President Donald Trump announced that he would seek to rein in defense contracting companies while also calling for a 50% increase in U.S. defense spending. The president signed an executive order on ...

The U.S. defense industrial base (DIB) does not have the capacity to meet the worst threat environment since World War II. During the Second World War, the United States was the arsenal of democracy, ...

A small UAS flies during a demonstration for the Point Defense Battle Lab at Grand Forces AFB, North Dakota. Credit: U.S. Air Force The U.S. Air Force laboratory charged with protecting installations ...

This episode unpacks how the U.S. defense industrial base has struggled to keep pace with the demands of renewed great power competition. Kathleen Hicks, former Deputy Secretary of Defense and a ...