Report Release: "Plan B for Defense Hawks: Analysis of the 2027 Defense Budget Request" by CSBA Senior Fellow and Director of Defense Budget Studies Travis Sharp analyzes the FY27 Department of Defense Budget Request and provides alternative budget options for lawmakers committed Read more here: csbaonline.org/resource/plan-…
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For more information on how NATO can deter Russian aggression, read CSBA's report "Final Pieces of the Puzzle: Increasing Deterrence and Defense in NATO's Northeast Quadrant" by @KakiDahlstrand, @CaseyNicastro, and Jan van Tol: csbaonline.org/resource/final…
Good reminder that denial isn't necessarily synonymous with frontline defense -- but whether European NATO members can make this renewed emphasis on deep strike a reality is another question wsj.com/world/europe/n…
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Some recent @CSBAdc work that addresses this issue (with more in progress): csbaonline.org/resource/final…
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One of the most thoughtful and comprehensive treatments of USVs that you'll find, and a great example of the terrific work produced by @CSBAdc's Navy fellows.
Report Release: In "Phantom Boats and Ghost Ships," @AaronCMarchant1 proposes a new categorization system for USVs based on both their longevity and their functionality. Learn more about this system and how it can help the U.S. Navy better articulate their strategy for employing csbaonline.org/resource/phant…
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Report Release: In "Phantom Boats and Ghost Ships," @AaronCMarchant1 proposes a new categorization system for USVs based on both their longevity and their functionality. Learn more about this system and how it can help the U.S. Navy better articulate their strategy for employing csbaonline.org/resource/phant…
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The @DefenseIntel's new 2026 Challenges in Space Report highlights increased space cooperation among adversaries. For more information on this topic, read @KakiDahlstrand's report "Securing Space Superiority" here: csbaonline.org/resource/secur…
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CSBA Senior Analyst @CaseyNicastro writes for @BreakingDefense, "If the Air Force can learn from the past, it can acquire a significant number of F-47s without sacrificing other critical aircraft procurement programs." Read more here: csbaonline.org/how-the-f-15-a…
How the F-15 and F-22 should inform the F-47’s procurement breakingdefense.com/2026/10/how-th…
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For more information on the munitions shortage and the potential of energetics, read CSBA Fellow @TylerHacker15's report "Choosing Less Bang For Buck: The Underutilization of Advanced Energetics" here: csbaonline.org/resource/choos…
The U.S. military plans to buy millions of drones. One problem: it has a massive deficit of the materials needed to make the drones go boom.
I wrote about one effort to start solving the explosives shortage that has afflicted the U.S. for decades. @WSJ
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This @CSBAdc report is a must read on energetics: csbaonline.org/resource/choos…
The U.S. military plans to buy millions of drones. One problem: it has a massive deficit of the materials needed to make the drones go boom.
I wrote about one effort to start solving the explosives shortage that has afflicted the U.S. for decades. @WSJ
wsj.com/politics/natio…
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Some past procurement lessons for a future F-47 buy from @CSBAdc's @CaseyNicastro
breakingdefense.com/2026/10/how-th…
breakingdefense.com/2026/10/how-th…
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For background on this topic, read CSBA's 2015 report "Trends in Air-to-Air Combat: Implications for Future Air Superiority," which argues that "for the first time, the arial combat lethality of large combat aircraft may be competitive or even superior to traditional fighter aircraft..."
csbaonline.org/resource/trend…
csbaonline.org/resource/trend…
USAF Confirms Bombers Could Have A Major Air-To-Air Combat Role
Bombers are now being viewed as another potential air-to-air asset on top of growing the fighter fleet and establishing a CCA force.
twz.com/air/usaf-confi…
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This @CSBAdc report—written more than a decade ago and way ahead of its time—is critical background reading here csbaonline.org/resource/trend…
USAF Confirms Bombers Could Have A Major Air-To-Air Combat Role
Bombers are now being viewed as another potential air-to-air asset on top of growing the fighter fleet and establishing a CCA force.
twz.com/air/usaf-confi…
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Upcoming Report: Stay tuned for CSBA's 2025/2026 Navy Fellow @AaronCMarchant1's report, "Phantom Boats and Ghost Ships: A New Framework for Assessing Unmanned Surface Vessels," which argues for re-categorizing USVs to better understand how they should fit into naval force on!
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Current geographic frameworks for N and NE Europe do not take full advantage of the strengths that Sweden and Finland bring to NATO. We argue that NATO instead should treat what we call the "Northeast Quadrant" as one comprehensive and holistic area of operations.
"Sweden and Finland alliance membership, increased NATO focus on deterrence and defense, and augmented NATO spending all create a more challenging security environment for Russia." -Read more in CSBA's latest by @KakiDahlstrand, @CaseyNicastro, and Jan van Tol
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"Sweden and Finland alliance membership, increased NATO focus on deterrence and defense, and augmented NATO spending all create a more challenging security environment for Russia." -Read more in CSBA's latest by @KakiDahlstrand, @CaseyNicastro, and Jan van Tol
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Report Release: "Final Pieces of the Puzzle: Increasing Deterrence and Defense in NATO's Northeast Quadrant" by @KakiDahlstrand, @CaseyNicastro, and Jan van Tol proposes a new geographic concept for NATO following Sweden and Finland's accession to the alliance: treating Europe's High North and greater Baltic Sea region as one comprehensive strategic "Northeast Quadrant" area of operations.
Read more about the advantages of this approach here: csbaonline.org/resource/final…
Read more about the advantages of this approach here: csbaonline.org/resource/final…
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Upcoming Report: In "Final Pieces of the Puzzle: Sweden, Finland, and NATO's Northeast Quadrant," CSBA Experts @KakiDahlstrand, Jan van Tol, and @CaseyNicastro discuss how Sweden and Finland's membership in NATO could change the alliance's defense calculations.
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This @CSBAdc report by @KakiDahlstrand provides some excellent background on great power competition in space and a thoughtful argument for the types of counterspace weapons the U.S. should pursue (and why): csbaonline.org/resource/secur…
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In "Breaking the Firepower versus Protection Paradox," CSBA Experts @MalandrinoGreg and Dao Tran consider how the U.S. Air Force can protect its high-value airborne assets without sacrificing offensive resources by utilizing uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft. Read their entire brief here: csbaonline.org/resource/break…
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CSBA Senior Fellow @MalandrinoGreg describes how using collaborative combat aircraft (CCAs) for defensive tactics could offer a strategic advantage over China's Air Force in his latest for @BreakingDefense.
The increasing capabilities and size of the Chinese Air Force are raising the stakes in the Pacific. Balancing firepower and protection is critical for success in air-to-air combat. The future of the CCA program is an opportunity not just to tip the scales, but to change the game.@CSBAdc
My latest in @BreakingDefense
breakingdefense.com/2026/09/to-cou…
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