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The China Challenge in Critical Minerals: The Case for Asymmetric Resilience
By Pascale Massot
China is the dominant player in global critical minerals supply chains, especially in the midstream segments. The country controls, on average, two-thirds of the...
SPARK: Secure By Design – Formal methods for an insecure world
In January 2025, four U.S. government agencies – the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Office of the...
Space commerce: face the risk, seize the opportunities
by Norm Mitchell
Imagine it’s 1625 and you’re an ambitious young entrepreneur. The world’s most powerful nations have pushed wooden shipbuilding technology to unprecedented heights....
US Air Force begins ground testing for CCA program
The US Air Force has started ground-testing its prototype robot wingmen ahead of their first flight the previous Summer.
The tests of the collaborative combat aircraft will...
Renewing Shipbuilding Will Require a Culture Change
By Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Charles W. Bowen (Retired)
The U.S. naval shipbuilding crisis imperils national security and undercuts economic vitality. But...
The US Army has rolled out a generative AI workspace to improve daily operations
The US Army's new generative-AI workspace enables users to apply large language models to daily tasks and boost productivity. But it takes a lot...
NATO’s European allies and Canada boosted military spending by 20% in 2025
A NATO report on Thursday said military spending by European allies and Canada rose by 20 percent in 2025. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly demanded that...
Why European nations must dig deeper for defence
With ‘sixth-generation’ fighter programmes advancing amid a drastically changed combat environment, old assumptions are being challenged, meaning NATO nations in Europe must move fast...
Microsoft’s AI offering approved for all Defense operations
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that its OpenAI-enabled Azure offerings will be available to more of the federal workforce through a new Defense Information Systems...
German Aerospace Center and NASA collaborate on space radiation research
The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and NASA signed an agreement to continue their long-standing and successful cooperation in...
Sikorsky sees growing role for AI, automation in helicopter operations
Sikorsky executives feel that artificial intelligence and automation will play an increasingly important role in manned helicopters.
The company has done extensive work on automatic...
US Navy commissions fast-attack submarine USS Massachusetts
The U.S. Navy officially commissioned its newest nuclear attack submarine during a ceremony at Boston Harbor, the service announced.
The USS Massachusetts, — which weighs...
