Threats
Ukrainian Fighter Pilots: Send Better Jets and Air Defenses
They’ve shot down a few Russian cruise missiles—but they could do far more with modern gear.
Business
Leonardo DRS to Merge with Israeli Radar-Maker RADA
The deal would beef up the air-defense offerings of the U.S. arm of the Italian company, and into the top 50 largest defense firms.
Policy
Biden To Ban Most Land Mines, Undoing Trump’s Loosened Restrictions
Advocates applauded the move, but urged a ban on the weapons on the Korean peninsula.
Ideas
Cancel Russia's UN Contracts
Congress should insist that U.S. dollars not fund United Nations procurement from Russian companies.
Threats
Major Pentagon IT Projects Lack Plans to Secure Networks, Supply Chains: GAO
Watchdog also noted cost increases among most of the Defense Department's top 25 IT efforts.
Ideas
A Drink for Jakko
Combat forges a special bond between an air controller and his airborne teammates.
Threats
New NATO Strategic Concept Will Broaden Vision of Deterrence
An interconnected era requires looking at security through economic, technological, and logistics lenses.
Ideas
Got Fuel? Fixing the US Military’s Aerial Refueling Architecture
Start by creating more hardened ground fuel dumps in the Pacific.
Ideas
A Joint Jump for US-UK Friendship Day
The British Army's Red Devils and the U.S. Army's Golden Knights parachute into Washington, D.C.’s baseball stadium.
Policy
Senate Panel Approves $45B Boost To 2023 Defense Topline
The House draft followed Biden’s budget, but lawmakers are expected to debate the funding number next week.
Threats
What Ukraine Needs: More Arms, Sanctions, and Money, Ambassador Says
The war-ravaged economy is providing the Kyiv government far less than the $5B per month it needs, Oksana Markarova said.
Ideas
NATO Needs to Move Protection of Civilians to Center Stage
The Ukraine war shows why the alliance’s upcoming summit cannot give short shrift to the topic of human security.
Ideas