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MDA's FY26 Budget Targets Homeland Missile Defense
The Missile Defense Agency's budget request for fiscal 2026 is flat at $10.2 billion and depends on another $3 billion in supplemental funding not...
07/02/25Read it on Defense NewsDemocrats May Defund the Troops
The first Democratic big idea is to take the government budget hostage to defund U.S. troops in the middle of a naval blockade in the Middle East....
5d agoRead it on The Wall Street JournalDemocrat Congress Likely To Target Trump Defense Plans
... Democrats are expected major cutbacks and cancellations of Trump administration defense policies and programs....
6d agoRead it on The Washington TimesPentagon Plans for Death of Trump’s Record Military Budget
The administration insists it has support for a $1.5 trillion defense budget. Officials are privately planning for less....
1w agoRead it on PoliticoCoalition 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...
3w 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...
10/15/26Read it on The National InterestBuilding an Arsenal That Survives the Tenth Salvo
Pentagon 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...
10/14/26Read 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
10/12/26Read it on The EurAsian Times
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