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As Middle East Crisis Grinds On, Pentagon Shows Signs of Strain
In The News
The open-ended crisis in the Middle East has begun to squeeze the Pentagon, fueling unease over the U.S. military’s ability to balance imminent threats to American interests t...
By Becca Wasser
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Top Former Defense Officials Release New Report on Accelerating DoD Innovation
Press Release
Washington, September 25, 2024 – Today, the Center for a New American Security released a new report, Integration for Innovation: A Report of the CNAS Defense Technology Task ...
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China’s Shipyards Are Ready for a Protracted War. America’s Aren’t.
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“The scale [of China’s shipbuilding] is just almost hard to fathom,” said Thomas Shugart, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security whose research foc...
By Tom Shugart
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Congress Asks Department of the Air Force for 2050 Force Design Plan. What Will It Mean?
In The News
The department’s ongoing re-optimization review, implemented by Secretary Frank Kendall this fall, will likely inform that force design, which will be due by Aug. 31, 2024. “T...
By Becca Wasser & Hannah Dennis
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Defense Innovation Unit to Host Replicator Technology Summit
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Andrew Metrick, a defense fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said Replicator’s goal of increasing the scale at which the department fields innovative capability...
By Andrew Metrick
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Munitions put into focus as stockpiles dwindle
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“The defence industry is so consolidated that it can’t very quickly expand to support a greater demand,” warns Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the defence programme at the Cente...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Hannah Dennis
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The West Again Learns That War Needs Industry
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Agility is increasingly vital in manufacturing, too. The F-35, America’s newest jet fighter, is a marvel of networked computers that can hover and fly supersonic. But much of ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Lockheed Martin Looks to Boost LRASM Production as US Rushes to Buy Anti-Ship Weapons
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“I think one of the most glaring gaps in our portfolio is anti-ship weapons, especially air-launched ones, and LRASMs are particularly important since it gives you the ability...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Situation Report: DoD’s Christmas wish list
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“You have items that are too vague to be useful,” Becca Wasser, a senior fellow and head of the Gaming Lab at the Center for a New American Security, said in a text message.Na...
By Becca Wasser
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BUDGET 2024: Flat Army Request Signals Focus on Indo-Pacific Capabilities
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The significant investments into missiles — particularly long-range fires capabilities — and air and missile defense systems underscore the Army’s vision for “future Pacific o...
By Andrew Metrick
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Biden Budget Expected to Stiff the Indo-Pacific
In The News
“We’re really bad about pouring concrete in the Indo-Pacific,” said Becca Wasser, a senior fellow and lead of the gaming lab at the Center for a New American Security, a Washi...
By Becca Wasser
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Russia’s War on Ukraine, China’s Rise Expose US Military Failings
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At the nub of the problem is the Pentagon’s planning, programming, budgeting and execution process, known as PPBE. It controls the resources that make weapons programs happen,...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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How arming Ukraine is stretching the US defense industry
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“The Ukraine conflict has been an important wake-up call for decision makers at the Pentagon,” says Martijn Rasser, director of technology and national security at the Center ...
By Martijn Rasser & Stacie Pettyjohn
