Defense Budget and Acquisition
The Defense Budget Analysis Program, the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, and the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy track the foremost budget issues in the defense policy sphere.

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What Are Key Milestones and Decisions Affecting U.S. Defense Spending in 2025?
Commentary by Seamus P. Daniels — February 14, 2025

Fixing the DOD’s Audit Problem
Commentary by Kristyn E. Jones — January 23, 2025

How Ukraine Rebuilt Its Military Acquisition System Around Commercial Technology
Report by Kateryna Bondar — January 13, 2025

Updating Augustine’s Law: Fighter Aircraft Cost Growth in the Age of AI and Autonomy
Commentary by Gregory C. Allen and Isaac Goldston — December 19, 2024
Past Events

Meeting DoD’s Innovation Challenge: Adapting and Scaling Cutting-Edge Technology to Enhance Modernization

Managing Risk While Achieving Innovation: Lessons from the Collaborative Combat Aircraft with Hon. Andrew P. Hunter

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Funding Allied Innovation: Ensuring Advanced Capabilities for the Future Warfighter

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Implementing the National Defense Industrial Strategy: A Fireside Chat with the Honorable Dr. Laura D. Taylor-Kale

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Army UAS Roundtable featuring ASA(ALT) Hon. Douglas R. Bush and Commanding Gen. James E. Rainey, U.S. Army Futures Command

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AI Transformation at the DOD: A Conversation with Chief Digital and AI Officer, Dr. Radha Plumb

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MDA and the 2025 Budget

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Global Security Forum 2024: Gathering Strength in a Gathering Storm
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Canada's Role in Global Maritime Security
Transcript — November 3, 2023
Strengthening the U.S. Industrial Base with Hon. Dr. William A. LaPlante
Event — September 26, 2023
Strengthening the U.S. Industrial Base with Hon. Dr. William A. LaPlante
Transcript — September 26, 2023
Strategic Landpower Dialogue: A Conversation with Secretary Christine Wormuth & General Randy George
Event — September 19, 2023
Strategic Landpower Dialogue: A Conversation with Secretary Christine Wormuth and General Randy George
Transcript — September 19, 2023
Acquisition for Innovation: A Conversation with DUSD(A&S), the Honorable Dr. Radha Iyengar Plumb
Event — September 6, 2023
Transatlantic Defense during Wartime
Report by Cynthia Cook, Max Bergmann, Mark F. Cancian, Gregory Sanders, Sissy Martinez, Otto Svendsen, and Nicholas Velazquez — September 5, 2023
Does the FY24 Budget Request Reflect Defense Priorities?
Commentary by Kari A. Bingen — July 24, 2023
Acquisition for Decision Advantage: The Role of the CDAO in Scaling Software Solutions
Event — July 21, 2023
Don’t Blame ‘Just-in-Time’ Production for Challenges in the U.S. Manufacturing Industrial Base
Critical Questions by Cynthia Cook and Audrey Aldisert — July 19, 2023