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Certain functions are by nature or necessity best handled by government, such as safety-critical airspace operations.
The emerging problem is that the data the Department of Defense plans to send to states is insufficient.
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.
A transfer could slow decision-making and complicate alliance coordination during the unprecedented chaos of a dual contingency.
Beyond the pilots and aircraft is a critical, overlooked layer of support that needs buttressing: the public schools that make mission readiness possible.
Investments by the U.S. in artificial intelligence signal a bold leap in defense modernization, but they also introduce new cyber risks.
The lack of U.S. manufacturing for flat panel displays and reliance on Chinese sources present significant, potentially catastrophic risks to the U.S. military, economy and infrastructure.
Whether in sports, the military or civilian life, too many lives have been shattered by the consequences of brain injury and mental health conditions left unaddressed.
The Navy’s program executive office for unmanned systems and small combatants is potentially on the chopping block. That’s a bad idea.
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