Czech Vipers in Poland: A New Layer in NATO’s Counter-Drone Fight
The Czech Republic’s decision to send a pair of AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to Poland is…
Read More »IBCS at the Crossroads: What Four Decades of Transformation History Tell Us About Why This System Cannot Be Replaced
Part One of this series laid out the operational case for the Integrated Battle Command System…
Read More »The FCAS Saga: How Europe’s Most Ambitious Fighter Program Fell Apart
On June 8, 2026, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stood before the ILA Berlin Air Show and…
Read More »Drones at War: From Moscow’s Burning Skies to Patuxent River’s War Labs
Two Theaters, One Day On June 18, 2026, world headlines screamed a simple, lethal fact: “Pure…
Read More »From Bletchley Park to the AI Age: Machines in Competitive Co-Evolution
In the middle of the twentieth century, a secretive campus in the English countryside became the…
Read More »The Cooling Front: Why Kyiv is Risking Its Strategic Alliance with Poland
The “cold war” between Ukraine and Poland is dragging on. Kyiv shows no intention of backing…
Read More »From the Seabed Up: Terradepth and the Ocean Operating System
The problem with maritime autonomous systems is not the robots. The problem is what you do…
Read More »Who Really Commands? Reflections on Murielle Delaporte’s Series on AI and the Future of Military Command
Murielle Delaporte has been working through one of the most consequential questions facing allied militaries today:…
Read More »From Sea Dragon to Kill Web Node: The CH-53K as Airborne Manager of the Mine-Warfare Fight
The MH-53E Sea Dragon’s role in mine countermeasures at the Strait of Hormuz has been indispensable…
Read More »From Revolution to Reality: Lessons in Military Transformation
The history of American military power over the past four decades is, in large part, a…
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