DoD

Last month, Secretary Mattis and his counterparts from across the Americas met in Mexico City for The Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas to […] More

  Bottom Line Up Front By October 2019, the U.S. will have spent approximately $6 trillion in efforts related to support of the so-called ‘global […] More

OPINION — President Trump’s pre-election-day deployment of U.S. Army units on the southwest border may turn out to be more of a dangerous, long-term precedent […] More

The National Space Council heard testimony, and then voted this week to move forward with six recommendations that are intended to provide some lift for […] More

The recent release of the Department of Defense (DoD) cyber strategy essentially announced the department’s ambitions to resume the role of the 800-pound gorilla in […] More

On Wednesday, the Department of Defense (DoD) quietly released an unclassified summary and fact sheet on its 2018 Cyber Strategy, which replaces the 2015 DoD […] More

Congress has decided to accelerate the Trump administration’s movement into the age of hypersonic weapons. These weapons are designed to travel at Mach 6 or […] More

The deluge known as Hurricane Florence has once again challenged the nation’s readiness to respond effectively to large-scale natural disasters in the homeland.  Effective responses […] More

There have been many touching tributes to Senator John McCain this week as his family, his state and his country, prepare for final goodbyes.  Many […] More

OPINION — The Senate last week added $1.2 billion to the fiscal 2019 Defense Appropriations Bill to increase the Pentagon’s offensive and defensive hypersonic capabilities. […] More

OPINION — Congress has to take a serious, long, hard, public look at President Trump’s June off-the-cuff idea of a Space Corps, and turn down, […] More

Up Front:  The U.S. government is taking on a more aggressive role in its mission to protect software supply chains from being infiltrated, as the […] More

President Donald Trump recently ‘re-opened’ the debate on the creation of an entity to manage our national security space assets.  Based on his comments, the […] More

Most of my adult life was spent as a soldier in special operations. One of the most persistent issues throughout my career was finding the […] More

President Donald Trump’s recent announcement to the National Space Council that he is asking the Pentagon to create a new ‘Space Force’ caught many off […] More

The Trump Administration is likely deliberating now the U.S. Department of Defense’s role in defending US interests via cyberspace – specifically, whether to continue President […] More