Special operations have long been associated with the ability to generate effects disproportionate to the size of the forces employed. As a result, scholars and practitioners have devoted considerable ...

Five Ways Drones Are Transforming War Unmanned Systems (UxSs), whether airborne, maritime, or land-based, are transforming ...

Network-centric operations (NCO) are performed by a set of networked assets the committee calls an NCO system (shown in Figure 1.1, Chapter 1). The committee has avoided the phrase system of systems ...

Strategic depth has traditionally described a state’s ability to trade space for time—to absorb, adapt, and recover before vital centers are threatened. Strategic depth may be defined as the spatial, ...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Violet Collins is a Contributing Fellow at Defense Priorities. American military engagement in Iran and Venezuela has been an unprecedented and overt demonstration of U.S. tactical ...

The Department of Defense continues to pursue technological innovation to maintain a competitive edge in an evolving landscape. Integrating edge computing, artificial intelligence and advanced 5G ...

The rise of commercially viable generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform a vast range of sectors. This transformation will be particularly profound in contemporary ...

In the movie “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” the human protagonist, Sam, is caught between two opposing sides and feels inadequate and overwhelmed. Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots, ...