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Three Changes That Would Unleash Digital Engineering Across Defense Acquisition
The shift from platform acquisition to mission-thread thinking is where digital engineering unlocks exponential value as a strategic enabler. When modeling a mission thread from sensor to shooter, data flows through multiple systems across multiple services in a manner that exposes potential blind spots and interface gaps at critical handoff points. A legacy platform acquisition…
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Detect, track, identify, defeat: Leonardo’s integrated counter-drone ecosystem
The battlefield is being reshaped by the rapid proliferation of Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS). Today, a low-cost drone can threaten—or even destroy—military assets worth millions, fundamentally changing the economics of modern warfare. Yet the challenge extends far beyond the drone itself, as every new countermeasure is quickly met with a counter-countermeasure, creating an unrelenting cycle…
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Life insurance is part of your readiness, not an afterthought
USAA Life Insurance Company and USAA Life Insurance Company of New York What financial readiness actually means In the military, readiness is about preparation before conditions change. The same logic applies at home. Financial readiness is not simply a matter of having enough in checking or contributing to the TSP. It means reducing the kinds…
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Resource Alert: Nonprofit Offers Funding for Toddler and Pre-K Military Kids’ Activities
July 15, 2026, Oakton, Va. — Some of our nation’s youngest make the biggest sacrifices. At just 13 months old, Collins already knows what deployment feels like: her father is currently overseas serving with the Army National Guard. Fortunately, Collins also knows what community feels like. At the beginning of the deployment, her mother, Ciara,…
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A Military Family’s Journey through Separation and Healing
Traveling halfway around the world for care is a daunting event, but that’s just what the Brice family of three had to do in April 2023. The Brices were living in Grafenwoehr, Germany where Army Staff Sgt. William Brice was stationed as a cavalry scout. After noticing that their young daughter had unexplained bruises, William…
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Speed as a strategic advantage in border monitoring
Across Europe, border environments are becoming increasingly dynamic and complex. Activity can shift within hours—vehicles reposition, staging areas disperse, small watercraft alter routes, and nodes of activity appear and disappear with little warning. For national security organizations, ministries of interior, and supporting non-governmental partners, the challenge in border monitoring is no longer access to information…
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HONORING FREEDOM, SERVICE, AND HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS
As our nation celebrates its 250th anniversary, we are reminded that America’s story is one of resilience, innovation, and an enduring commitment to the ideals of freedom and opportunity. Those same values live on today, especially in the Servicemembers who defend our nation and protect those freedoms. As America marks 250 years, organizations like Homes…
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Courage Can Save Us as a Nation. These Ten Americans Show Us How
Since 2018, With Honor has helped elect more than one hundred military veterans and national security professionals. In Courage Can Save US, I profile ten of them in office: five Democrats and five Republicans. As of this writing, six are in the House of Representatives, two are in the Senate, and two are governors. Nine…
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Digital Engineering Is an Acquisition Weapon System. Start Treating It Like One.
While our adversaries accelerate the acquisition timeline from concept to capability, the United States continues to field weapon systems and platforms on decade-long cycles. This disparity brings great risk to our warfighters, who will be left to defend U.S. interests with exquisite platforms that are obsolete on arrival. But this is not an indictment of…
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Veterans Find Healing Through Equine-Assisted Therapy
For U.S. Coast Guard veteran Skyla Luckey, healing came through an unexpected partnership with a retired therapy horse named Tara. On her second day in Operation Warrior Resolution’s Equine-Assisted Healing Program, Luckey described feeling an immediate connection. “Her energy was calm and stable. I got grounded in the present moment, and I made sure my…
