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Senate Lawmakers Bring Back Acquisition Reforms
Some provisions that didn't survive negotiations last year are resurfacing in the Senate's version of the fiscal 2027 defense policy bill.
06/22/26Read it on Federal News NetworkEven 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...
1d 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...
2d 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
4d agoRead it on The EurAsian TimesHegseth Empowers America
Nuclear reactors at bases would mean less pollution and reduced electricity rates for civilians.
4d 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
6d agoRead it on Military+Aerospace ElectronicsPentagon Awards $6.3B Contract for SM-3 IB Missiles
Raytheon has secured another multi-year munition deal
1w 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
1w agoRead it on Defence BlogPentagon to Operationalize New 'FORTRESS America' Program Office
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Michael Duffey instructed eight senior officials to take concrete steps to begin...
1w agoRead it on DefenseScoop
Reflecting on an Epic Horse Campaign in the Mountains of Afghanistan
By Brian Glyn Williams • RealClearDefense
The Godfather of American Foreign Policy Realism Speaks to Today’s World
By Francis P. Sempa • RealClearDefense
In Pursuit of Nuclear Abolition
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
Innovation Alone Won’t Prepare the U.S. for the Future Battlefield
By Joshua Segal • RealClearDefense
The sUAS Tactical Trifecta
By Bryan T. Woody • RealClearDefense
Navy Civilianizes Six Former Flag Billets, Reduces Six to Captains
By Mongilio, USNI N.
Raytheon's $8B Contract for Strategic Comms Terminal Modernization
By M+A El
America’s Maritime Moment Will Not Wait
By CDR Salamander
Armor Up?
By Marine Corps Compass Points
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense