Thought Leadership

An array of perspectives and messages from thought leaders in the defense IT and C4ISRNET community.

How US nuclear testing moratorium launched a supercomputing revolution

Supercomputers at Los Alamos are being used for earthquake prediction, assessing the impacts of eroding coastlines, wildfire modeling and other tasks.

3 hours ago

It’s time for Congress to bring back ‘Defense Valley’

Congress must ensure that our warfighters gain the most value possible from government and private sector technology development.

19 hours ago

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Multiyear contracts could solve plenty of Pentagon problems

Predictable dollars beget stability and multiyear procurement contracts should be the vehicle for it.

How NASA launches - and delays - hurt US defense innovation

By outsourcing the rocket’s R&D activities across more than 20 states, SLS has garnered much political support from many members of Congress.

2 days ago

How to ensure the US and its allies have the weapons they need

Prioritization, not capacity, is the real issue facing allies as they continue to supply Ukraine but also to ensure NATO members have enough defense items.

2 days ago

Defensive cyber operation enclaves can support secure sharing of data

Consolidating data in the DCO enclave gives security teams the ability to monitor their organizations’ security postures across all networks.

3 days ago

Success denied: Finding ground truth in the air war over Ukraine

If the U.S. Air Force clings to its offense-first, air-superiority vision it may share the fate of Russia's air force: surprised and largely sidelined.

8 days ago

Why the US still must invest in homeland missile defense

At least four crucial considerations help make the case for sustaining and strengthening the homeland missile defense posture.

9 days ago

Congress must act on Small Biz Innovation Research reauthorization

There are two reasons given for Congress’ failure to reauthorize the 40-year-old program: national security and so-called SBIR mills.

10 days ago

Are autonomous ships and vehicles ‘unmanned’ or ‘uncrewed’?

Most literature in this field from all sources – whether academic, governmental or other – tends to use the gender-biased terms “manned” and “unmanned."

3 weeks ago

Washington must act to build capable federal cybersecurity workforce

As technology and adversary techniques advance, so do the technical skills required by the federal workforce at all levels

3 weeks ago

Simulation sandbox can speed development of uncrewed military vehicles

AI-based simulations can shorten testing periods by running thousands of different scenarios simultaneously.

3 weeks ago