WATCH: NGC2 — Inside the Army’s ‘God Calculator’ built to out-decide the enemy

Washington Times Defense and National Security Correspondent John T. Seward‘s “On the Ground” exclusive video features the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) system testing in the Mojave Desert at Fort Irwin, California. Soldiers, who stress-tested the futuristic communications system in a mock war against a living, breathing opposing force — linking drones, radar, satellites and artificial intelligence into a single battlefield picture — gave the system a blunt nickname: the “God Calculator.”

WATCH: Space Force, hypersonics and moon missions: Lockheed Martin’s view from Huntsville

Can the U.S. keep its edge in space as China and Russia close the gap? Lockheed Martin Space President Robert Lightfoot sat down with Mr. Taylor for an exclusive video interview at the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, to break down why — from Golden Dome to the Artemis moon missions — the city is at the center of America’s next-generation defense and space push.

IndoPac 2026 | Naval Dominance: Shipbuilding, Autonomy & C2

Threat Status convened leaders from the Trump administration, the U.S. military, Congress, think tanks and the defense industrial base for this special event on modernizing U.S. shipbuilding, accelerating autonomy and AI-enabled systems, and building next-generation command and control. Highlights included a fireside chat with White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, who said the administration aims to “bulldoze bureaucracy” and dramatically accelerate U.S. commercial and naval shipbuilding to reverse a decades-long slide that has left the nation outpaced by China.

Pentagon opens program to loan money to private investment funds

Mr. Wolfgang broke ground with this deep-dive examination of the Pentagon’s controversial new “National Security Fund Finance” program. The program involves giving government loans to private investment funds, which will then add their own private capital to the mix and invest in companies that promise to deliver the critical materials needed for missiles, aircraft and other advanced military technology.

Why North Alabama is a center of U.S. space-defense tech dominance

Threat Status launched “Operation Huntsville” to cover the annual Space & Missile Defense Symposium in the Alabama city, known as “Rocket City” for its role in space exploration and missile development. Among the highlights were the exclusive video interview with Mr. Lightfoot from Lockheed Martin and an analysis article by Mr. Seward examining keynote remarks to the symposium by U.S. Space Force Gen. Michael A. Guetlein, the head of President Trump’s ambitious Golden Dome for America project, during which Gen. Guetlein revealed details about secretive tests of the multibillion-dollar missile defense shield.

• Sept. 8-10 — Billington Cybersecurity Summit 2026, Billington Cybersecurity

• Sept. 9 — Bend but Do Not Break: Shaping the Future of the All-Volunteer Force, Center for Strategic & International Studies

• Sept. 9 — Global Affairs Expert Webinar: China’s Influence in the Americas, Council on Foreign Relations

• Sept. 11 — The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks at 25: Assessing the Legacy, Addressing the Future, Brookings Institution

• Sept. 12-13 — AFA National Convention, Air & Space Forces Association

• Sept. 22-23 — Nuclear Energy Policy Summit 2026, Atlantic Council