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.
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Advances in propellants, made in America, are crucial to long range-artillery fires
Smart solutions are available to access proven advanced technology, modernize the organic industrial base, and expand secure domestic production.
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Winning the information war is as much about ideas and perception as it is about data
"Being able to tell the commander you don't need to do something is actually a pretty powerful message, as well."
Lockheed targets global energetics expansion with Australia’s GWEO as model
"The next priority for production is Europe," Lockheed's Tim Cahill told reporters. "I would say the Middle East is the next area of direct priority and interest, both on the part of the countries and the part for us to produce."
The US is losing the race for better munitions. Here’s how to help.
In this op-ed, Will Durant of ETC explains that the US is behind its adversaries in innovating new munitions, and how it can catch up.
Pioneering Progress: How a munitions campus propels the US defense industrial base forward
The Defense Department’s recent suggestions that it is poised to create a “munitions campus" would greatly benefit the US and its partners, writes Nadia Schadlow.
Ukraine war shows America could be outgunned without investing in energetics
Energetic materials — critical chemicals that help determine the range, size, and explosive power of missiles and rockets — are in dangerously short supply for American interests, write Nadia Schadlow and Brady Helwig of the Hudson Institute.
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