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Budget
December 2023
Budget Matters: Riding a Defense Budget ‘Bow Wave’
If the Defense Department and industry deliver on modernization plans, a plethora of new aircraft, tanks, ships and other weapons currently under development will enter service at the end of this decade and the beginning of the next. -
Defense Department
November 2023
A Roadmap to Modernized Defense Microelectronics
By Michael Fritze and Jacob WinnEven though many key capabilities continue to use legacy microelectronics today, the National Defense Industrial Association’s Emerging Technologies Institute’s new report found an urgent need for the department to systematically overhaul the way it modernizes its microelectronics. Doing so will support efforts to field defense systems most capable of meeting the anticipated threats and operational requirements of the future. -
Science and Engineering Technology
November 2023
Southcom Searching For Secure Comms, Long-Range Sensors
The U.S. Southern Command needs to modernize its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology. -
Defense Department
November 2023
JUST IN: Defense Department Selecting Initial Replicator Candidates in Coming Weeks
The Defense Department will soon make the selection of the first tranche of “candidates” for the Replicator initiative, which seeks to accelerate the development, procurement and fielding of thousands of attritable, autonomous systems in all domains, the deputy secretary of defense said. -
Industrial Base
November 2023
Tax Policies Must Line Up with National Security Objectives
By Jennifer StewartIt is imperative Congress passes the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization and appropriations bills and enacts a four-year fix to Section 174 of the Internal Revenue Code, which requires companies to amortize research and development expenses. These legislative efforts will benefit all companies in the defense sector. -
Defense Department
November 2023
AUKUS EXCLUSIVE: Q&A with Bonnie Jenkins, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
National Defense Editor in Chief Stew Magnuson spoke to Jenkins Nov. 18 on the sidelines of the Halifax International Security Forum. The interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. -
Global Defense Market
November 2023
HALIFAX SECURITY FORUM: Washington to Host Defense Industry Conference for Ukraine
Looking long term to a day when Ukraine will be recovering from its war with Russia, the White House and the Ukrainian government will hold a joint conference to explore how to support the war-torn country’s defense industrial base, a Biden administration official said Nov. 18. -
Training and Simulation
November 2023
AI Still in Experimentation Phase for Training, Simulations
Like just about every other organization today, the Defense Department is — cautiously — evaluating where AI can support the mission. Department officials and members of industry and academia agree one area AI needs to play a bigger role is in training and simulations. -
Defense Department
November 2023
JUST IN: Congressional Delays Hampering Civil, Military Relations
Reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the all-volunteer force, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said its backbone is its people, and political rifts in Congress are jeopardizing not only national security but civil and military relationships. -
Defense Department
November 2023
JUST IN: New Defense Department AI Strategy Focuses on Data, Metrics
The Defense Department has released its Data, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Adoption Strategy to unify guidance and enable synchronization of effort to scale AI capabilities across the military.
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