Research Area: Acquisitions & Budget​

Economic Cost Realities Mean Idea Of New Battleships Doesn’t Float

By John D. McCown, John D. McCown

2026 and All That: Another Benchmark Year in Royal Navy Declines

By Dr. Steven Wills

Naval Deterrence Has a Production Rate

By Ethan Connell

The US Can’t Build Trump’s Battleships, But Our Allies Can

By Alex Lee

The Fleet America Never Built and The Future of SMRs, Featuring Captain Stephen Carmel

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Dr. Steven Wills

The Golden Fleet: The US Navy’s pursuit of the exquisite

By Matthew Reisener

Navy Under Secretary Argues Focus On Acquisition Cost Usually Counterproductive; Explains Reform Moves

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

A Conversation with Bill Toti, Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of the Navy

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

The U.S. Should Buy France an Aircraft Carrier

By Michael D. Purzycki

Britain’s Dangerous Defense Illusion

By Matthew Reisener

FY2027 Shipbuilding Plan Provides Stark Assessment, but Questions Remain

By Matthew Reisener

Golden’s Amendment and the U.S.-ROK Shipbuilding Alliance

By Daniel Choi

Learning from Allied Foreign Shipyards and Utilizing AI | Pier Review Study

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Matthew Reisener, Dr. Steven Wills, Nicholas Weising

Naval Force Design Is Not a Bottom-Up Process

By Dr. Steven Wills

The Long, Hard Slog of Becoming a Maritime Nation

By Dr. Steven Wills

Shipbuilders Look to Big Budget Plus-Ups to Reverse Delays, Cost Overruns

Allied Shipbuilding Needs a Clear Division of Labor

By Christian Cerne

Strengthening Pacific Naval Defense

By Dr. Steven Wills, Matthew Reisener

Cooperation is key to rebuilding Canada-U.S. maritime manufacturing muscle

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Matthew Reisener

U.S. Navy Imperatives – Shipbuilding and Fleet Readiness

By Nicholas Weising

Fireside Chat with Acting Secretary of the Navy, The Honorable Hung Cao

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

Autonomy in Dry Docking: Engineering Pathways, Operational Realities, and Strategic Imperatives

By David Von Schmidt

The Tiltrotor Advantage and the Evolution of the Joint Force

By Maj. Gen. Malcolm B. Frost, U.S. Army (Ret.), Maj. Gen. Andrew W. O’Donnell, Jr., USMC (Ret.)

Autonomy to rule the seas? Retired admiral provides analysis

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

How to build and maintain a ‘Golden Fleet’ of 381 Navy ships

By Matthew Reisener

Pier Review: Leveraging the Allied Maritime Industrial Base for U.S. Shipbuilding

By Matthew Reisener

Patriot Missile Demand Tests Washington’s Taiwan Priorities

By Matthew Reisener

The Hormuz Crisis and the Case for Reconnecting the Navy and Merchant Marine

By CDR Ander Heiles, USN

Defense Reinvestment as Naval Strategy: Sector-Based Contributions and Industrial Base Competition

By Bill Cullifer

The Fleet in Being in the 21st Century: A Book Review

By Michael D. Purzycki

A Case for Airborne Mine Warfare

By Mike Stevens

Let Foreign Yards Build U.S. Navy Auxiliary and Service Ships Now

By Dr. Steven Wills

Meeting the MARAD Administrator | The Honorable Stephen Carmel

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Dr. Steven Wills

It’s Crunch Time for Rebuilding American Shipbuilding

By Michael Roberts

The Future of Naval Autonomous Vessels: The Changing Character of Sea Warfare

By Connor Ronka, Matthew Walker

Dual Use Initiative By China Could Exponentially Increase Its Missile Launch Platforms

By John D. McCown

Failure to Launch: How Political Backpedaling Could Hand China the Carrier Edge

By Ethan Connell, Jonathan Walberg

Solving the Navy’s Frigate Problem: The Case for Bold, Persistent Experimentation

By Michael Purzycki

Key Elements of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act

By Dr. Steven Wills

Atlantic Council launches Revitalizing US Shipbuilding Task Force to bolster US maritime industrial base

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Dr. Steven Wills

Sea Control 591: Maritime Statecraft and Its Future with Steve Brock and Hunter Stires

By Hunter Stires

Maritime America: Sea Power, the Early Republic, and America’s Lost Maritime Strategic Tradition

By Samuel Byers

Reviving the Escort Carrier for the Drone Age

By Edward Barocela

Industry Divided on USTR’s China Port Fee Suspension

By Hunter Stires

Is the US Navy Unprepared? Yes and No.

By Dr. Steven Wills

From Ballpark to Battlespace: Applying Moneyball to Fleet Design

By CDR Dan Justice, USN

IPDI Spotlight: Reimagining the Allied Maritime Industrial Base

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

Anchor Acquisition and Force Development on Targeting China’s C4ISR

By Nicholas Weising

How Artificial Intelligence Can Provide a Big Assist to Navy Ship Maintenance

By Dr. Steven Wills

America’s Fleet of Ship-to-Shore Connectors: A Looming Crisis

By LTC (ret.) Richard Vargus, PhD

A Bad Idea: Shuttering Navy Office for Unmanned Systems, Small Combatants

By Dr. Steven Wills

How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Will Shape Key Defense Priorities

By Dr. Steven Wills

Reindustrializing America: Wisdom from the Father of the Nuclear Navy

By Charles Yang

Returning from Ebb Tide: Renewing the United States Commercial Maritime Enterprise

By Dr. Steven Wills, Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

From Keel to Commissioning: How to Build More Ships

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

Defense Spending for Protracted Conflict: Lessons from the Napoleonic Wars

By Luke Widenhouse

How a Prototype Approach can Help the Navy Rebuild its Fighting Capability

By Dr. Steven Wills

Anti-Submarine Warfare: The U.S. Navy’s Strategic Imperative

By Ishaan Anand

The U.S. Navy’s Hybrid Fleet: Getting More Mission Ready Players on the Field

By George Galdorisi

Infantry Wins Battles, Logistics Wins Wars: The Role of the Army’s “Little Navy” in the Pacific

By Mike Daum

Memo to Next President: Bolster the Merchant Marine Fleet

By Dr. Steven Wills

The CMV-22 OSPREY: A Game-Changer for Today’s COD and Tomorrow’s Contested Combat Logistics Support 

Military Personnel Need Robust Financial Education More than Ever

By Nicholas Weising

Transition Assistance Programs for the Submarine Industrial Base Workforce

By Nicholas Weising

Use the Defense Production Act to Jump-start Navy Munitions Production

By Samuel Byers

The European Defense Industrial Strategy: Moving the EU Closer to Strategic Autonomy

By Commander Augusto Conte de los Rios, Spanish Navy

Staying Afloat: Why America Needs the Jones Act to Compete with China and What to Do Next

By Michael Roberts

The Clear Case Today for Globalization Preserving National Security: Part 2

By John D. McCown

The Specter of the Continuing Resolution Will Haunt Navy Acquisition and Operations Beyond 2024

By Dr. Steven Wills

Breaking Down the Defense Budget

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

The Balearic-Strait-Canaries Axis and Spanish Maritime Strategy

By Gonzalo Vazquez

Special Episode: The Future of the Surface Navy

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

Part II: Huzzah! There is a New Frigate on the Horizon

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

U.S. Maritime Priorities for a New Era of Competition

By Ambassador Robert C. O’Brien (ret.)

Part I: Sundowning the Oliver Hazard Perry-Class Frigate

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

How does a 1980s Video Game inform Uncrewed Surface Warfare Systems?

By Dr. Steven Wills

Sen. Kelly to propose Legislation to strengthen Commercial Shipping

The U.S. cannot afford a Boomer Gap (No, Seriously)

By Blake Herzinger

Uncharted waters: Navy navigating first-ever dismantling of nuclear-powered carrier

By Dr. Steven Wills

More Combat Logistics Force Ships? Yes Please!

By Dr. James Holmes

Littoral Warfare Requirements for Future Black Sea Operations

By Alasdair Murrie

U.S. Navy Needs to Build Back its Sea Mine Capability

By Dr. Steven Wills

The Osprey COD Aircraft: Versatile Logistics for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps

By Richard R. Burgess

“Zeitenwende” at Sea?: The German Navy’s Purchase of SeaRAMs and Bolstering Security in the Baltic Sea

By Dr. Sebastian Bruns

Bolstering Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific through Long Range Fires

By CDR Josh “Minkus” Portzer

Huge U.S. Naval Force off Israel comes with Costs

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Dr. Steven Wills

Unmanned Vessels as Sensors in U.S. Naval Operations

By Jonathan Panter

The Swedish Navy brings Capable Forces to NATO 

By Dr. Steven Wills

Transatlantic Security in Baltic: How Realistic is Poland’s Concept of protecting NATO’s Eastern Flank against Russian Aggression?

By Ewa A. Andryjalowicz

To succeed against China, Washington and Its Allies must be in the South China Sea

By Gonzalo Vázquez

Legitimate Questions about the U.S. Navy’s Struggle to change

By Dr. Steven Wills

The United States Navy needs An Operational Level of War Strategy to inform Fleet Design

By Dr. Steven Wills

Roadblock to Strategy and Fleet Design: Platform-Centric Thinking

By Robert C. “Barney” Rubel

Navy, Marine Corps test warfighting concepts

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

Tending to a Distributed Maritime Operation: The Ongoing Need for More Navy Tenders

By Dr. Steven Wills

Achieving More with Less: The U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet Bets on Unmanned Vehicles and AI Systems to Bolster Maritime Domain Awareness

By Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco

U.S. Air Technology in the Baltic can help Allies create a “Lake of NATO”

By Michael D. Purzycki

Lessons from the Anglo-German Arms Race for the United States Navy

By Eamonn Bellin

Too Soon to Call: Betting against Warship Retirement

By Anna Matilde Bassoli

Finland could help the U.S. build a Fleet of Polar Cutters

By Gonzalo Vázquez

International Reactions to Maritime COIN Project

By Hunter Stires

Undercurrents of Italy’s Indo-Pacific Agenda

By Gabrielle Moran

Adapting to a New Strategic Environment: The Royal Australian Navy and Australia’s 2023 Strategic Defense Review

By Gonzalo Vázquez

World War II’s Coral Sea and Midway Battles say the Modern U.S. Navy needs more Tactical Aircraft

By Dr. Steven Wills

Building the Coast Guard of the Future

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

Military Sealift Command can “Rule the Waves”

By Dr. Steven Wills

To Prepare for War at Sea Over Taiwan, Look to the Land War in Ukraine

By Samuel Byers, Samuel Byers

Washington Must Carefully Establish Standing Indo-Pacific Maritime Group

By Andrew I. Park, LT Morgan Thomas

Running Ahead of the Rust: The Dangers of Extending Warship Service Lives

By Dr. Steven Wills

AUKUS: Strength, Silence, Surprise

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

One Solution to Poor Shipyard Accommodations for Sailors: Cruise Ships

By Dr. Steven Wills

Subs to the Aussies: Impact of the AUKUS Partnership

By Nicholas Weising

Why Warships Grow in Size

By Dr. Steven Wills

Reflecting on One Year of War: Is America the Arsenal of Democracy?

By Mackenzie Eaglen

Don’t Fix the Frigate: FFG-62 class is Fine without SM-6 and Tomahawk

By Dr. Steven Wills

What to Watch 2023: A Growing Navy, If You Can Keep It…

By Benjamin E. Mainardi

Navy Shipyard Optimization Must Have A Digital Backbone

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

There is no Panacea, Competition with China Occurs in Peace and War

By Benjamin E. Mainardi

No, there is no Military Industrial Complex

By Dr. Steven Wills

Welcome Aboard to the USS Constellation

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

NAVPLAN 2022’s Budget Requirement: An Elusive Necessity?

By Benjamin E. Mainardi

NAVPLAN 2022: Laying the Groundwork for the Future Force

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Dr. Steven Wills

A Lesson in Force Design on a Tight Budget from Jackie Fisher

By Dr. Steven Wills

The Maritime Counterinsurgency Project Begins

By Hunter Stires

The 30-Year Shipbuilding Program is Not Enough

By Dr. Steven Wills

Sea Services Reach Tipping Point in Maintaining Readiness While Recapitalizing Forces

By Dr. Steven Wills

Deterrence: Selected Articles from the Naval War College Review

By Hunter Stires

Episode 399: The Asiatic Fleet of 1941 and its Lessons of Today

By Hunter Stires

Exclusive: CNO Announces the Return of Vertical Launch System At-Sea Reloading

By Hunter Stires