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Trump Budget Blames Obama By Name for Military Woes
President Donald Trump called out his predecessor by name in a budget "blueprint" released Thursday, saying Barack Obama's treatment of the U.S....
03/17/17Read it on US News & World ReportCoalition Casts Wildfire Prevention as a Military Readiness Issue
More than 40 organizations have banded together to push for a wildfire prevention amendment they want to see added to this fiscal year’s National...
1w agoRead it on Stars and StripesEven by Recent Standards, This Year's Continuing Resolution Is a Disaster
Regardless of the outcome of the upcoming midterm elections, Congress must immediately pivot to securing stable funding for the military once they...
1w agoRead it on The National InterestPentagon Backfills $200 Million for MV-75 Program
The Pentagon, two days before the fiscal year ended, applied $200 million in reprogramming funding for the Bell MV-75 program as Textron was forced...
1w agoRead it on Aviation Week
The Defense Department's Reorganization Problem Comes to Fightertown
After Hurricane Katrina exposed serious weaknesses in the federal emergency response, government leaders questioned the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s role within the Department of Homeland Security. Congress responded with the Post-Katrina Act, strengthening FEMA’s role and giving the agency greater independence. The changes improved FEMA’s position, while the wider response showed how much work remained to align authority, plans, and operations.
FEMA’s experience offers a lesson for Defense leaders: a new organization can help when leaders define the problem, assign authority, and measure results. Leaders should weigh those needs against the cost and disruption of a reorganization before changing reporting lines or creating new offices.
Europe Is Rearming — and U.S. Wall Street is Writing the Checks
The global defense industry appears to be entering a period of structural transformation
2w agoRead it on The EurAsian TimesHegseth Empowers America
Nuclear reactors at bases would mean less pollution and reduced electricity rates for civilians.
2w agoRead it on The Wall Street JournalDoD Announces $350 Million in Quantum Computing Initiatives
The DoD is allocating approximately $350 million to support diverse quantum computing approaches and applications for national security
2w agoRead it on Military+Aerospace ElectronicsPentagon Awards $6.3B Contract for SM-3 IB Missiles
Raytheon has secured another multi-year munition deal
2w agoRead it on Breaking DefenseJavelin Ramps Up: Missile Output Nearly Doubles in 2 Years
The Javelin Joint Venture says it has nearly doubled Javelin missile production capacity over two years
2w agoRead it on Defence Blog
The Emerging SQUAD
By Muhammad Shoaib • RealClearDefense
Somebody Has to Hold the Ground
By Jay Rogers • RealClearDefense
U.S. Navy Shipbuilding: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
By Brent Ramsey • RealClearDefense
The Services Do Not Need a Four-Star Autonomous Warfare Command
By Steven Wills • RealClearDefense
Honor Them While There Is Still Time
By Jeffrey Rosales • RealClearDefense
U.S. Military Gives Elon Musk’s SpaceX Access to Sensitive Tracking Data
By Guardian
USS McFaul Returns to Norfolk After 332 Day Deployment
By Sam LaGrone
The U.S. Shipbuilding Revival Is Taking Lessons Halfway Around the World
By WSJ
Hypersonic -Firing B-1B Lancer To Fly Into the 2040s
By Kris Osborn, Warrior MavenU.S. Navy Shipbuilding: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
By Brent Ramsey, RCDefense