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Engagement by the UK’s financial sector in security and defense has been tepid at best. This must change.
DoD should find pragmatic ways to address the problems it can solve right now. This will require a willingness to embrace more agile and innovative
Justin Sanchez • August 5, 2025
Elevating AI and chips to national priorities is essential, but it’s also time to give biotechnology and biosecurity the same strategic focus. The U.S. should stop treating biosecurity as a low-visibility, high-impact endeavor and recommit to biotechnology as a launchpad for economic prosperity, with biosecurity as the guardrails that keep us accelerating in the right direction into the future.
The essential question is, will China take a decisive lead over the U.S. in commanding the spectrum in future warfare?
If President Trump meets with Kim again, the outcome will likely be the same as his faux summit with Russian President Putin.
An accurate digital twin could guide Navy maintenance and avoid the costly surprises often found when shipyard workers open sections of a ship below deck and behind bulkheads.
The Office of Management and Budget is set to finalize a federal acquisition rule that increases cybersecurity requirements for defense contractors.
Problems arise when the military services become infatuated with advanced technologies regardless of their relevance.
Tablets used by the military are assembled with parts that trace back to companies under China’s control, with some flagged by Congress for ties to the Chinese military.
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