Commentaries
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Navy’s Surface Fleet
By Steven Wills, Defense Opinion Writer. The U.S. Navy surface warfare enterprise has had several developments to cheer about moving into 2025. First, the AEGIS combat system works, and it […]
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A Fast $100 Billion, But Unclear Whether Spectrum Sharing Safe for Military Radars
By Rebecca Grant, Defense Opinion Writer. In these tight budget times, some members of the U.S. Senate would dearly love to raise $100 billion for the U.S. Treasury by auctioning off portions […]
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The U.S. Should Cut Defense Spending. Here’s How
By John Fairlamb, Defense Opinion Writer. The proposed 2025 Department of Defense budget is $850 billion, and when Department of Energy funding for military nuclear programs is factored in, the […]
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Advancing Artificial Intelligence in the U.S. Military
By Norm Litterini, Defense Opinion Writer. The end of the beginning of widespread Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption has arrived. Instead of seeming like a futuristic scene from a movie, today’s […]
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New Administration, Congress Should Bring Order to Warship Naming Process
By Steven Wills, Defense Opinion Writer. Only a week before leaving office, President Joe Biden announced on Jan.13 that the next two Gerald R. Ford carriers would be named for former Presidents William J. […]
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How a Prototype Approach can Help the Navy Rebuild its Fighting Capability
By Steven Wills, Defense Opinion Writer. The process through which U.S. weapons develop from concept to service in the field or at sea is long and complicated. It can take a decade […]
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Restoring the U.S. Advantage in Satellite Navigation
By Marc J. Berkowitz, Defense Opinion Writer. The United States has ceded its leadership position in space-based positioning, navigation and timing (PNT), with stark ramifications for most all U.S. critical […]
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Why the U.S. Must Aggressively Step Up Testing of Hypersonic Weapons
By Seth Cropsey, Defense Opinion Writer. The U.S. faces a watershed moment technologically and geopolitically, with advanced military capabilities such as hypersonic weapons rapidly maturing and influencing the broader strategic […]
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How U.S. Military AI Can Mitigate California’s Wildfire Crisis
By Erin O’Brien Hawley, Defense Opinion Writer. As the flames of three relentless wildfires continue to devour swaths of Southern California, families are forced to flee their homes, emergency responders […]
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Trump’s Unique Opportunity to Reset Export Control Policy on Semiconductors
By André Brunel, Defense Opinion Writer. President Trump has a unique opportunity in his second term to drive a systemic resetting of the military correlation of forces against China, Russia, […]