The NIH-Pentagon deal isn’t a cash grab. It’s a rescue.
As global threats move faster than ever, uniting defense capability with scientific innovation is not a luxury, it’s an imperative, argues former Pentagon official David Lasseter.
If Washington is going to be a shareholder, it should act like one
As governments increasingly seek to broaden industrial advantages, if the US is going to follow suit, its justifications should be clear, exceptional and subject to consistent rules, two advisors argue.
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Processor upgrades enable computing at the edge
Avoiding vendor lock and providing more room for sensors and upgrades are critical considerations.
How China is rethinking tank survival against FPVs and top-attack threats
The drone age did not end armored warfare. It rewrote the terms of survival, and Chinese military analysts are paying attention.
The US needs an information-warfare strategy for Iran — and beyond
In the face of authoritarian oppression, a US-made information warfare tool set could enhance the lives of those living in restrictive countries.
NATO is measuring Russian adaptation the wrong way
For NATO, reproducibility should become a distinct measure of Russian military capability, driving how the alliance plans for the future.
Now is the wrong time for the Pentagon to pull back from Europe
The Hudson Institute's Daniel Kochis argues in this op-ed that Russia must remain convinced that America’s presence, combined with European NATO members’ firepower, is enough not to risk a direct confrontation.
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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.
Overlooking the obvious: The most likely way AI can enable terror attacks
Nightmare scenarios of AI-engineered super-plagues or nuclear bombs have, understandably, attracted the most attention. But there is lots of lower-hanging fruit for terrorists.
Fixing the machine: Inside the Navy’s race to rebuild its aviator pipeline
An in-depth discussion with the service's chief of Naval Air Training Command.
To counter China, America’s next CCA needs a different mission
The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments' Greg Malandrino argues in this op-ed that a fight with China will require CCAs for defense as well as offense.
In the rush to buy drones, make sure not to stockpile obsolescence
In this op-ed, the commander of the DCMA’s Unmanned Systems – Experimental Command (US-X) warns that unit cost can't be the driver when looking at small drones.
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How the industrial base is responding to Air Force, Space Force needs
Demand signals from leadership are shaping investments in design, engineering and manufacturing.
The president doesn’t need a one-trick Army
In our high-tech, fast-moving world, the US Army should stop optimizing for prediction and start optimizing for uncertainty, argues this retired one-star general.
America is sailing through the Taiwan Strait less. Does it matter?
A Heritage Foundation study shows a significant drop in Taiwan Strait transits by the US military under the second Trump administration.
Fatalities at CYBERCOM merit Pentagon intervention
Recent suicides among US cyber personnel should serve as a call to action for implementing durable institutional change, Joshua Stiefel argues.
The defense sector is under water: Maritime investments reflect growing threats
A recent sequence of undersea-focused defense acquisitions is a welcome pivot to a critical warfighting domain, two CSIS experts argue.