Tuesday, September 30, 2025
John Liang is managing editor of InsideDefense and Inside Missile Defense. He has been with the IWP Defense Group since 1997. He holds a master's degree in international policy studies from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a bachelor's degree in languages from Georgetown University.
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Army creating a new counter-small uncrewed aerial systems office, plus coverage from this week's National Defense Industrial Association's annual emerging technology conference in Washington.
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has continuing coverage of the Pentagon's scrapping of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System plus the B-21 Raider bomber program and more.
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Defense Innovation Unit, Hanwha investing billions into a Philadelphia shipyard, the Trump administration possibly considering an equity stake in defense companies, the Navy's Ship-to-Shore Connector triggering a Nunn-McCurdy breach and more.
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on Air Force autonomous cargo missions, the Space Force's Cobra Dane radar, the Navy's rapid capability development efforts and more.
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on a major Pentagon acquisition reform memo, plus the expected release date of the Defense Department's $150 billion reconciliation spending plan and more.
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on Air Force One modernization, the Pentagon's Replicator initiative and more.
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Space Force's Ground Based Radar Digitization initiative, the Army's Common Tactical Truck, the Navy reducing its civilian public affairs workforce and more.
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the White House's nascent effort to scrub and streamline decades of federal acquisition regulations -- which would impact DOD -- and more.
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Missile Defense Agency seeking to build a radar system in the southeastern U.S., plus a Space Force wargame, directed energy and more.
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on an Air Force office sending out software stacks to be integrated into major commands, the Army working on innovative ways to evacuate wounded soldiers and more.
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the possibility of uncrewed surface vessels deploying with carrier battle groups soon, the Air Force's Command, Control, Communication and Battle Management program, the Army developing heavy-lift unmanned aerial systems and more.
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on a couple canceled Army combat vehicle programs, plus Army unmanned systems, munitions and more.
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Army charting a way forward for uncrewed aerial systems, plus the Pentagon wanting a different way to loan weapon systems to countries like Ukraine and more.
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Army seeking a combat vehicle recovery system, the Navy's Next Generation Logistics Ship, an upcoming experimental satellite launch and more.
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news from the recent Black Hat and Def Con cybersecurity conferences and more.
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Army setting up a special website to buy unmanned aerial systems, plus continued coverage of the Qatari jetliner destined to become the next Air Force One and more.
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Navy's Landing Ship Medium program, Air Force overseas sustainment and logistics and more.
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on a major international naval exercise in Norfolk, VA along with coverage of the possibility of an independent Cyber Force within the Defense Department and more.
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the nominee to become the Pentagon's next top weapons tester's plans to overhaul that office, along with funding plus-ups to several Army missile programs as well as the effects of the strikes at key Boeing defense plants and more.
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on several air-to-air and air-to-ground missile programs along with purchases of Joint Light Tactical Vehicles and humvees.