Ideas

A New Industrial Base Is Taking Shape. Call It the Military-AI Complex.

The most essential Pentagon suppliers will be the ones that master robotics and artificial intelligence.

Business

Great Power Competition Spurs Arms Purchases By Smaller Asian Countries

From sub-hunting planes to fighter jets, Asian nations are arming themselves in response to China’s buildup.

Policy

Lockheed: We Could Easily Sell Turkey’s F-35s to Other Customers

CEO: We’ll be fine if Ankara buys a Russian air-defense system instead of our jets.

Business

US, Poland to Discuss Potential F-35 Sale, Air Force Secretary Says

Warsaw’s eagerness to buy the Joint Strike Fighter came up during Heather Wilson’s April visit to Poland.

Science & Tech

Pentagon ‘Matchmakers’ Aim to Keep US Tech Firms from Taking Chinese Money

Defense officials hope to protect cutting-edge technologies by getting innovative firms funded by U.S.-friendly investors.

Business

Price Drop: Lockheed Pitches $80M F-35A to Pentagon

That’s the cheapest price yet for the Air Force version of the fifth-generation jet.

Science & Tech

Robots and Lasers Are Bringing Shipbuilding into the Digital Age

Even decades-old aircraft carriers are being mapped onto digital models at Newport News Shipbuilding.

Ideas

The Pentagon Is Flubbing Its Pitch to Silicon Valley

Appeals to patriotism won’t move America’s tech industry. Other approaches might work better.

Ideas

You Can Now Bid on DOD's 2nd-Largest-Ever Cloud-Services Contract

The up-to-$8 billion DEOS is only the first phase of the Defense Department's plan to buy common communication, collaboration and productivity capabilities.

Ideas

Trump's Withdrawal from Arms Trade Treaty Could Reduce US Exports

The Arms Trade Treaty has helped keep U.S. companies competitive in the global market by requiring other countries to adopt standards similar to America's.

Business

Lockheed, Frustrated with US Air Force, Eyes Foreign F-35 Sales

The service’s proposed purchase of Boeing F-15s has the company increasing its sales efforts on Capitol Hill, and elsewhere.

Ideas

The US Air Force Needs F-35s, Not the F-15EX

Only about 20 percent of USAF fighters are fifth-generation aircraft. Winning tomorrow’s wars depends on growing that share faster, not slower.

Business

NSA Gave Contractors $630M in Incentives. Its Watchdog Has Questions.

More than half of the incentive-based contracts reviewed by the agency's inspector general lacked proof that such incentives were necessary.