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Two Top U.K. Defense Officials Resign Over Military Spending
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer suffered a fresh blow on Thursday after Secretary of Defense John Healey resigned over a budget dispute, saying...
06/12/26Read it on CNNPentagon 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....
4d 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...
2w 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...
2w 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...
2w 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
3w agoRead it on The EurAsian TimesHegseth Empowers America
Nuclear reactors at bases would mean less pollution and reduced electricity rates for civilians.
3w 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
3w agoRead it on Military+Aerospace ElectronicsPentagon Awards $6.3B Contract for SM-3 IB Missiles
Raytheon has secured another multi-year munition deal
3w agoRead it on Breaking Defense
Eight Months of Epic Fury and Still No Internal Alternative
By Stephen D. Cook • RealClearDefense
The Readiness Cliff: Pacific Lessons Drawn from the Middle East
By Brian McSorley • RealClearDefense
The Pentagon’s Real Modernization Problem Is Time, Not Technology
By Bruce Allen Lubbering • RealClearDefense
The World His Mother Opened
By Carlo J.V. Caro • RealClearDefense_underway_on_5_January_1945_(80-G-301306)-500x500.jpg&w=128&q=75&dpl=dpl_b4z9kRAur4hKL7cdKLa4NMnWKbQq)
Wake Island Lessons for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations
By Brian J. Dunn • RealClearDefense
Wake Island Lessons for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations
By Brian J. Dunn • RealClearDefense
U.S. Navy Expands Unmanned Mine Hunting
By Global Defense News
MRF-SEA Will Maintain Continuous Presence in the Philippines
By Mahadzir, USNI News
Space Force Weighs Proliferated Cislunar Satellite Constellation
By C. Albon, A&SF
America-Class Amphibs Enable New Ship-to-Shore Attack Strategies
By Warrior M.