Aaron Mehta
Next Generation National Security Fellow, 2017
Senior Pentagon Correspondent & Associate Editor, Defense News
Aaron Mehta is senior Pentagon correspondent and associate editor for Defense News, covering policy, strategy and acquisition at the Defense Department. He covered the Air Force and aerospace industry for Defense News from October 2012 to April 2015. He previously spent four years at the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, investigative journalism organization where he covered the intersection of money and politics. A Bostonian and a graduate of Tufts University, he has had work featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CNN, among other outlets.
Recent Publications & News
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The Pentagon’s National Military Strategy is done, and it’s unclear if the public will ever see it
In The News
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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How Trump’s new chief of staff can impact the FY20 defense plan
In The News
By Susanna V. Blume
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US warns against ‘protectionism’ with new EU defense agreement
By Jim Townsend
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US Air Force requests $156.3 billion in FY19, plans to retire B-1, B-2 fleets
By Susanna V. Blume
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FY19 budget puts US ‘back to a position of primacy,’ Mattis says
By Susanna V. Blume
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