Defense
The Navy’s Next-Generation Destroyer Looks Unaffordable. The Service Needs To Keep Improving What It Already Has (From Forbes)
The Navy wants to develop a next-generation destroyer 40% bigger than its existing Burke class. That isn't going to happen. The Congressional Budget Office estimates each of the next-gen DDG(X) destroyers would cost over $3 billion. Populating an adequ ...
Ten Design Features That Will Shape The Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance Program (From Forbes)
The Air Force is soliciting proposals for its Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, which will develop a successor to the twin-engine F-22 fighter. Almost everything about the program is secret, but you don't need to be an aerospace engineer (l ...
Ukraine War Makes The Case For Affordable Mass Fires (From 1945)
The war in Ukraine has been consuming munitions, both conventional arms and so-called “smart” weapons, at a prodigious rate. The use rate, particularly for the more capable (but also more complex and expensive) long-range precision weapons, has far exc ...
The Commerce Department Clips Russian And Chinese Wings (From 1945)
Long considered a Beltway backwater, the Commerce Department has become one of the central stages of national security policymaking. With the announcement that it would begin accepting applications for $52 billion in semiconductor subsidies that Congre ...
Much Ado About Nothing: Lockheed And RTX Are Not At Loggerheads Over F-35 Engine Upgrades (From Forbes)
Last week's Paris Air Show was punctuated by unusual statements from F-35 airframe maker Lockheed Martin and engine maker Pratt & Whitney. The statements seemed to indicate a disagreement over how necessary upgrades to the F-35 engine should be imp ...
European Overreach In Tech Regulation Is Becoming A Problem For US National Security (From Forbes)
Last week the European Parliament endorsed sweeping restrictions on artificial intelligence while the EU's chief regulator proposed a partial breakup of Google. This is becoming a pattern for Europe, assailing US tech companies in ways that hobble thei ...
The Navy Needs To Buy More CMV-22B Ospreys (From RealClearDefense)
The Navy’s current platform for the carrier onboard delivery (COD) mission, the tiltrotor CMV-22B Osprey, is a variant of the MV-22 Osprey aircraft that the Marine Corps has been flying successfully for more than fifteen years. It has been characterize ...
Five Pillars Of Boeing’s Strategy For Staying Ahead In National-Security Space (From Forbes)
Boeing operates the nation's most diversified space enterprise, much of which is focused on defense and intelligence programs. At the moment, that segment of the marketplace is in ferment as contractors adjust to changing customer expectations. Under V ...
Is The FTC Using EU Regulations To Further Its Anti-Big Tech Agenda? (From 1945)
The European Union has long sought to constrain the operations of U.S. technology companies, hoping to create a competitive environment for weaker European firms. Over the past decade, the EU has unleashed a blizzard of new laws, regulations, and lawsu ...
Aerojet’s Merger With L3Harris Is Crucial To Preserving Competition In Large Solid Rocket Motors (From Forbes)
Northrop Grumman dominates the domestic market for large solid rocket motors. It is anybody’s guess whether Aerojet can hang on indefinitely with a narrow slice of the market, or whether Northrop Grumman will end up owning a monopoly. Against that back ...