Threats
Inside China’s nascent, AI-powered military logistics system
The PLA is already testing technologies that range from widespread sensors to AI-enabled predictive planning, cargo drones, and tracked UGV mules.
Business
2025 in review: business
Industry raced to adapt to intensifying pressure to move faster, win work on Golden Dome and other efforts.
Policy
2025 in review: policy
A turbulent first year of the second Trump administration brought precedent-breaking security strategy and hasty cuts to the DOD workforce.
Business
‘Very, very strange time’: After a big 2025, what’s next for the defense industry?
A year of rising profits, rising Pentagon demands, and continued Congressional dysfunction sets the stage for another turbulent year.
Threats
Pacific Marines modernize, prep for a busy year
III MEF includes the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, which is “leading the service” in various capabilities.
Ideas
Trump’s new ‘battleship’ should not carry nukes
Producing a new nuclear missile for the Navy would leave us less safe.
Business
USAF adds third contender for initial robot-wingman buy; picks 9 for next phase
More than a year after Anduril and General Atomics got R&D contracts, Northrop wins entry with a self-financed CCA.
Ideas
Now you can train for the next drone war on simulated Ukrainian front lines
A public version of the simulator used by thousands of Ukrainian drone pilots offers a terrifying glimpse into modern warfare.
Policy
The twists and turns of Trump’s 2025 war on unions
A look at how the Trump administration has sought to undermine collective bargaining at the Defense Department and across the federal government.
Business