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Infotech
April 2023
Condition-Based Maintenance Requires Data Sharing
By Tom Driggers and Cari ShearerWhat can be done to take the Defense Department’s efforts in predictive maintenance — also known as condition-based maintenance — to the next level? -
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
April 2023
Autonomous Weapon Policy Receives Much Needed Update
By Wilson MilesThe adoption of emerging technologies for national defense poses challenges and opportunities not just to the developers and operators, but to policymakers as well. There is no clearer example of this than the ongoing debate over the potential use of autonomous weapon systems on the battlefield. -
Budget
March 2023
New Budget Prioritizes Science, Technology
By Cari Shearer and Jacob WinnAfter a late budget request and multiple continuing resolutions, President Joe Biden signed into law a full-year omnibus appropriations act for the 2023 fiscal year — with increased funding for defense science and technology programs. -
Emerging Technologies
January 2023
CHIPS Act to Reshape Microelectronics for Decades
By Dr. Michael Fritze and Jacob WinnThe CHIPS and Science Act, which appropriated more than $52 billion for semiconductor research and development and manufacturing, is one of the most significant industrial policy efforts in recent history. -
Industrial Base
December 2022
Balance Needed for High Skills Immigration Reform
By Ben AckermanThe U.S. defense industrial base faces a critical science, technology, engineering and math talent shortage, exacerbated by an outdated immigration system. -
Emerging Technologies
December 2022
Modernizing Defense Through Crowdsourcing
By Harrison DurlandAlthough further experimentation and evaluation are needed, crowdsourced forecasting could prove to be a valuable tool for defense modernization planning, technological assessments and related activities in the Defense Department and industry. -
Missile Defense
October 2022
Make Hypersonic Defense a Priority
By James KrasnerThe development of defenses or countermeasures against hypersonic weaponry is as important to U.S. military power as hypersonic weapons themselves — if not more so. -
Missile Defense
September 2022
Space Assets Critical to Defeat Hypersonic Threats
By Samantha BeuCompetitors already have operational hypersonic missiles — which have been demonstrated in the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the reported Chinese launch of a hypersonic glider off the Taiwan Strait — making the ability to detect and defeat such weapons a top priority for the Defense Department. -
Global Defense Market
August 2022
High Skills Immigration a National Security Issue
By Dr. Mark J. Lewis and Divyansh KaushikOne of the great strengths of America’s science and engineering enterprise has been that the best and brightest minds from around the world come to our shores, attracted by the opportunities and spirit of innovation that are the hallmarks of a free society. -
Defense Department
August 2022
Value of Defense Department, Industry Exchanges
By Wai Kwan ChungAt the heart of the defense industrial base is a critical workforce of Defense Department civilians and industry employees.
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