We are also in a modern-day arms race, in some cases playing catch-up, and we are competing to win friends and influence nations worldwide.
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Dr. Mara E. Karlin is acting deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, the Department of Defense’s No. 2 policy role. Karlin was one of the primary developers of the 2022 National Defense Strategy, which redefined China as the “pacing challenge” for the U.S. military. Karlin ...
A collection of quotes on airpower, spacepower, and national security issues.
The United States must have the potential to deny China access to the space capabilities that threaten U.S. space and terrestrial forces and national interests.
Broadly speaking, the PLA has been pursuing a modernization effort in what is known as the three “izations:” mechanization, informationization, and intelligentization.
Despite sending more than $43 billion in military aid to Ukraine—both lethal and non-lethal—the U.S. is not “running out” of any particular munitions or equipment needed for its own forces, Pentagon acquisition and sustainment chief William LaPlante told attendees at a defense conference in Washington, ...
PBS Group is a global leader in design and manufacture of small gas turbine equipment, including jet engines, auxiliary power units, environmental control systems, and other aircraft components. Currently, PBS operates a large casting facility, designs and manufactures cryogenic equipment,...
Through a new effort called the Replicator Initiative, the Department of Defense is seeking to rapidly expand its capacity through relatively inexpensive autonomous systems. And the DOD wants those systems fast—in the “volume and velocity required to deter aggression or win if we’re forced to ...
The U.S., South Korea, and Japan have committed to sharing real-time missile warning data by the end of 2023, holding annual multi-domain military exercises, and more as part of a historic summit Aug. 18. U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Republic of ...