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Kathleen Hicks warns of ‘substantial decline’ in defense-industrial base competition
The deputy defense secretary is concerned about competition in the defense-industrial base, particularly around small businesses.
By Joe Gould
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Explainer: Is the US losing the artificial intelligence arms race?
The U.S. defense community is starting to understand that AI will significantly transform, if not completely reinvent, the world’s military power balance.
By James Johnson, Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Here’s how the Navy is revolutionizing officer career paths
Testifying before the Senate Armed Service Committee’s Personnel Subcommittee, the Navy’s chief of personnel, Vice Adm. Bob Burke, updated lawmakers on how far and fast the sea service has come in revamping the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act, the landmark 1980 legislation that’s come to be known as simply “DOPMA.”
By Mark D. Faram
How the Pentagon’s fear of risk is stifling innovation
Innovation-minded players in the defense world say rigid regulations and a risk-averse culture pose a challenge for Congress.
By Joe Gould
Ro Khanna and progressive Democrats hope ‘Blue Wave’ shakes up American defense policy
Democratic leaders will have to navigate alongside a caucus of moderates who back strong military spending and progressive members who have decried Pentagon largess.
By Joe Gould
‘Push button’ captains in the Navy now one step closer to reality
The House Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee has included a proposal to allow military services the ability to directly commission highly skills cyber and scientific officers up to the rank of O-6.
By Mark D. Faram