Air Force Gen. CQ Brown received praise for his career while fielding some culture war questions from Republicans, and separately indicated he would not work for a defense contractor after serving as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
By Michael MarrowTop defense insights from 2024
A curated look at standout opinions and analysis covering topics like uncrewed systems, NATO partnerships, US-Saudi defense dynamics, and evolving warfare strategies, spotlighting key issues shaping the global defense landscape.
Legislation would require the 75% of the department’s FY23 non-tactical vehicle purchases to be electric or zero-emissions.
By Andrew Eversden
Adm. Christopher Grady appears poised to become the military’s second highest ranking officer.
By Justin Katz
A senior Navy admiral says the service is “pretty good” at firefighting at sea, but conceded “education” and “spot checking” is necessary at the shipyards.
By Justin Katz
Approximately 50 experts in cloud computing were responsible for selecting Microsoft for the JEDI contract, and were anonymous to prevent political influence from the White House.
By Barry Rosenberg
But Col. Kathryn Spletstoser doubled down on her accusations against her former boss: “He could have raped me.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“Arlington is full of our comrades, and we understand absolutely full well the hazards of our chosen profession … and we are not going to be intimidated into making stupid decisions. We will give our best military advice, regardless of the consequences to ourselves.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Integrating commercial off-the-shelf computing on military platforms and how to make it work
The systems may be off-the-shelf, but the packaging for integration on vehicles and ships provides cradle-to-grave resiliency.
A bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives is urging Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to budget $1.5 billion a year to reinforce US forces in the Pacific to better support Asian allies, stiffening their spines against Chinese intimidation. Known as the Asia-Pacific Stability Initiative and endorsed by the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal, it’s a proposal…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
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Mattis Signals Strong Commitment To Allies, Especially NATO; Announces Weapons Review
Presumptive Defense Secretary James Mattis sent a clear signal to America’s allies — and to his presumptive boss, President-Elect Trump — that the NATO alliance is “enormously” important and that America “must also take no ally for granted.” If approved by the Senate, Mattis said, in written answers to questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee,…
By Colin Clark
CAPITOL HILL: Despite tight budgets at the Pentagon, the Navy wants to speed-up several shipbuilding programs — amphibious warships, destroyers, and submarines — and Congress seems inclined to give them the money. That’s testimony both to the perennial political popularity of shipbuilding, which employs a lot of voters, and to the rising strategic anxiety over…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
WASHINGTON: The youngest senator on Capitol Hill, and one of the very few lawmakers who can wear a Bronze Star and a Ranger tab, has stepped right from his one-term House seat to chairmanship of one of the most important subcommittees on Capitol Hill. That would be Tom Cotton of Arkansas, the new chair of…
By Colin Clark
