Defense Technologies

Cross-Strait and Beyond seminar on US-Taiwan defense co-production featured in Aviation Week

On October 8, our Cross-Strait and Beyond seminar on fostering US-Taiwan defense co-production was featured in Aviation Week. The article outlined the event’s panel discussion, which highlighted how co-production could address mutual security concerns in the Indo-Pacific, particularly amid China’s military expansion efforts. Key topics included the potential for joint production of drones and the […]

Elliot Ackerman in the Atlantic on Ukraine

On September 30, Elliot Ackerman, non-resident senior fellow at Forward Defense, published a piece in the Atlantic with Karl Marlantes on the pace of battlefield innovation in Ukraine the inability of the West to both keep pace and to deliver arms in an effective and timely manner.

Elliot Ackerman in the Free Press on American readiness for modern conflict

On October 2, Elliot Ackerman, non-resident senior fellow at Forward Defense, published a piece in the Free Press on American technology and readiness for a major conflict.

Hinata-Yamaguchi in South China Morning Post and The Week on deployment of USS Preble to Japan

On September 26, IPSI nonresident senior fellow Ryo Hinata-Yamaguchi was quoted in South China Morning Post and in The Week discussing the deployment of the USS Preble to Japan. He emphasized the US strategy of positioning its best weapons systems, like the Helios laser-equipped Preble, on the front lines. He highlighted that this show of […]

Chilton in Air & Space Forces Magazine on advancing US counterspace capabilities

By Atlantic Council

On September 18, Forward Defense distinguished fellow General Kevin Chilton, USAF (ret.) spoke with Air & Space Forces Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Tobias Naegele about the need for the United States to develop advanced counterspace capabilities. During the recorded conversation, Chilton argued that these capabilities are necessary in order to pose a credible threat to adversary space […]