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To bootstrap US maritime industrial base, link allies and innovators

As officials consider the wholesale resuscitation of U.S. shipbuilding, there is a nearer-term lever worth pulling, the author of this op-ed argues.

By Joshua Tallis

2 weeks ago

Opinion

How to handle winners (and losers) in the Pentagon’s 8% budget relook

The authors of this op-ed argue the DOD's 8% relook offers an opportunity to break the defense budgeting routine, but that outcome is far from preordained.

By Travis Sharp, Casey Nicastro and Evan Braden Montgomery

6 weeks ago

China’s shipbuilding dominance a national security risk for US: Report

A report details how China has grown to be the dominant global player in shipbuilding, dwarfing the U.S., which now has only 0.1% of the global market.

8 weeks ago

Man arrested in cargo ship crash with tanker carrying US military fuel

U.K. police have opened a criminal investigation into a collision between two ships in the North Sea and have arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter.

8 weeks ago

Cargo ship hits tanker carrying jet fuel for the US military

The collision set both vessels ablaze and sent fuel pouring into the North Sea.

9 weeks ago

US military’s mini space shuttle returns to Earth after secret mission

The Space Force's unmanned X-37B blasted into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in December 2023 on a secret mission.

2 months ago