Ideas
What Blockchain Tells Us about the Pentagon’s Innovation Struggles
The obstacles to this new technology are hardly unique to it.
Business
F-35 Supply Chain Recovering From COVID Slowdown, Lockheed’s New JSF Chief Says
2021 deliveries could return almost to the level once planned for 2020.
Business
New Air Force One Could Be Delayed Another Year
The GAO’s latest cost estimate brings the price tag to $2.6 billion apiece.
Threats
Navy Finds 32 Problems with Littoral Combat Ships
Study reveals “key reliability issues” and maintenance averaging up to two weeks per month to fix.
Science & Tech
Digital Engineering Could Speed Wartime Arms Production
It could also allow contractors to build and modernize weapons they did not create.
Business
Pentagon Shelves Plans for New Air Force Two
In the meantime, the Air Force is in the early stages of developing supersonic and hypersonic passenger aircraft.
Business
As Space Junk Multiplies, Pentagon Is Stuck Tracking It for Civilians
Private industry is launching at a pace with which the military’s space-surveillance system can’t keep up. Now lawmakers say the Commerce Department’s fix is running late.
Science & Tech
Space Force: Only 6 More Launches With Russian Rocket Engines
It’s the end of an era for U.S. launches with Russian-made engines.
Ideas
Introducing ‘The China Intelligence’
Everyone needs to understand China better. Open-source intelligence can help.
Business
How Pentagon Cash Helped Save Small Defense Companies During the Pandemic
Business leaders are now calling on defense officials and lawmakers to keep a policy that pays contractors more money up front.
Ideas
The F-35’s Painful Lessons Must Inform Future Programs
Congress and the Pentagon must question dubious technical requirements, rosy buy-in costs, and optimistic schedule promises.
Science & Tech
CIA’s Last Classified Fax Machines Are About to Retire
A secure email system dubbed Gray Magic will replace the legendary analog technology.
Policy
If the Pentagon Drops JEDI, Then What?
DOD says the contract’s enterprise capabilities are still needed. But there are new cloud technologies that could fill the bill.
Business