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Munitions Technology
August 2023
Shifting Munitions Requirements for Great Power Competition
By Jennifer StewartThis fall, the congressional defense committees will be hard at work negotiating the final fiscal year 2024 funding, policies and authorities critical to support our warfighters and the defense industrial base. One important focus area is the resolution of the president’s request for multi-year procurement authorities and funding for specific munitions. -
Emerging Technologies
July 2023
Show, Don’t Tell: Emerging Tech Needs Funding, Not Rhetoric
By Rebecca WostenbergSeveral years ago, the National Defense Industrial Association board of directors responded to calls from both our membership and Pentagon leadership to increase its activities to help win the ongoing technology race with the People’s Republic of China. -
Defense Department
June 2023
Allies Need to Take Part in Services' JADC2 Goals
By Chris SaxAdm. Christopher Grady in April highlighted the three axes he integrates in his job to be successful as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. -
Marine Corps News
June 2023
Contested Logistics to Pose Problems for Marines
By Tom Driggers and Kea MatoryThe Marine Corps has a long and storied history of successfully operating in contested environments — from the shores of Iwo Jima to the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan. -
Special Operations
April 2023
Special Operators Require Next-Gen Technologies
By Jennifer StewartU.S. Special Operations Forces operate in an environment of global competition in which strategic adversaries have a refined and calibrated understanding of the threshold that would trigger the nation to take decisive military action. At the operational level of warfare, the United States benchmarks authorities, activities and capabilities to phasing constructs for operational plans. -
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
March 2023
Navy Needs More Robotic Vessels to Take on China
By Thomas LowIn contrast to the land-based, high-intensity artillery battles and trench warfare currently raging in eastern Ukraine, the potential fight with the People’s Republic of China will be primarily waged on, above and below the sea. Therefore, the ability of the U.S. Navy to project and sustain power over the vast distances of the Indo-Pacific will be crucial in any possible confrontation. -
International
March 2023
Will U.S. Export Regulations Derail AUKUS?
By Bridgit SullivanChina is the first adversary the United States has faced since World War II that, according to the National Security Strategy, has “both the intent to reshape t he international order and, increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military and technological power to advance that objective.” -
Navy News
February 2023
Congress Delivers a ‘Ship-Shape’ Allocation for Navy
By Chris SaxOn Dec. 23, Congress sent the National Defense Authorization Act to the president’s desk for signature. -
Manufacturing
January 2023
Additive Manufacturing Can Revolutionize Industry
By Kristen FalconiAlso known as 3D printing, additive manufacturing is increasingly becoming integrated in the U.S. military and has a growing influence in the defense industrial base. -
Armaments
November 2022
The Precarious State of U.S. Defense Stockpiles (UPDATED)
By Chris LaudatiThe war in Ukraine has left U.S. defense stockpiles significantly depleted. Current inventories do not undergird a national security strategy that continues to support Ukraine while retaining the ability to assist Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.
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