Todd Harrison

Here's a chart showing the procurement funding history for the ~14 or so Munitions Acceleration Council priority programs. The FY27 budget would increase these programs to almost 5x their current funding level. defensebudget.aei.org/share/SiJmsK6M…

Just ran across this in some research:

In one of the many stories told of [Curtis] LeMay, during a briefing a young captain referred to the Soviets as “enemies.” The general allegedly interrupted him and said, “Young man, the Soviets are our adversaries; the Navy is our enemy.”

The Kennedy / Cape Canaveral spaceport is the busiest in the world. What I did not know until last week is that the area code for this region is...321. 🚀spacedata.aei.org/share/pq6KMAwM…

My thoughts on the munitions crisis: every month that passes without congressional action extends our window of vulnerability even longer.

We can buy more weapons. We can’t buy more time. defenseone.com/ideas/2026/08/… via @DefenseOne

My thoughts on what the United States Space Academy should be: a scholarship-for-service program rather than a physical campus. We should leverage what already works and what makes our existing space workforce the best in the world.