Tag: Defense One

America’s First Exascale Supercomputer Is ‘On Track’ for 2021 Deployment (Brandi Vincent, Defense One)

After years of preparation and a change of plans, the United States’ first exascale supercomputer will soon be in full function. “Frontier is being installed...

The 9/11 Commission Said National Security Vacancies Were A Problem. Biden’s Pentagon Is ‘Far Worse’ (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

Senate committees this week are considering more than a dozen national security and foreign policy officials in what experts hope is an effort to...

More Than Just Subs: AUKUS Will Change Pacific Air Ops as Well (Douglas D. Jackson, Defense One)

The Biden administration’s moves to strengthen diplomatic and military ties to Australia by—among other actions—sharing U.K. and U.S. nuclear-powered submarine technology through the creation...

Lockheed Opens New Hypersonic Weapons Factory In Alabama (Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One)

Lockheed Martin opened a new hypersonic weapons manufacturing site in Northern Alabama on Monday that will build missiles for the U.S. Navy and U.S....

America Should Help Iran Get COVID Vaccines (Sina Toossi, Defense One)

Following withering criticism amid a deadly fifth wave of COVID-19 in Iran, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appears to have done something he is often loath...

Is This the Next US Military Base in Europe? (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

American soldiers have found gracious hosts in Lithuania. At this remote base, which opened in August and is now the temporary home of hundreds of American troops,...

Soldiers’ Super Suits Will Sense Surroundings Soon (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

GETTY IMAGES / MR.COLE_PHOTOGRAPHER Imagine being able to communicate hands-free, with no visible earbuds or headset, via a small microphone that lives in your mouth...

The Forever War is Over. Its 2001 Authorization Lives On (Tara Copp, Defense One)

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line at Hurlburt Field Fla., April 24, 2014. U.S. AIR FORCE / STAFF SGT. JOHN BAINTER “Over the horizon”...

Hypersonics Test Shows the US Is Catching Up in the New Missile Race (Patrick Tucker, Defense News)

Artist's rendering of a hypersonic air-breathing missile. DARPA Last week’s successful demonstration of a hypersonic glide vehicle is a “step in the right direction” in closing...

One Senator’s Plan to Cut Through the Politics and Get Answers on Afghanistan (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

Marines from Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, patrol through a city in Helmand province, Afghanistan,...

We’re Already Barreling Toward the Next Pandemic (Ed Yong, Defense One)

A year after the United States bombed its pandemic performance in front of the world, the Delta variant opened the stage for a face-saving encore. If the U.S....

Strengthen U.S. Security Through Nuclear Arms Reductions (Rep. Ami Bera, Steven Pifer, Defense One)

Thirty years after the end of the Cold War, nuclear weapons pose a far greater threat to the safety and security of Americans than...

Air Force Chief Anticipates ‘Something Special’ for B-21 Public Debut (Tara Copp, Defense One)

The Air Force has five B-21 Raider stealth bombers in development, but they won’t all roll out at once, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown...

Defense Business Board Relaunches After Pentagon Review (Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One)

The Biden administration has reassembled one of the Pentagon’s most influential advisory boards with a diverse group of business leaders, seven months after it...

Biden’s Best Chance to Get Back on Course with Europe (Kurt Volker, Defense One)

The U.S.-UK-Australia pact to cooperate more closely on security in the Indo-Pacific, including the U.S. decision to sell nuclear submarines and share related technology...

Austin, Milley Say White House Was Advised to Keep US Troops in Afghanistan (Tara Copp, Defense One)

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley had cautioned the White House that a full withdrawal of forces would likely result in a Taliban takeover—but...