Essential Reading
Bottom Line: Compared to veterans of...
Bottom line: After succeeding in its initial...
Saturday, September 21
Set this view as default?
Yes
No
Set this view as default?
Yes
No
AM Update
WASHINGTON — As Russia and China show off their hypersonic weapons capabilities, a budget war in Congress could put one of the... Read More
Is a carrierborne FC-31 in the works? And what about Chinese 6th generation prospects?With the J-20 stealth fifth-generation aircraft... Read More
Key point: Russia is working on a new stealth bomber, but it will take a long time to fully develop.As the Su-57 fifth-generation fighter... Read More
China's military is rapidly developing unmanned aircraft and recently disclosed one of its newest systems: a supersonic reconnaissance drone... Read More
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — The Marine Corps is embarking on a major effort to equip infantrymen with a slew of new technologies as the... Read More
QUANTICO, Virginia -- Beretta Defense Technologies showed off a production model of its PMX submachine gun for the first time in the U.S.... Read More
In a previous post, I discussed the importance of developing a shared organizational vision. This idea is not new to our profession. However,... Read More
RACHEL, Nev. – In the early morning dark in the Nevada desert Friday, one of about 100 people visiting the entrance gate to Area 51... Read More
The EU is about to lose its most effective military and a veto at the UN Security Council.When I was supreme allied commander of NATO, the... Read More
The MoD say that this is vital step on the path to the first Carrier Strike Deployment planned for 2021. Read More
Originally slated to deploy last year, the Triton drones will give US commanders in the Pacific a powerful new tool to conduct surveillance,... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will deploy new forces into the Middle East to bolster the United States' ability to defend its personnel and... Read More
The U.S. Air Force has selected the Northrop Grumman B-21 to demonstrate a potentially revolutionary approach to flightworthy software.The... Read More
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has been awarded a contract under the US Army's Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS)... Read More
Essential Reading
Bottom Line: Compared to veterans of...
Bottom line: After succeeding in its initial...
As a Pentagon task force looks into unsafe drinking water on its installations, a new list of Army posts has been added to the roster of... Read More
Kelvin Hopkins Jr., the youngest of three children raised by a single parent, was a mama's boy who was hesitant to move far from home when he... Read More
The long-awaited reconstruction of the runway at Offutt Air Force Base has been pushed back 10 months and will cost $46 million more than... Read More
This past June 25th, David Bellavia was awarded the Medal of Honor in the East Room of the White House by President Trump. It was in... Read More
ISIS may have been defeated on the battlefield; but thousands of Western fighters and their families remain in detention in Syria and Iraq.... Read More
Tech workers might not realize that their opposition to the work their companies do on military technology does not change the... Read More
Coming home from war can be deeply disorienting. As you adjust to living in your community just days after leaving a conflict zone, the... Read More
As the humanitarian crisis at the southern border has grown, the President and his allies have called for the U.S. military to be deployed in... Read More
More From Real Clear
RealClearDefense Friday
Word within the Pentagon is that official Washington will be “shocked” at program cuts the Air Force plans to make in its next... Read More
Here's the missile that will seriously boost the fighter jet's firepower.U.S. defense contractor Raytheon has pulled the curtain off a new... Read More
A Navy warship is getting a laser five times stronger than the one the service has tested in the past, and officials say it could lead the... Read More
QUANTICO, Virginia -- The Marine Corps is experimenting with new options for its unmanned, squad prototype vehicle, including rocket... Read More
(Washington, D.C.) If a large mechanized unit of armored ground forces were “closing” with an enemy amid heavy artillery and... Read More
The new contract includes support services for the Air Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office and the Defense Department's new Space... Read More
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — After years of studies, the Pentagon is poised to proceed with building out a new military space architecture... Read More
WASHINGTON — The State Department cut $100 million in aid for Afghanistan on Thursday as the Trump administration's chief peace... Read More
Somewhere west of the Lomonosov Ridge, October 2039Bitterly cold wind howled, blowing dry snow and causing the tent's walls to undulate like... Read More
After decades of cancelled programs, the Army is launching its biggest modernization effort since the Reagan buildup — and the cost... Read More
While strategists have generally offered more sober explorations of the future relationship between AI and nuclear weapons, some of the most... Read More
The U.S. Navy's MQ-25 Stingray refueling drone, destined to be the first carrier-launched autonomous unmanned aircraft to be integrated into... Read More
For the past half-century, the United States has trained and supplied the Saudi military, selling the wealthy kingdom more than $150 billion... Read More
COLOGNE, Germany — The defense chiefs of France, Belgium and Cyprus have signed an agreement to pursue a common anti-tank missile meant... Read More
A U.N. Panel of Experts released a report Aug. 30 on North Korea's continued efforts to evade international sanctions. The media's coverage of the report focused heavily on North Korea's cyber-enabled theft of hundreds of millions of dollars. However, the report also sheds light on a potentially more dangerous threat: cyberattacks and reconnaissance operations against banks, financial institutions Read More
Is a carrierborne FC-31 in the works? And what about Chinese 6th generation prospects?With the J-20 stealth fifth-generation aircraft entering service with front line combat units in the PLA Air Force (PLAAF), it is likely that the initial variant of the J-20 is approaching the completion of its development program. This marks a suitable time to start considering what is known, rumored, and not kn Read More
Key point: Russia is working on a new stealth bomber, but it will take a long time to fully develop.As the Su-57 fifth-generation fighter moves into serial production in much larger quantities than previously expected, reports are emerging that the Russian defense establishment has their eyes trained on a “sixth-generation” strategic stealth bomber. Read More
