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The Factory Is the Product
Congress is used to buying ships and planes. It should buy industrial capacity, too.
Aug 6
•
Nadia Schadlow's The Overview
,
Marlinspike VC
, and
MT
22
4
July 2026
Drone Warfare: What the Pentagon Knows and a Private Doesn't
Lessons from Iraq and Syria on why the Army's drone training hasn't caught up to the threat.
Jul 23
•
Kevin McCarville
24
5
Fill the Magazine, Fund the Beam
The Navy needs proven capabilities and speculative tech—and the ability to navigate between resupply and revolution.
Jul 16
•
Daryl Wieland
23
1
Winning Below the Waterline
How hidden innovation drives revolutionary tech—from the Six Frigates to the present.
Jul 9
•
Shane Rockett
and
Abby Carr
18
4
A Nation of Builders
America 250 is a chance to reflect on the men and women who built the country.
Jul 7
•
Shyam Sankar
,
Greg Little
,
Madeline Hart
, and
Blake Seitz
20
2
Robert Morris: Funder of the Revolution
He bankrolled the new nation and then ended up in debtor's prison.
Jul 1
•
Madeline Hart
19
June 2026
The Cannon of the Revolution
America’s first defense technologist was a Boston bookseller.
Jun 25
•
Blake Seitz
19
1
The People Problem in Rare Earths
Closing the U.S. rare earths gap with China starts with human capital
Jun 18
•
Blake McFalls
20
5
Don’t Let China Buy Into America’s Industrial Future
Chinese capital and firms should remain outside of America’s advanced manufacturing buildout.
Jun 4
•
Nadia Schadlow's The Overview
23
5
Eight Years Before the First Shot
The strongest partnerships are built long before the crisis.
Jun 2
•
Daryl Wieland
21
May 2026
The Death of the Business System
Business systems are warfighting systems. Why don’t we treat them like it?
May 28
•
Greg Little
,
Aaron Jaffe
, and
Aaron
22
3
The Last Mile of Reindustrialization Is Real Estate
State and local governments play a critical - and overlooked - role in what gets built
May 21
•
Ken Biberaj
28
3
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