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As the Defense Department and the rest of government remain under a continuing resolution—a spending freeze at last year’s levels—more than one-third of the way through the fiscal year and face another potential government shutdown in…

Artificial intelligence has been in the spotlight lately, and not always for good reasons. The Federal Trade Commission recently tightened up rules regarding the use of AI and its uncanny ability to mimic real people’s voices and…

The V-22 has long gotten a bad rap. As soon as reports of a fatal accident involving an Osprey off the coast of Japan hit the internet last fall, the critics pounced, and a chorus of…

To arm American allies and partners—and ensure U.S. armed forces can deter and fight a major theater war—the United States must rehabilitate the largely obscure National Defense Stockpile and focus on critical munitions. Based in Fort…

The U.S. State Department’s recent approval of a Foreign Military Sale to Poland of Airspace and Surface Radar Reconnaissance (ASRR) aerostat systems, is not only a big step in providing critical airborne early warning technology to the…

Defense One Radio, Ep. 145: The USAF's big reorganization - Defense One Skip to Content Get all our news and commentary in your inbox at 6 a.m. ET. By Ben Watson and Audrey…

The U.S. faces unprecedented threats to its national security. Our adversaries use coercive economic and trade practices to build their military power to levels not seen since World War II, while weakening the supply chains that U.S.…

To say the U.S. FY24 budget process has been tumultuous would be an understatement.In addition to the commonplace continuing resolutions that are needed to avoid shutdowns when Congress is unable to pass a budget on time, we’ve also seen…

On Dec. 9, the Air Force special operations community mourned Alan Yoshida, a combat controller who deployed with an Army Special Forces team into Afghanistan in the first days of the Global War on Terror in 2001. Yoshida, who spent years…

The lightning-fast victory of the U.S. military over the Iraqi Army in the early 1990s marked a generational turning point for warfare, with the predominant lesson being that exquisite and precise munitions were the key to winning…