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Mar 10, 2025 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Oscar Berry |Michael Froman |Stacie L. Pettyjohn |Edward Alden
For more than 80 years, a cornerstone of the United States’ military strength has been its unparalleled ability to project power through the air. Washington has the most sophisticated fleet of combat aircraft in the world. Because these planes can be refueled by the country’s many tankers, they have global reach. From domestic bases, stealthy bombers can fly through heavily defended airspace unmolested and destroy multiple targets in one mission.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
cnas.org | Franz-Stefan Gady |Franz-stefan Gady |Stacie L. Pettyjohn
Commentary War on the Rocks January 15, 2025 The United States Can’t Afford to Not Harden Its Air Bases The United States can continue to largely ignore this menace and watch as risk levels increase, or it can face the reality and shape its forces and infrastructure to prevail.... By Tom Shugart & Timothy A. Walton Commentary Foreign Policy December 20, 2024 Will Europe Send Combat Forces to Ukraine?
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Stacie L. Pettyjohn |Jake Epstein
Just weeks after President-elect Donald Trump tasked Elon Musk with cutting government spending, the SpaceX CEO criticized the Pentagon's most expensive weapons program: the F-35. Musk called the jet's design "shit" and derided the "idiots" making the fifth-generation stealth fighter, which is widely considered a cornerstone of US airpower. His comments suggest he could be eyeing the $2 trillion F-35 program, and possibly other fighter jets, for potential spending cuts. ...
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Stacie L. Pettyjohn |Ryan Pickrell |Jake Epstein |Mia Jankowicz
Drones are changing war in ways we never thought possible, but are we to the point where uncrewed systems can replace top-dollar weapons like the F-35 stealth fighter? Prominent tech-industry figures say yes. Analysts and former warfighters say that we aren't there yet and that replacement might not be the right call, regardless. ...
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
smallwarsjournal.com | Stacie L. Pettyjohn |Marshall Kosloff
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
warontherocks.com | Stacie L. Pettyjohn |Marshall Kosloff
Drones, AI, and the Changing Nature of Warfare Marshall Kosloff talks with Stacie Pettyjohn about the roles of uncrewed systems and artificial intelligence in shaping the future of war. Image: Capt. Owen Dietrich
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Stacie L. Pettyjohn |Tony Capaccio |Roxana Tiron
The Pentagon, seeking to balance deterrence of China’s Pacific ambitions, industrial base concerns, and secrecy, plans to reveal as soon as this week more details about its “Replicator” drone program. So far, the Defense Department has disclosed one specific system—the AeroVironment SwitchBlade 600 killer drone. ...
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Stacie L. Pettyjohn |Heather Somerville
Above a battlefield littered with failed American drones, California startup Shield AI notched an important victory in Ukraine. The company in August became a rare Western supplier to demonstrate it can withstand the brutal electronic warfare that is downing drones across Ukraine. The country, which has preferred locally made drones, has now requested hundreds of Shield AI systems. The company’s success is a bright spot for an otherwise anemic American drone industry.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Stacie L. Pettyjohn |Molly Campbell |Hannah Dennis
Stacie Pettyjohn, Senior Fellow and Director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security, joins Squaring the Circle to discuss the evolution of drones.
Listen to the full episode on Squaring the Circle. Video October 4, 2024 Breaking Defense CCA: What Weapons and Engines Will Let Loyal Wingmen Drones Hit Their Potential?
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Stacie L. Pettyjohn |Chris Gordon
“[The Ukrainians] have such a vibrant and diverse drone industry that’s doing really, really exciting things, and they’re doing them for really cheap,” Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the defense program at the Center for a New American Security, told Air & Space Forces Magazine. The U.S. and its allies first came to Ukraine’s aid with donations of weapons—everything from replacements for Ukraine’s Soviet-era weapons to F-16 fighters.
