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A second B-21 Raider, the nation’s sixth-generation stealth bomber, joins flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 11, 2025. (Courtesy photo)

The new airpower advantage

The U.S. Air Force cannot solve its problems by expanding today’s force or chasing game-changing technologies. It needs to return to the core of military advantage —…
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 20: Space Force General Michael Guetlein, speaks alongside Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) and U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced his plans for the “Golden Dome,” a national ballistic and cruise missile defense system. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The staff gap: Or, why architecting national power starts with a better toolset

In this exclusive Op-Ed, Chris Beauregard explains why this century’s moonshots can’t rely on last century’s digital tools.
A tomahawk cruise missile launches from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) for a live-fire exercise during Valiant Shield 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Collins III)

Fixing munitions shortages demands better hardware and new software

The U.S. will run out of strike missiles in a protracted conflict against China. The Pentagon can use commercial tech — hardware and software — to accelerate…
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Commuters cross Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown Washington, DC, as they head towards the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, which houses several US Federal Government offices, during the morning rush hour on March 20, 2025. As dramatic job losses mount among government staff, a sense of gloom has descended on the city. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)

We came in believing. We left in silence.

DOD's first-ever customer experience officer shares his thoughts on the importance of government service amid massive reductions of the federal workforce.
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