Ideas
In a Connected Era, We Talk Too Much About Individual Weapons
Instead, budgeteers and lawmakers should weigh “networked force packages” of arms and gear.
Ideas
Sweden’s NATO Bid Is in Trouble
Domestic politics have elevated a Kurdish parliamentarian, and that worsens Stockholm’s Turkey woes.
Policy
Lawmakers Plan to Save Some of the 24 Ships the US Navy Wants to Cut
House seapower panel has consensus on five ships; full Armed Services Committee will debate others June 22.
Business
Raytheon Technologies to Move HQ from Massachusetts to Northern Virginia
The move means the five largest defense contractors will all call the D.C. region home.
Policy
Tell Everyone How to Measure Cyber Risk, DOD Begs NIST
Gaps in an 8-year-old standard are creating potentially dangerous mismatches between departments and agencies.
Policy
Biden Invokes Defense Production Act to Boost Clean Energy Manufacturing
“Reducing America’s dependence on gas and oil is critical to U.S. national security,” DepSecDef Hicks said.
Ideas
Upcoming Summit Could Begin to Heal US-Latin America Ties
Biden should propose a new era of broad pan-American cooperation.
Science & Tech
DARPA's '3rd Wave' AI Aims to Compute Uncertainty Along with Accuracy
"Machine learning algorithms do not currently fit well into the modern statistical processing paradigm."
Policy
House Bill Would Allow Military to Perform, Fund Abortions
“Reproductive rights cannot and should not end when you put on our nation’s uniform,” Rep. Sara Jacobs said.
Threats
What the West Has Given Is Not Enough to Win, Ukraine Says
Central and Eastern European defense ministers say limited arms packages will not defeat Russia in the Donbas or deter invasion elsewhere.
Policy
US Army Delays Doctrine Release to Incorporate Lessons from Ukraine
A service team is in Europe talking to Ukrainian troops and U.S. trainers, gathering information to refine its multi-domain operations playbook.
Science & Tech