Defense
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 ...
Microsoft’s Big Footprint In China Is Out Of Step With U.S. Security Concerns (From Forbes)
As attitudes toward China harden in Washington, Microsoft increasingly finds itself on the wrong side of the national security debate. The company has an extensive market presence in the People's Republic, offering over 70 products and employing thousa ...
As Army Chief McConville Prepares To Depart, His Service Is In Its Best Shape In Decades (From Forbes)
The U.S. Army is in great shape today--well-trained, ready for combat, and increasingly equipped with the best weapons in the world. A lot of the credit for this goes to General James McConville, who served first as the Army's Vice Chief and then as th ...