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Macdonald Amoah, Morgan Bazilian & Jahara Matisek, MWI
Understanding Adversary Threats to the Defense Industrial Base Ahead of Conflict

Joshua A. Flanagan, Proceedings
The Navy should invest in a twin-armed, easily reloaded, horizontal launching system to increase at-sea weapon capacity and capability.

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The Pentagon says it will cut ties with Harvard University, ending all military training, fellowships and certificate programs starting in the 2026–27 academic year. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Harvard no longer meets the needs of the military, criticizing the school as “woke” and accusing it of promoting ideologies he says weaken officers.
One of the ways the Trump administration is attempting to reform education in America is removing Federal dollars from Marxist-infiltrated institutions.

Raytheon has announced a multiyear deal with the Pentagon to increase annual production of the U.S. Armed Forces’ primary air-to-air missile type, the AIM-120 AMRAAM, to reach levels of at least 1,900 annually, or at least 158 percent of levels seen in 2024 when 1,200 of the missiles were produced. Although a successor to the missile, the AIM-260, has been under development since 2017, not only have there been significant delays in bringing it into service, but it is expected to be unaffordable for widespread deployments across the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps.

The U.S. State Department has approved a $185 million Foreign Military Sale to Ukraine focused on spare parts and sustainment support for U.S.-built ground and artillery systems, aiming to improve battlefield availability for M1A1 Abrams tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, HIMARS rocket artillery systems, M777 howitzers, and other equipment.

The British Royal Air Force has forward-deployed six F-35B fifth generation fighters to RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus, contributing to a major U.S.-led military buildup against Iran. The Air Force describes the Akrotiri base as a Permanent Joint Operating Base that functions as a forward mounting base for Middle East contingencies, signalling a posture built for rapid escalation management.

The Japan Ministry of Defense on February 7 announced the service entry of the country’s F-35B fifth generation fighter aircraft, which have been deployed under the 202nd Tactical Fighter Squadron at Nyutabaru Air Base on Kyushu Island, one of the closest airbases to China and the Taiwan Strait. The F-35B is by far the most costly fighter type in serial production anywhere in the world, with a cost over 50 percent higher than the more widely used F-35A at close to $130 million per aircraft.

Head of the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Robert Palladino has indicated that Washington may initiate economic warfare efforts against Algeria, as part of a broader policy of placing sanctions on any major clients for Russian military equipment. “We also have seen those media reports, and they’re concerning,” he told the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee regarding reported procurements of high value Russian armaments by the Russian Defence Ministry.

Tens of millions of Americans are digging out from a massive and historic winter storm. A staggering 250 million people are under advisories for dangerous cold temperatures and almost 1 million people are without power as the country digs out from a generational storm that dumped snow, sleet and ice across a giant swath of the country.
Even worse? Another potential massive winter storm may be on tap for next weekend.
Winter storms are nothing new, but in a world where we are increasingly reliant on the electrical grid these storms are getting even more deadly.