Matt Norton Talks Engineering, Analytics and Defense Innovation on The Tec-Talk Podcast
Every mission architecture begins with a series of decisions. Together, those decisions create an expanding set of possible solutions.
The Work Behind Secure Modernization: Zero Trust and Platform Engineering
00:00 New technology gets the attention. The harder work comes afterward: securing it, deploying it, and sustaining it in an operational environment. Without the right foundation, even a promising capability may never reach the mission. Zero Trust and platform engineering address different parts of that challenge. One governs access across the technology environment, and the […]
When Complexity Outpaces Traditional Optimization
Every mission architecture begins with a series of decisions. Together, those decisions create an expanding set of possible solutions.
Why Historical Context Matters in Strategic Competition
Digital wargaming is gaining momentum across defense and beyond.
What Questions Are Wargames Designed to Answer?
A simulation and a wargame may examine the same problem. They are unlikely to answer the same question.
Preparing for the Predictable: Why Familiar Acquisition Risks Continue to Resurface
Listen to this article: 00:00 The acquisition community has spent decades studying schedule delays, cost growth, technology maturity challenges, and industrial capacity constraints. Yet many of the same issues continue to resurface across programs. If these challenges are so familiar, why do they continue to disrupt outcomes? SPA Cost Analysts Gwenevere Tirpak and Russell McCawley […]
Rethinking Maritime Prepositioning for Contested Environments
Listen to this article: 00:00 Mark Schouten, an analyst at SPA For decades, maritime prepositioning depended on a basic assumption: forces would be able to reach the ports they needed when conflict began. That assumption no longer holds. Discussions during the Maritime Prepositioning for the 21st Century panel at Modern Day Marine 2026 highlighted how […]
Gaming to Win: Expanding the Role of Digital Wargaming
Digital wargaming is gaining momentum across defense and beyond.
Closing the Gap Between Demand and Capacity in Naval Force Design
There is more demand for the Navy than the current force can meet. Today’s force is overused and as a result under-maintained.
Wargaming at the Edge of Reality: What Modern Conflict Now Demands
Wargaming is no longer a step removed from conflict. It is operating inside it.