The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is a major economic actor in Iran, running numerous businesses that provide employment and financial incentives for its members.

Frank Kendall assesses that all U.S. military services are approaching unmanned systems as an adjunct to existing platforms, rather than fundamentally rethinking their force structure around them.

Frank Kendall claims the current U.S. administration has a policy of no federal regulation for AI and is actively opposing states that attempt to implement their own regulations.

Frank Kendall states that after he left his position as Secretary of the Air Force, the service began to devolve requirements and modernization authority back to the 4-star commands, reversing his ini...

During the first Gulf War, the U.S. military did not successfully find and destroy a single Scud missile on a mobile launcher before it was able to launch.

The Deputy Secretary of Defense is in discussions with prime contractors about a plan to incentivize building greater production capacity, which would involve providing assurances of future production...

U.S. production lines for key air defense systems like the Patriot and THAAD have already been maximized to supply munitions to Ukraine.

Frank Kendall is not aware of many programs originating from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) that have successfully been fielded by the U.S. military in its approximately 12 years of existence.

Frank Kendall believes the U.S. can accelerate the fielding of relatively inexpensive electronic warfare capabilities to counter some threats in the conflict with Iran.

Iran is able to continue its attacks on U.S. bases, its neighbors, and Israel because many of its military assets were already in a dispersed, fighting posture rather than being concentrated on bases.

The catalyst for the U.S. attack on Iran was the gathering of Iranian leadership, which created a lucrative target that Israel apparently used to convince the U.S. President to authorize the strike.

Frank Kendall predicts that due to finite stockpiles of interceptor missiles, the U.S. military will soon have to alter its 'shot doctrine' to fire only one interceptor per threat instead of two.

Frank Kendall claims that U.S. Congressional appropriators are very reluctant to approve multi-year contracts or commit funds beyond the current year, which hinders long-term defense planning.

Frank Kendall alleges the U.S. government is using a 'supply chain risk designation' as a tool to punish Anthropic for failing to agree to the government's contract terms, calling it an abuse of power...

Frank Kendall believes Congress made a significant mistake by breaking up the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L), as it eliminated the single poi...

Frank Kendall observes that unlike Ukraine, the U.S. Army is not creating dedicated UAS brigades and is instead shutting down its division cavalry squadrons rather than converting them to use unmanned...

Iran's Supreme Council is reportedly conducting all its meetings over the internet via platforms like Microsoft Teams to avoid being targeted in decapitation strikes.

The operational concept for the U.S. Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program involves a single fighter controlling multiple unmanned aircraft, shifting the mass of the force to the unm...

The United States is in a race with China to transition to automated weapon systems, and Frank Kendall believes it is not clear that the U.S. is currently winning this race.

A core principle of U.S. defense procurement is that no new system is fielded until a military service decides it wants to buy it, and attempts by political leadership to force unwanted products onto ...