Ideas
The New F-35A Engine Would Be a Win-Win-Win-Win
The fuel savings alone would please taxpayers, environmentalists, the Pentagon and the industrial base.
Business
What Contractors Think of the Proposed Rule on Climate Reporting
The proposed rule is part of the Biden administration’s larger environmental agenda, but it comes with costs for contractors.
Science & Tech
Hybrid-Electric Troop Transports Are Moving Toward the Battlefield
The quieter, cooler, less maintenance-intensive vehicles will make up at least part of the Army’s future fleet.
Policy
Army Climate Plan Relies on Technology That Doesn’t Exist Yet
The most “complex” aspect of the implementation plan is “building a force to operate in the future that still has to operate in the present,” officials said.
Ideas
Nord Stream Leaks Underline Gray-Zone Risks
Damaging a neighbor’s environment can be easy, cheap, and deniable.
Ideas
Greenland's Melting Ice Has Locked In 10 Inches of Ocean Rise, Study Finds
Observations show the ice sheet is liquifying faster than models predicted.
Threats
‘We Need to Own the Heat The Way We Now Own Night,’ Pentagon Climate Leader Says
Tactical cooling vests and other adaptations will be needed as dangerous temperatures arrive on training ranges and in combat zones.
Ideas
A Success in Norfolk Should Also Be a Warning
One flood-control project took a decade to complete. Lawmakers and feds can’t wait any longer to get the vast bulk of climate-mitigation work going.
Ideas
Climate Change Isn’t a Threat Multiplier. It’s the Main Threat.
Over the next six months, the defense community should champion and help plan a whole-of-society “hyper-response.”
Policy
US Boosts Forces In Europe As NATO Names Russia ‘Most Significant and Direct Threat’
The Pentagon will also base more destroyers in Spain and F-35s in the United Kingdom.
Ideas
The Energy Crisis Is a National-Security Opportunity
It gives Biden the chance to offer a clear narrative: accelerating the move to clean energy is crucial to keeping America safe.
Threats