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The past months have shown that the Trump administration is more than willing to upend precedent, policy, conventional wisdom and long-lived relationships to secure a “better deal” for America.
Adopting agile practices from the commercial sector allows government organizations to deliver the flexibility, innovation and readiness the mission demands while strengthening national security.
Justin Sanchez • December 1, 2024
The future of United States industrial growth, a key component of national security, rests in the establishment of biotechnology as a new pillar of industrial domestic manufacturing. Fortunately the opportunity exists to develop the science, infrastructure and workforce to do this.
While Russia seeks Ukraine’s subjugation in Europe and the People’s Republic of China looms as a rising danger to Taiwan across the sea in the Pacific, the military dimensions of space have grown ever more important.
A number of severe readiness challenges continue to affect the Navy, in terms of its vanishing cruiser force, crippling redesign of the Constellation-class frigate, poor readiness of the amphibious fleet and problems with the Landing Ship Medium program.
Prioritizing an effective electronic health records system is central to protecting veterans and ensuring they receive the care they have earned.
No analysis has yet proven that the new auction of the lower S-band spectrum won’t impair vital military systems, now and into the future. Done wrong, an auction could disable some of America’s most advanced capabilities.
President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are doing the right thing as they seek to cut billions from budgets. Here are five areas they should focus on that can help guide cuts and reshape the military, with national treasure spent on capabilities and force structure we need, rather than on what we don’t.
Artificial intelligence should have a role in any unified threat intelligence strategy for the U.S. military, because of its incredible potential to accelerate production of actionable intelligence and decision-advantage workflows.
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