Defense & National Security
Defense & National Security Policy
Federal defense and national-security policy explained from the public record: how the NDAA shapes defense policy, how the Pentagon buys weapons, and a document-driven dossier on UAP policy and oversight.
Defense Explainers
ExplainerHow the NDAA Actually Shapes Defense PolicyAuthorization vs. appropriation, the Armed Services Committees, and how the annual defense bill sets policy — with the FY2026 NDAA as the worked example.ExplainerHow Federal Defense Acquisition WorksHow the Pentagon turns a requirement into a fielded system — pathways, contracting, testing, sustainment, oversight — and what the current reform push actually changed.
Policy & Oversight
Policy DossierUAP Policy & OversightA document-driven dossier on the federal framework for Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: AARO, the enacted statutes, hearings, oversight, and the National Archives records collection — every item labeled by its evidentiary status.ExplainerHow Federal UAP Policy and Oversight WorkThe narrative companion to the dossier: the office, the statutes, the reporting requirements, the hearings, and why the fact-versus-testimony distinction matters.
What we cover
Topics we track and tag across the Defense vertical. Coverage expands as substantive, sourced material is published — we don’t create placeholder pages.
- Defense budget & the NDAA
- Defense appropriations
- Acquisition & procurement
- Defense industrial base
- Munitions & missiles
- Drones & counter-UAS
- AI & autonomy
- Space & missile defense
- Cyber
- Nuclear deterrence
- AUKUS
- Foreign military sales
- Critical minerals
- Military construction
- UAP policy & oversight