Air Force braces for new era of AI-powered hacking, plus unpacking the Mecca pact
The proliferation of AI is forcing the USAF to rethink cyber defense, and a new regional defense pact could shake up arms sales in the Middle East.
Why the Army wants to deploy nuclear microreactors on US bases
The ambitious energy plan raises several unanswered questions.
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Why propulsion could be the critical piece in Golden Dome’s architecture
Throttleable systems, boost-phase interception, and new manufacturing capacity expand missile defense options.
5 key questions the Army is still working out for its nuclear microreactor plan
The Army's top energy official recently walked reporters through a series of questions he’s grappling with as part of the push to deploy nuclear microreactors at military installations around the country.
Army taps 5 vendors to move forward with nuclear microreactor prototypes
Up to $2.2 billion could be distributed among the handful of vendors.
Air Force seeks AI tool to help manage Minuteman III ICBM sustainment
The new AI tool could help cut down the cumbersome labor needed to sift through roughly 60 different data sources, according to the Air Force.
Macron’s nuclear pact expands across Scandinavia as global forces surges
Norway is just the latest ally to open discussions with Paris about France’s extended nuclear deterrence initiative.
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Three exercises that proved a new approach to C-UAS
Architecture that linked sensors, C2, RF effects, and lasers into a distributed c-UAS kill chain.
Reintroduce nuclear weapons to the Pacific to reduce the chances of war with China
By reintroducing US theater nuclear forces first in South Korea, and then more gradually in Japan, Washington can reassure its anxious allies and bolster its own national security interests, argue Kyle Balzer and Robert Peters.
President Trump should secure America’s nuclear future by taking weapons out of DoE
America’s nuclear weapons arsenal is too central to national defense to be buried inside the Department of Energy, argues Franklin C. Miller and Frank A. Rose.
Macron calls to increase French nuclear arsenal, team with Germany and others on ‘deterrent’
"We cannot be satisfied with our current trajectory and I owe the nation the absolute assurance that our nuclear deterrence remains credible," French President Emmanuel Macron said.
Caine: US objective is to keep Iran from projecting power outside own borders
“We're not going to go into the exercise of what we will or will not do,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters.
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Island surge: the Army’s Next Generation Command and Control in action
Lightning Surge exercises are turning soldier feedback on NGC2 into operational software changes in days, not years.
Costs and delays on NNSA construction projects more than doubled since 2023: GAO report
"Management, vendor, and input costs all contributed to cost growth and delays," according to the Government Accountability Office.
America needs a nuclear nonproliferation policy … again
For the last 16 years, the US has not had any nuclear nonproliferation policies. Henry Sokolski in this op-ed argues why that needs to change.
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Nevada National Security Sites: 75 years. One mission.
NNSS advances U.S. security with science, training, and stewardship to protect the nation.
Trump wants to stop nuclear proliferation. STRATCOM could play a major role.
Henry Sokolski, executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, argues that the US needs to carry a new "big stick."