Russian Military Spy Software is on Hundreds of Thousands of Home Routers
By Patrick Tucker • Defense One LAS VEGAS — The Russian military is inside hundreds of thousands of routers owned by Americans and others around the world, a top U.S.…
Space Is Key Priority—But Via Commerce Department?
The Trump Administration has set a new course for American leadership in space, prioritizing space exploration and innovation — a welcome and necessary change to U.S. policy. Reconstituting the National…
Next Gen Air Force Jet Trainer Must Be American Designed and Made
The U.S. Air Force is closing in on awarding a contract for its new two-seat jet trainer. The average age of the existing trainer fleet is more than 50 years…
Our War Fighters Deserve the Best Equipment and Information
Americans understand the importance of arming our military with the best equipment and information. Whether it is a fighter jet, armored vehicle or an information platform, Americans want the brave…
Pentagon Confirms Chinese Fired Lasers at U.S. Pilots
By Bill Gertz • Washington Free Beacon The Pentagon confirmed Thursday that Chinese nationals fired lasers near a military base in east Africa against U.S. military aircraft in the region,…
Satellite spat reveals commercial industry priorities
This month on the brink of another deadline, Congress passed a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill to fund the government for the remainder of fiscal year 2018, including hundreds of…
Trump says ‘Buy American,’ But Will That Apply to the U.S. Air Force?
For a man of many tag lines, it’s one of his most popular. “Buy American” is right up there with “Make America Great Again” when President Trump takes to the…
Afghanistan Now the Pentagon’s No. 1 Priority in the Middle East, South Asia
By Natalie Johnson • Washington Free Beacon The U.S. military has begun redirecting personnel and equipment from Iraq and Syria back to Afghanistan, where the Pentagon hopes to revamp its…
Op-Ed: Rebuilding Our Defenses: Building Strength And Obtaining Value
After a decade and a half of actively fighting terrorism around the globe while simultaneously imposing tighter and tighter budget squeezes, our military faces clear and unmistakable shortages in critical…
Marines Eye More Cyber, Information Ops Roles With Troop Increase
by Morgan Chalfant • Washington Free Beacon The Marine Corps plans to use a troop level increase approved by Congress this week to strengthen its cyber and information operations capabilities.…
Competition Needed to Replace Air Tracking Fleet
by George Landrith • American Military News The U.S. military’s control of the battlefield airspace has become so routine it is now taken for granted. Consider…
The Budget Caps and America’s Security Needs
by Peter Huessy The President’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget makes a defense spending request that exceeds the Budget Control Act (BCA) spending cap for FY16 by $35 billion with a…
Playing at Nuclear Roulette
by Peter Huessy The President’s defense budget has been submitted to Congress and at $585 billion is getting a lot of attention. One area of controversy is the nuclear modernization…
Missile Defense Agency Successfully Destroys Target in Flight with Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System
June 27, 2014, Washington, D.C. – On June 22nd, the Missile Defense Agency and a high tech industry team that designed and built the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system conducted a…
Keeping the Bear at Bay
Helping Europe with missile defense would show Russia that the U.S. is serious. The U.S. needs to show that Putin’s ambition will be checked. by Peter Roff The world –…