Recent war games highlight how Washington can improve its air defenses so the next round of fighting isn’t worse.

The war against Iran is putting new strains on U.S. military readiness by consuming munitions and missile defense interceptors, as well as through

Is the UK ready for the challenges of modern war?

Defense analyst Stacie Pettyjohn says while the U.S. military is facing long-range missile shortages, prolonged deployments and vacated regional bases, Iran is building cheaper weapons quickly.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Center for a New American Security senior fellow Stacie Pettyjohn about the shortage of U.S. long-range precision missiles in the wake of the war against Iran.

The US defense industry is struggling to keep up with the revolution in cheap drones vs. expensive reusable military equipment. Today on the show, we talk with Stacie Pettyjohn, the director of the De...

The counter-drone mission entails much more than simply air defense and cannot be relegated to traditional, isolated air defense formations.

Acoustics and innovative radar could help

This week’s episode of the Irregular Warfare Podcast examines how Taiwan could deter—or potentially defeat—a Chinese invasion by transforming the Taiwan Strait into an “unmanned hellscape.” Anchored i...

Airborne sensing and air battle management are distinct but intertwined tasks.

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Why Moscow is helping Iran fight the United States and Israel.

The counter-drone mission entails much more than simply air defense and cannot be relegated to traditional, isolated air defense formations.

The units are embarked on ships and include air and ground combat elements along with logistics and command structures.

The U.S. military depends on access to overseas bases to project power around the world. Political challenges to access have been common, but the threat has often been overstated.

"When we ask for additional assistance or simple access… we get questions or roadblocks or hesitation," US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said today when asked about US support to NATO's collective de...

It is 2029. General Secretary Xi Jinping has given the order for the People’s Liberation Army to forcibly take Taiwan. Hundreds of Chinese warships begin

Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies.

It is 2029. General Secretary Xi Jinping has given the order for the People’s Liberation Army to forcibly take Taiwan. Hundreds of Chinese warships begin

America and Israel conduct air strikes against Iran while the regime blocks the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting global energy supplies and pushing Gulf allies toward alignment.

Stacie Pettyjohn at the Center for a New American Security says Iran's Shahed-136 drones are mainly composed of off-the-shelf consumer tech, which makes them affordable to make at scale.

In the strait, Iran holds the advantage—and America has no good options.

Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies.

Rapid depletion of stockpile including Tomahawk missiles raises pressure on Trump over cost of conflict

Escorting convoys of oil tanker with warships may give Iran juicy American targets

The value of the UK-Ukrainian drone interceptor is not in the characteristics of the munition, but in the process that brought it into being.

The counter-drone mission entails much more than simply air defense and cannot be relegated to traditional, isolated air defense formations.

Merops drones, from a company owned by Eric Schmidt, are favored by Kyiv’s troops against Russian Shahed attacks.

The U.S. defense industrial base has seen significant change over the past decade. CNAS will publish a series of essays written by a diverse set of experts

Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies.

Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies.

Bloomberg Economics Defense Lead Becca Wasser discusses Iran's retaliation to US-Israeli strikes over the weekend, and what potential moves lie ahead from the Trump administration. She joins Kailey Le...

Airborne sensing and air battle management are distinct but intertwined tasks.

Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies.

“I think coordination has been lacking, and you're seeing a lot more sort of cowboy behavior, which could be problematic,” Stacie Pettyjohn, a senior fellow and director of the defense program at the ...

Kateryna Bondar examines how Russia conceptualizes, builds, and adapts its command and control (C2) architecture under wartime pressures, in the first installment of a series on Russia’s use of AI in ...

What the Kremlin is learning from the war in Ukraine.

Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies.

Max and Maria had a livestreamed conversation in the CSIS Brack Studio with Dara Massicot and Kateryna Bondar to discuss Russian and Ukrainian battlefield adaptations and technological innovations.

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The 2026 National Defense Strategy arrives at a critical juncture and marks an unprecedented shift in U.S. As the Department of Defense translates…