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Need better drone defense? The US military may have an app for that.
The CARPE Dronvm application is funded by the Pentagon and developed by the Mitre Corporation. It underwent testing earlier this month.
Defense industry worries Congress will punt budget deal into 2021
As Congress readies a stopgap spending measure this week, the defense industry is girding for a long-term funding patch that could delay both new procurement programs and needed fiscal certainty into next year.
By Joe Gould
The Pentagon wants a $10B defense industry cash injection. Is Congress listening?
Pentagon leaders need “around $10 billion” in the next pandemic aid package to cover defense contractors’ coronavirus-related costs. But it’s unclear how the hefty funding handout will square with Republican skepticism of new deficit spending.
By Joe Gould
Push is on to get National Guard troops on coronavirus duty health care help once their missions end
Guard advocates want lawmakers to guarantee TRICARE coverage for six months after the coronavirus deployments.
Inside the harrowing final minutes before a C-2A Greyhound’s fatal 2017 crash into the sea
A pilot and two junior sailors died, but the crew's calm under pressure saved eight others.
Frameworks for dissent and principled resignation in the US military: A primer
The military should commission internal reviews to determine how senior officers understand obedience, dissent and principled resignation when faced with civilian orders of questionable morality, says the author of this commentary.
By Steven Katz
How big will the coronavirus epidemic be?
It might get very, very bad. Here are some ideas on what we can do to contain it.
By Maciej F. Boni, Pennsylvania State University
Top Navy aviators sued by lieutenant claiming vast racist conspiracy
He says he's facing ongoing reprisals because he blew the whistle on wrongdoing.
By Carl Prine
America’s hungry wolf packs
American submariners adapted a Nazi tactic and used it against the Japanese with deadly success.
By Steven Trent Smith, World War II
A question for our politicians: Have you been to Dover?
We would be a better nation if our politicians took time from their partisanship to discover the real cost of their decisions, says the author of this commentary.
By Steven J. Fagan
The root of enthusiasm and why it’s vital for successful Marine leaders
Internal enthusiasm is vital to being a successful leader — especially as a Marine, this Marine says.
By Marine 1st Lt. Steven Arango