The Global War in Ukraine Reaches the Gulf
When Volodymyr Zelensky travels to Riyadh, Doha, and Abu Dhabi to sign long-term defense agreements, he…
Read More »The Nacelle Improvement Program in Light of 2026 Aviation Plan
The 2026 Marine Corps Aviation Plan marks a critical strategic decision in the evolution of the…
Read More »Transforming Marine Aviation Sustainment: The AI/ML Revolution in the 2026 Marine Aviation Plan
The 2026 Marine Aviation Plan represents a watershed moment in how the Marine Corps approaches aviation…
Read More »Building the Arsenal of Democracy Globally
The entry of South Korea and Japan into the NATO-managed Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PUR) is…
Read More »Running Toward the Problem: Fairbanks Morse Defense and the Digital Transformation of Naval Sustainment
The U.S. Navy faces a sustainment crisis that is, by most honest accounts, far worse than…
Read More »Manufacturing for Sustainability: An Enabler for Military Transformation
Military transformation is usually narrated from the top down. Strategic concepts are unveiled in Washington, new…
Read More »From Platform to Ecosystem: Training Transformation and the Time Factor
In my new forthcoming book, Lessons in Military Transformation: From the RMA to the Drone Wars,…
Read More »Lessons from the Drone Wars: Maritime Autonomous Systems and Maritime Operations
The battlefield has been transformed. Not gradually, not theoretically, but demonstrably, operationally, and at a pace…
Read More »From Red Sea Defense to Epic Fury: How the U.S. Flipped the Drone Cost Equation
When U.S. destroyers first found themselves in the high-tempo contest with Houthi missiles and drones in…
Read More »Built in the Foundry: Robotic Maintenance and the Future of a Warfighting Navy
Adm. Daryl Caudle’s Foundry–Fleet–Fight construct is more than a slogan for a new Chief of Naval…
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