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America’s Biggest Defense Contractors Are Fighting for Their Place in the Future of Drone Warfare
In The News
Silicon Valley disruptors and defense industry heavyweights are locked in a fight to shape the future of drone warfare....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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From Florist to Drone Maker: How the Weapon Became So Mainstream
In The News
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine is often described as the world's "first drone war". It has led to a continuing huge growth in the production of military drones, both within a...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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The Air Force Wants to Put Private AI Data Centers on Its Bases, Raising Security, Land-Use Fears
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Air Force officials want private companies to build artificial intelligence data centers on more than 3,000 acres of land on five of its military bases, raising questions abou...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Déjà Drones
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Eighty years after the U.S. military first used drones in the Pacific, the idea is back on the table for any future operations in the South China Sea....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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What’s in a Game-Changing Weapon?
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Today it’s Tomahawk missiles under debate. But first it was HIMARS rocket launchers, then Patriot systems, then F-16 fighter planes....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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How Tomahawks Could Help Ukraine Hurt Russia
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President Trump has signaled the United States may send long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, allowing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to strike military targ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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U.S. Can Spare Only Limited Tomahawk Missiles, Likely No Major Impact on Ukraine Conflict
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The United States could provide Ukraine with only 20 to 50 long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Donald Trump to Meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Friday
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US President Donald Trump will welcome his Ukrainian counterpart to Washington on Friday for talks about how they can force Russia’s Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, i...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Report: U.S. Counter-Drone Defenses ‘Insufficient’ as China Scales Up Unmanned Capabilities
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A new thinktank report has concluded that though the Pentagon has significantly invested in counter-drone capabilities over the past decade, the level of speed and scale at wh...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Molly Campbell
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How Did the World’s Most Sophisticated Military Fall So Far Behind With Drone Warfare?
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When the Pentagon announced a “joint interagency task force” in July to bring the U.S. military up to speed on drone warfare, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James Mingus...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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In The News
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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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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In The News
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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In The News
Defense / Middle East Security
Trump Wants Quick Win in Iran, but Goal Remains ElusiveBut with Trump musing about everything from "unconditional surrender" to regime change, it remains to be seen if the US intervention will remain limited -- or if Iran will let...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense / Middle East Security
Decoy Flights and Seven B-2 Stealth Bombers – How U.S. Says It Hit Iran’s Nuclear SitesAn 18-hour flight each way, multiple mid-air refuelings, and a series of decoys - this is how the mission to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities played out, according to four-star ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Ukraine’s Surprise Drone Strike Underscores Vulnerability of U.S. Defenses
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Ukraine’s surprise Sunday strike that used relatively inexpensive drones to knock out a significant portion of Russia’s long-range bomber capability was arguably the single la...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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In The News
Defense / Transatlantic Security
How Ukraine's 'Spiderweb' Drone Attacks May Change Modern WarfareOn June 1, videos of bomb-laden quadcopters launching from trucks as fires blazed nearby spread through social media after Ukraine’s Security Services launched daylight strike...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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In The News
Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
What a Historic Absence of Its Top Officer Means for the NavyWalking in the Pentagon’s river entrance, a visitor is greeted by a series of photographs on the walls featuring the top uniformed member of the military services. But for the...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Can Donald Trump Build the ‘Golden Dome’ over the U.S.?
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Warheads raining down from beyond the Earth's atmosphere. Faster-than-sound cruise missiles striking US infrastructure. Sky-high nuclear blasts....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
