U.S. military forces conducting networked desert operations with tactical vehicles, satellites, unmanned aircraft, and connected communications systems at dusk
What Happens When GPS Disappears?Mission Perspectives

What Happens When GPS Disappears?

GPS denial is no longer a niche electronic-warfare problem. Positioning, navigation, and timing underpin maneuver, precision fires, networks, autonomous systems, logistics, sensors, and command systems. The Army is already fielding…
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Engineers and skilled technicians working inside a U.S. naval shipyard with submarine construction, precision manufacturing, welding, and digital engineering systems
The Defense Workforce Is Becoming a Weapons SystemThought Leadership

The Defense Workforce Is Becoming a Weapons System

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U.S. military vehicles and armored equipment loading onto a strategic sealift ship at a port during large-scale logistics operations
The War Does Not Start at the Port: America’s Strategic Sealift ProblemMission Perspectives

The War Does Not Start at the Port: America’s Strategic Sealift Problem

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Hypersonic weapons production facility with technicians assembling advanced missile systems and a mobile launcher in the background
Hypersonics Have Left the Lab. Now Comes the Hard Part.Industry News

Hypersonics Have Left the Lab. Now Comes the Hard Part.

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Collaborative Combat Aircraft flying alongside a U.S. military fighter jet during a networked air combat mission
The Air Force Is Unbundling the FighterTechnology & Innovation

The Air Force Is Unbundling the Fighter

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Military operations center transitioning from legacy communications equipment to modern digital command systems, data networks, and mission displays
Modernization Is Also Deletion: The Pentagon’s Fight Against Legacy SystemsInsights

Modernization Is Also Deletion: The Pentagon’s Fight Against Legacy Systems

The Pentagon’s modernization challenge is increasingly about subtraction as much as addition. The Army has cut its business-system environment from roughly 1,300 systems to about 200, DoD has identified 89…
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Military command operators monitoring a networked battlespace connecting satellites, aircraft, naval forces, and ground communications systems at night
Nuclear Deterrence Is a Network, Not Just a TriadMission Perspectives

Nuclear Deterrence Is a Network, Not Just a Triad

America’s nuclear deterrent is usually described as a triad of submarines, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and bombers. But those platforms depend on a less visible system: the warning sensors, satellites, airborne…
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U.S. military personnel operating a high-tech desert command network connecting tactical vehicles, drones, satellites, sensors, and field communications systems
The Battlefield Cannot Wait for the Next Software ReleaseThought Leadership

The Battlefield Cannot Wait for the Next Software Release

At Project Convergence-Capstone 6, the Army pushed Next Generation Command and Control through division-scale operational conditions while moving the architecture from prototyping toward continuous delivery. The deeper change is not…
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Autonomous naval drones, unmanned surface vessels, underwater vehicles, aircraft, and a U.S. warship operating across a connected maritime network at sea
The Navy Is Turning Autonomous Vessels Into a MarketplaceTechnology & Innovation

The Navy Is Turning Autonomous Vessels Into a Marketplace

The Navy’s Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel marketplace is testing more than seven competing autonomous vessels. It is testing a new force-development model: mature commercial technology enters quickly, platforms prove themselves…
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NATO allied forces, armored vehicles, aircraft, and defense infrastructure representing European rearmament and transatlantic military readiness
NATO Has the Money. Now It Needs the Factories.Industry News

NATO Has the Money. Now It Needs the Factories.

NATO has largely moved beyond the question of whether Allies will spend more. European Allies and Canada increased core defense spending by nearly 20 percent in 2025, the Alliance is…
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Military personnel monitoring satellite, maritime, air, and ground operations from a secure industrial command center with advanced network infrastructure
The Pentagon’s AI Race Is Becoming a Compute RaceTechnology & Innovation

The Pentagon’s AI Race Is Becoming a Compute Race

Artificial intelligence may be software, but military AI advantage increasingly depends on physical infrastructure: GPUs, hardened data centers, trusted data, secure networks, power, cooling, classified environments, and compute at the…
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Nighttime military compound overlooking city lights with secure facilities, communications infrastructure, and personnel supporting defense operations
Power Is a Weapon System: Why Installation Energy Resilience Is Becoming Mission AssuranceMission Perspectives

Power Is a Weapon System: Why Installation Energy Resilience Is Becoming Mission Assurance

Military installations are operational systems, and nearly every mission they host depends on electricity. In 2026, the Army moved installation energy resilience deeper into the readiness architecture through 14-day islanding…
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Engineers working inside an advanced aerospace manufacturing hangar with precision components, raw materials, robotic equipment, and missile and satellite systems
The Next Defense Supply-Chain Crisis Starts Before the FactoryIndustry News

The Next Defense Supply-Chain Crisis Starts Before the Factory

America’s most advanced weapons depend on materials and processing steps that sit far upstream from final assembly. In 2026, Washington accelerated investments in rare-earth separation, refining, strategic stockpiles, recycling, and…
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Counter-drone defense system detecting and engaging low-cost unmanned aircraft with radar, electronic sensors, and layered interceptors
The Pentagon Is Building a Space Network Designed to Lose SatellitesIndustry News

The Pentagon Is Building a Space Network Designed to Lose Satellites

The Space Force is redesigning military satellite communications around a different assumption: some satellites, ground stations, links, and commercial providers will be disrupted in a major conflict. Its emerging Space…
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Technicians assembling a U.S. Navy submarine inside a large shipbuilding facility with cranes, scaffolding, and advanced manufacturing equipment
America’s Submarine Gap Is Not Just a Shipyard ProblemIndustry News

America’s Submarine Gap Is Not Just a Shipyard Problem

America’s submarine shortfall is not simply a problem at Electric Boat or Newport News. The Navy must reach one Columbia-class and two Virginia-class submarines per year while sustaining the existing…
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U.S. military communications outpost in a desert battlefield with tactical antennas, satellite systems, vehicles, and networked command equipment
The Invisible Battlespace: Why Spectrum Maneuver Is Becoming a Core Combat FunctionMission Perspectives

The Invisible Battlespace: Why Spectrum Maneuver Is Becoming a Core Combat Function

Modern forces cannot communicate, navigate, sense, target, or coordinate without access to the electromagnetic spectrum—and every transmission can also expose them. In 2026, the Army began fielding near-real-time spectrum-awareness tools,…
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Industrial assembly line producing precision steel components with automated machinery, robotic systems, and manufacturing personnel
America Is Rebuilding the Arsenal. The Bottleneck Is Throughput.Industry News

America Is Rebuilding the Arsenal. The Bottleneck Is Throughput.

The United States is investing heavily in ammunition plants, energetics, missile components, and industrial modernization. But a July 2026 Pentagon watchdog review found finished 155mm artillery output at roughly 36,000…
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Engineers testing military technology at a mountain range facility with sensors, autonomous systems, communications equipment, and field prototypes
The Pentagon Can Buy Faster. Can It Absorb Innovation Faster?Thought Leadership

The Pentagon Can Buy Faster. Can It Absorb Innovation Faster?

The Pentagon is accelerating acquisition through portfolio-based decision structures, commercial pathways, nontraditional suppliers, and lower barriers to entry. But a faster contract award does not automatically create faster military capability.…
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Integrated U.S. missile defense network connecting satellites, radars, command systems, and interceptors across air, space, and ground domains
Golden Dome’s Hardest Problem May Be Connecting What Already ExistsTechnology & Innovation

Golden Dome’s Hardest Problem May Be Connecting What Already Exists

Golden Dome is accelerating investment in missile tracking, space sensors, interceptors, and command-and-control. But its hardest problem may be architectural rather than kinetic: combining legacy and new sensors, networks, decision…
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U.S. military logistics operations across the Indo-Pacific with cargo aircraft, naval vessels, tactical vehicles, and distributed island supply hubs
The Pacific Logistics Problem: Deterrence Depends on What Can Be Sustained After Day OneMission Perspectives

The Pacific Logistics Problem: Deterrence Depends on What Can Be Sustained After Day One

The Indo-Pacific turns logistics into a combat function. Distance, dispersion, limited infrastructure, contested communications, and vulnerable ports and airfields mean deterrence depends not only on what the United States can…
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Cybersecurity operations center monitoring defense networks, connected military systems, and protected digital infrastructure
CMMC Is Paused. The Cybersecurity Obligation Is Not.Insights

CMMC Is Paused. The Cybersecurity Obligation Is Not.

CMMC Phase II is paused, but the underlying cybersecurity obligation is not. The Department has kept Phase I self-assessments in place, says it will continue enforcing NIST SP 800-171 Revision…
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U.S. military drones and autonomous aircraft moving through an advanced defense manufacturing facility built for high-volume unmanned systems production
Drone Dominance Is Becoming an Industrial Problem, Not Just a Technology ProblemMission Perspectives

Drone Dominance Is Becoming an Industrial Problem, Not Just a Technology Problem

The Pentagon is moving drone warfare from prototype culture toward industrial scale. The 2026 Drone Dominance program is buying tens of thousands of low-cost systems, testing vendors under repeated competitive…
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Defense software teams developing secure mission applications in a modern Pentagon technology environment with cloud infrastructure, code, data systems, and military operations displays
The Pentagon’s New Software Strategy Is Bigger Than ProcurementTechnology & Innovation

The Pentagon’s New Software Strategy Is Bigger Than Procurement

Two multibillion-dollar enterprise software agreements show the Pentagon using its purchasing power to consolidate the digital foundation of the Joint Force. But enterprise licensing is only the first layer. The…
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