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Thirteen years ago, having been present at the dawn of the “surveillance state,” I asked a…
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The Integrated Battle Command System did not spring from a blank sheet. It emerged from a…
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In the fall of 2010, I was at Marine Corps Air Station New River talking to…
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There is a persistent conceit in Washington defense circles — that military transformation is something you…
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There is a phrase that has stayed with me since a conversation at HMHT-302 during a…
Read More »Australia’s Defence Crossroads: From Platforms to Architecture in a Contested Indo-Pacific
As I return from my latest visit to Australia, I am thinking back on my time…
Read More »The MARTAC T38’s 192-Hour Mission: Proof of Concept for the Mesh Fleet
When Maritime Tactical Systems (MARTAC) announced that its T38 Devil Ray unmanned surface vessel had completed…
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