Gary Schmitt
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U.S. Navy
Selling the P-8A Poseidon Short
At the end of June, the State Department’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency gave the green light to the Royal Canadian Air Force to purchase up to...

Air Warfare
Pilotless Fighters: Getting Numbers and Capabilities
In February, the Loyal Wingman finally took flight in Australia. A pilot-less, stealthy aircraft designed to operate alongside manned fighters, the...

Air Warfare
The KC-46's Long & Winding Road
In fleeting up from head of Air Mobility Command to lead U. S.

U.S. Air Force
The Path to Sophie's Choice
On April 6, 2009, then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates grabbed the control stick of the U. S.

U.S. Air Force
The F-35 for Germany
Within a decade, Germany must replace 85 of its Tornado multi-role combat aircraft. Designed and built in the 1970s by a consortium of British,...

Military Strategy
How to Respond to Russia's INF Treaty Violation
When The New York Times reported that Russia had likely deployed a nuclear-armed cruise missile in violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces...

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
A Tale of Two Allies
With the NATO summit just hours away, it is useful to assess the state of two key allied militaries: Germany’s and the United Kingdom’s. These two...

Defense Budget
Trump's Phantom Defense Budget
The Trump Administration’s first budget blueprint —dubbed a “skinny budget” for its lack of detail—does not begin “the rebuilding of our Nation’s...

Defense Budget
Clinton and Trump: Commanders-in-Half
Speaking at the Union League of Philadelphia on Wednesday, Donald Trump outlined his plan to rebuild America’s military, eliminating the defense...

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
The Revolutionary War: When Strategic Options Share the Same Weakness
By Henry Yep • RealClearDefense
The Houthis Are Testing the Limits of Collective Defense
By Saima Afzal • RealClearDefense

Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense
Northrop Grumman Breaks Out the Big Guns at AUSA
By Daniel Terrill, Defense News
Army Pursuing Diverse Array of New Anti-Air Interceptors
By Trevithick, The WarZone
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki, RCD
F-35C Lands for the First Time on a Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier
By The Aviationist
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