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• • Commentary
  • Defense One
  • October 10, 2014
  To Save the Navy’s Next-Gen Drone, Kill It First

  The Defense Department was set to release this summer the final request for proposal for the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike, or UCLASS, aircraft, b...

  By Paul Scharre & Shawn Brimley

• • Commentary
  • War on the Rocks (blog)
  • July 16, 2014
  Getting Unmanned Naval Aviation Right

  The issue of when and how the U.S. Armed Forces fully integrate unmanned and increasingly autonomous surveillance and strike platforms into their inventory is one of the most ...

  By Shawn Brimley

• • Commentary
  • The National Interest
  • October 10, 2013
  The End of the U.S. Military's Tech Edge?

  Is the American military losing its vaunted technological edge? During the next decade, the rise of new powers and the accelerating diffusion of advanced technology throughout...

  By Ben FitzGerald, Kelley Sayler & Shawn Brimley

• • Commentary
  • Defense One
  • June 16, 2013
  The Next QDR Is the Last Chance for Sanity

  The next nine months will be the most important period for United States defense strategy since the end of the Cold War. The highly anticiapted Quadrennial Defense Review and,...

  By Shawn Brimley