another platform and then you integrate it together, then that’s really interesting and it’s quite useful,” Air Force Deputy CIO Winston Beauchamp said.
By Jaspreet Gill
In this op-ed, Caroline Baxter lays out why climate change needs to be integrated into military preparations.
By Caroline Baxter