“The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Global Positioning System (GPS) is the principal source of positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) information [...]
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Thousands of people are virtually gathering this week as the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) kicks off its annual conference focused on [...]
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Thousands of people are virtually gathering this week as the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) kicks off its annual conference focused on [...]
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Close to six thousand people, including current military leaders and members of the defense industry, are gathered at AUSA’s 2019 Global Force [...]
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Close to six thousand people, including current military leaders and members of the defense industry, are gathered at AUSA’s 2019 Global Force [...]
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The Cipher Brief’s new Friday column Cipher Select, is laser-focused on bringing you a range of different perspectives on special operations issues [...]
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The Cipher Brief’s new Friday column Cipher Select, is laser-focused on bringing you a range of different perspectives on special operations issues [...]
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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 [...]
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While most American news outlets last week focused on sexual harassment, tax reform and President Donald Trump’s red-carpet trip to the Far East, the [...]
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As questions swirl around what happened during the ambush in southwestern Niger earlier this month that left four American service men dead and two [...]
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For this year’s Fourth of July feature, The Cipher Brief revisits its coverage on electromagnetic railguns. Capable of firing projectiles at speeds [...]
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For a moment, try to ignore President Donald Trump’s tweets and rambling speeches and let’s look at what the Trump administration may be thinking [...]
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In a September 7th speech, then-candidate Donald Trump described his vision for the future of the American military. “As soon as I take office, I [...]
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By some analyses, the U.S. Army has fared the worst in terms of diminished readiness. Fifteen years of operations in the Middle East and budget [...]
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In the 15 years following 9/11, the U.S. Army pivoted away from its traditional role and took on the challenge presented by new missions and enemies. [...]
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The crisis after 9/11 forced every branch of the military to reevaluate its mission set, its structure, and its identity. Fifteen years later, the [...]
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Three dramatic developments have occurred in the employment of U.S. air power in the past 25 years: the vulnerability of air defenses faced, leading [...]
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Whether or not we are officially at war with ISIS is a reoccurring debate in today’s mass media. Part of what makes this question so compelling is [...]
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Thomas Mahnken is the Jerome E. Levy Chair of Economic Geography and National Security at the U.S. Naval War College and served as Deputy Assistant [...]
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