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China Challenges Trump's U.S. Shipbuilding DreamChina's top two shipbuilders are finalizing a merger that began in 2019, creating the world's biggest shipbuilding company....
By Tom Shugart
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Pentagon Faces 'Wake-Up Call' To Meet Drone Innovation Highlighted In Ukraine WarWhen a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone loitered over Baghdad airport in the early hours of January 3, 2020 and fired a Hellfire missile that killed the powerful Iranian Major General Q...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense / Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Ukraine Bets Big on Interceptor Drones as Low-Cost Air Shieldhen President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said at the end of last month that Ukraine needs $6 billion to fund the production of interceptor drones, setting a target of 1,000 a day, he...
By Samuel Bendett
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
U.S. Navy Warship Rearms at Sea With One Eye on China WarA United States warship recently conducted a rearm-at-sea operation, demonstrating the Navy's capability to sustain combat power during a potential war with China in the vast ...
By Tom Shugart
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U.S. Army Trying to Figure Out What to Do with the Tank It Built but Can’t Use
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The M10 Booker, an armored vehicle that was to be the U.S. Army’s first new major combat weapon in decades, was canceled this year because the “light” tanks were too heavy to ...
By Carlton Haelig
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What the U.S. Navy Could Learn from Ukraine About Sinking Enemy Ships
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Even though Ukraine does not have much in the way of a navy, it has scored several victories against the Russian military by using drone boats known as unmanned surface vessel...
By Tom Shugart
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Pentagon Thrown into Confusion over Think Tank Ban
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A wide swath of Defense Department officials fear that new rules banning employees from participating at think tank and research events — a key way the Pentagon delivers its m...
By Becca Wasser
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Silicon Valley’s $4 Billion Gamble on Defense Manufacturing
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Every month Neros Inc. makes hundreds of drones designed to drop warheads on adversaries. By the end of the year, the company wants its new Southern California factory to cran...
By Becca Wasser
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Musk’s xAI Was a Late Addition to the Pentagon’s Set of $200 Million AI Contracts, Former Defense Employee Says
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The Pentagon last week announced multimillion-dollar contracts with four artificial intelligence companies intended to “address critical national security challenges,” includi...
By Josh Wallin
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Army Transformation Called ‘Inflection Point’ for Maintenance Contracts
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The Army’s recently launched transformation initiative grabbed headlines for its plan to end procurement of “outdated” and “obsolete” programs, but its push to include “right ...
By Carlton Haelig
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Pentagon Looks to Unleash ‘Military Drone Dominance’
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While no one knows when or where the next major war will break out, what is becoming clear is that next time the United States engages directly in a conflict, U.S. combat unit...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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HASC’s Draft Authorization Would Save E-7, Block A-10 Retirements
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The House Armed Services Committee on July 15 passed its draft of the 2026 defense policy bill, 55-2, in a late-night vote following nearly 14 hours of debate over hot-button ...
By Carlton Haelig
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Is the U.S. Ready for the Next War?
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Late this spring, I was led into a car in Kyiv, blindfolded, and driven to a secret factory in western Ukraine. The facility belongs to TAF Drones, founded three years ago by ...
By Tom Shugart
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Canceled Army Assault Vehicle M10 Booker Outgrew Its Worth
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The M10 Booker armored vehicle is among the programs the Army has put on the chopping block as part of its new transformation initiative....
By Carlton Haelig
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
China Eyes More Overseas Missions for Growing Naval FleetChina is building a new fleet of replenishment ships—capable of providing supplies to other vessels at sea—as the East Asian power's navy expands its overseas presence....
By Tom Shugart
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Fallout from the Ukraine Munitions FreezeUkraine has been struggling to repel a relentless barrage of Russian airstrikes on its cities, and analysts in Washington and Europe are racing to assess the consequences of a...
By Becca Wasser
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Taiwan Looks to New Sea-Drone Tech to Repel ChinaTaiwan is accelerating efforts to develop a high-tech fleet of naval drones that military planners see as a potential game-changer in the island’s ability to fend off a possib...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
How Trump’s Strike on Iran Might Affect China’s Calculus on TaiwanPresident Trump’s decision to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, after earlier denouncing U.S. embroilment in foreign wars, introduces another complication for China’s leaders ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense / Middle East Security
U.S. Troops in Middle East Will Remain Dispersed and at Elevated Alert, Analysts SayU.S. troops in the Middle East are likely to stay in a dispersed and defensive position amid the fragile ceasefire agreement between Iran and Israel, experts and former senior...
By Becca Wasser
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The Spiderweb and the Lion: Subversive Infiltration and U.S. National Security
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Over a decade ago, when I was working on force protection issues for Navy air logistics missions, the threat of drone attacks was just beginning to be seriously discussed....
By Tom Shugart
