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U.S. Receives First Upgraded AN/TPY-2 Radar for Hypersonic Defense
While it is the first radar with GaN delivered to the agency, it is overall the 13th AN/TPY-2 radar Washington has received
05/20/25Read it on The Defense PostMilitary Personnel Data Exposed in Breach, Agency Warns
A vulnerability in a Defense Manpower Data Center system allowed unauthorized users to access files containing unencrypted personal information,...
09/25/26Read it on Military TimesThe End of Uncontested ISR
Why U.S. Special Operations must rediscover Special Reconnaissance
09/12/26Read it on Small Wars JournalPentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members
About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. military's...
09/05/26Read it on The New York TimesThe Pentagon's Public Disclosures Need a Mosaic Test
Defense doctrine already recognizes that individually harmless facts can become sensitive when assembled. Public campaign communications should...
09/03/26Read it on RealClearDefensePentagon Awards $318M Contract for Dataminr Tech
DIU Tries To Transition Tech to the Frontlines Faster
The initiative marks the unit's latest move under Owen West's leadership to rapidly supply measurable combat power to the joint force
08/21/26Read it on DefenseScoopNORTHCOM Lacks Sensors To Counter Drone Threat
Determining where a drone swarm is going to attack depends on sensors, as well as having an intercept capability to get after the problem
08/14/26Read it on National Defense MagazineNext Generation Interceptor Passes Two Key Tests
Lockheed Martin's new ICBM killer, ordered two years ago to supersede the oft-troubled GMD interceptor, hit two major milestones this week and is...
08/12/26Read it on Defense One
After the Midterms, the Right Strategy Against Iran
By Lance Gordon • RealClearDefense
The Color Revolution Came Home
By Emzari Gelashvili • RealClearDefense
When Access Becomes the Fight
By Richard Byno • RealClearDefense
What the 2026 Midterm Results Mean for U.S. Strategic Competition with Rivals
By Dean Chen • RealClearDefense
Measurable by Design: Project Meridian
By Alex Willard • RealClearDefense

New USAF Force Design Bets on Technology
By Stephen Losey, Air & Space Forces
DoD Pushes $450M in Loans To Bolster U.S. Space Companies
By Hitchens, BrDefense
The U.S. Navy Needs a New Battlecruiser. Will It Get One?
By Sadler & Ouellette, NatInt
U.S. Army Rehearses Rapid HIMARS Rocket Launcher Deployment
By Global Defense N.
Coding Commander's Intent into Unmanned Systems
By Thomas Baumstark, Proceedings
