Report: US counter-drone defenses ‘insufficient’ as China scales up unmanned capabilities
Stacie Pettyjohn, a co-author of the new Center for New American Security study, told Breaking Defense the US should focus on three c-UAS tactics.
Promising biotech startups ‘dying on the vine’: In-Q-Tel
While billions pour into pharmaceutical biotech, officials and experts warn there’s much less private investment in products more relevant to the military, like body armor materials, anti-corrosion coatings, and explosives.
10 Breaking Defense op-eds that defined 2025
It's been a whirlwind of a year — and the defense establishment has plenty of thoughts on how it's unfolded and what might come next.
The difference between artificial intelligence and machine learning and why it matters
A Breaking Defense webinar with experts from CDAO, APL, and CNAS gets into the question of defining artificial intelligence vs machine learning.
The case for an immediate, US-led, stabilization mission in Gaza
Without a multi-national force plan to provide aid and security to the vulnerable Palestinian population, the IDF will be unsuccessful in dismantling Hamas, argues Jonathan Lord of CNAS.
White House AI exec order raises questions on future of DoD innovation
"What's really going to matter is how these various departments and agencies actually start building the rules and interpreting the guidance that they received in the executive order," Klon Kitchen of Beacon Global Strategies told Breaking Defense.
With ITAR reform, ‘culture change’ will be key to AUKUS, says Australia’s Chief Defense Scientist
“I've had up close and personal experience where [US] leaders responsible for certain areas of technology have given direction that [Australia] is to be brought in because we have something to offer,” said Tanya Monro, “and yet, it still gets strangled.”
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
‘A bloody mess’ with ‘terrible loss of life’: How a China-US conflict over Taiwan could play out
Early results from a DC think tank's wargame suggest the US would prevail in defending Taiwan from China, but at a heavy cost that would leave it ill-prepared for new threats from Russia or Iran.
US at ‘relative disadvantage’ in biotech compared to China, report finds
“A successful U.S. biotechnology strategy will not be about biotechnology on its own; it will connect growth in the biotech industry to broader U.S. strategic objectives [...],” according to a new CNAS report.
4 lessons China should take from Ukraine: Pentagon policy chief
Colin Kahl, the undersecretary for defense for policy, said he hopes Russia's troubles in Ukraine are "soaking in" as China eyes Taiwan.
Show, don’t tell: Navy changes strategy to sell unmanned systems to skeptical Congress
The Navy's pitch to Congress to embrace unmanned technology is changing, analysts say, to one that embraces the 'evolutionary' rather than the 'revolutionary.'
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Keeping sensitive information safe in a new AI era
Why edge and endpoint security can’t be an afterthought.
With ‘delegation,’ US warns off China on Taiwan amid Russia’s Ukraine invasion
"The United States has not lost focus on the Indo-Pacific region, and [...] Xi should not get any ideas from Putin's aggression,” says Jacob Stokes at CNAS.
Geopolitics keeps overruling cyber norms, so what’s the alternative?
Laura G. Brent of the Center for a New American Security argues that cyber weapons have become a built-in part of the geopolitical strategies for governments around the world - and norms of behavior are now in the rear view mirror.
‘Made In USA’ Won’t Secure Supply Chain Vs. China: Solarium
Rather than try to mine strategic minerals, build key technologies, and develop high-tech talent entirely on its own, the US should work together with trusted allies like Australia, the Cyberspace Solarium Commission and other experts argue.
5G: COVID Gives US A 2nd Chance Vs. Huawei
Global recession has slowed down 5G rollouts, and Chinese overreach has alienated customers, a new CNAS study says – but the US also needs a new strategy that offers an alternative to Huawei.