A defense tech CEO shared a memorable insight with me over coffee last year: “Selling to government is like fighting a toddler.” Just as a toddler needs food and sleep to survive and thrive, the Defense Department has clear requirements for what it needs to deter and win wars, and thereby allow the country to survive and thrive. Yet, navigating that process is exasperating and maddening — like negotiating with a toddler in the middle of a tantrum. Ultimately, this comes down to people and their incentives.
Author: Michael
It is no secret that the American commercial shipbuilding industry is struggling. The U.S. Merchant Marine fleet is small, aging, and will be unable to provide the U.S. military with significant additional sealift capability during wartime. China’s large shipbuilding industry and its expanding fleet of dual-use merchant marine vessels are likely to provide it with a strategic edge in the event of a conflict, and its dominance over the United States in shipbuilding has been recognized by both the Biden and Trump administrations.
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The Air Force clarified on Sunday that new recruits will learn about the Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Air Force Service Pilots during their basic training, after a course that included videos on the two World War II-era groups was briefly removed for revisions.
Lt. Gen. Brian S. Robinson, head of Air Education and Training Command, said in a statement on Sunday that no curriculum or content about the groups has been taken out of Basic Military Training.
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“The year is 2043. We have been at war with a peer adversary for a year.”
That’s the set up for “Sea Strike,” a new short film depicting how the Navy could utilize new technology in a potential conflict in the coming years. The video, made by Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific and Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division and released this past week, is a “future-oriented film designed to showcase the U.S. Navy’s ability to conduct distributed maritime operations in a high-end, contested environment.
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On 21 JAN 2025, Israeli Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi resigned. He took personal responsibility for the October 7, 2023 security lapses that contributed to the Hamas surprise attacks on Israel. Halevi’s resignation letter stated that the IDF’s investigation into the IDF failures were “currently in their final stages.” Halevi also told journalists he advocated a full public inquiry into the military’s failures and stated that such an investigation would be “granted full transparency” by the Israeli military.
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