By Robert C. O'Brien & Jerry Hendrix, Defense One: “The United States has not been a global leader in shipbuilding for a generation. The new frigate program is an opportunity to bring new designs, new construction techniques, lower prices, and higher efficiency back to the U.S.shipbuilding industry.”
By Connie Lee, National Defense Magazine: “The Air Force Research Laboratory's initiative to help lessen the service's reliance on Russia's RD-180 rocket engine has passed a major milestone.”
By Daniel Gouré, RealClearDefense: ““I’m not interested in a linear progression into the future. That will end up in defeat on a future battlefield. If we think that if we just draw a straight line into the future and simply make incremental improvements to current systems, then we’re blowing smoke up our collective fourth point of contact …””