The budget request for the Department of the Air Force, which includes the Space Force, provides for a 12% increase over last year’s request. Mimi Geerges spoke with Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall about his top priorities. Kendall said defining a resilient, effective space order of battle is a very high priority as the joint […]
Accelerating innovation in the Navy; US sending more sophisticated arms to Ukraine; sanctions for buying Russian weapons
NavalX connects the needs and challenges of the United States Navy to solution providers across industry, academia and the rest of the Defense Department. The ultimate goal is to get capabilities to the warfighter faster. Captain Benjamin Van Buskirk, director of NavalX, said the mission has three parts: rapidly enabling stakeholders to deliver capabilities, serving […]
Russia has warned the United States that armed shipments to Ukraine could bring “unpredictable consequences.” This comes as the administration authorizes the delivery of more sophisticated weapons than in previous shipments. Ryan Evans, founder of War on the Rocks and chief executive officer of Metamorphic Media, said the large artillery pieces in the U.S. aid […]
Arms exports from Russia are second only to oil and gas as a source of revenue. To reduce that income stream, the United States could change strategy to wean customers off Russian arms and win back partners, says Grant Rumley, senior fellow at the Washington Institute. Rumley said buying weapons from Russia is sometimes more […]
USAID appoints new chief diversity officer; Turkey’s balancing act between NATO and Russia; implementing a national strategy for Web3
Turkey has been called a “frenemy” of the United States, sometimes friendly and other times hostile. It is a NATO member located strategically on the Black Sea, but it seems to be on the fence with Russia’s war on Ukraine. Ryan Brobst, research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said the United States […]
