John Liang

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.

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The Insider | August 1, 2025

The bulk of this Friday INSIDER Daily Digest revolves around the Senate fiscal year 2026 defense appropriations bill and accompanying report.

The Insider | July 31, 2025

This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Senate Appropriations Committee marking up the FY-26 defense spending bill, plus HII's quarterly earnings, Air Force One and more.

The Insider | July 30, 2025

This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Pentagon's fiscal year 2025 omnibus reprogramming request, plus coverage from the House and Senate Armed Services committees' Defense Department programmatic tables meant to guide $150 billion in budget reconciliation spending, Boeing's quarterly earnings and more.

The Insider | July 29, 2025

This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on a Government Accountability Office report on the defense industrial base, plus coverage of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense program and more.

The Insider | July 28, 2025

This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on missile defense radars as well as lawmakers telling the Defense Department where it should spend the money Congress gives it.

The Insider | July 24, 2025

This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the negative effects of continuing resolutions on the Army, the Joint Strike Fighter program, artificial intelligence and more.

The Insider | July 23, 2025

This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Pentagon's Golden Dome missile defense system, plus the latest on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program and more.

The Insider | July 22, 2025

This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Army's unfunded priorities list, plus Northrop Grumman's quarterly earnings call this morning and coverage of the Senate's draft defense policy bill.

The Insider | July 21, 2025

This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the chief of the Pentagon's Golden Dome missile defense program, the Army learning lessons from the war in Ukraine, the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base and more.

The Insider | July 18, 2025

This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on Air Force F-47 and Collaborative Combat Aircraft programs, shipbuilding funding and more.

The Insider | July 17, 2025

This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Army Transformation Initiative, the Air Force and Department of Government Efficiency finding billions in savings, the Technology Readiness Experimentation (TREX) initiative and a whole lot more.

The Insider | July 16, 2025

This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Pentagon's quantum computing efforts, Navy Virginia-class submarine spending, potential Army workforce cuts and more.

The Insider | July 15, 2025

This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Marine Corps' Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle program plus coverage of a Navy low-cost, air-launched standoff weapon, Army unmanned ground systems and more.

The Insider | July 14, 2025

This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on improving missile defense targets, the Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital and more.

The Insider | July 14, 2025

The House Armed Services Committee marks up the fiscal year 2026 defense policy bill and senior officials speak at a number of think tank events this week.

The Insider | July 11, 2025

This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the fiscal year 2026 defense policy bills being debated in both chambers of Congress, as well as deep dives into military drone spending and more.

The Insider | July 10, 2025

This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has extensive coverage of the House Armed Services Committee's draft defense policy bill.

The Insider | July 9, 2025

This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the unfunded priorities lists submitted to Congress along with coverage of the draft FY-26 defense policy bill.

The Insider | July 8, 2025

This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the fiscal year 2026 defense authorization bill along with the Pentagon's unfunded priorities lists.

The Insider | July 7, 2025

This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on a recently opened Army microelectronics manufacturing facility, plus the Air Force seeking to increase the range of its F-35A Joint Strike Fighters, a fresh look at how the Pentagon plans to fund the Golden Dome missile defense system and more.

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