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's efforts to protect against drone incursions, plus coverage of the Missile Defense Agency's Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications program and various congressional hearings.
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Army's transformation initiative, plus coverage of various Air Force aircraft programs and more.
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Army's Self-Propelled Howitzer program, plus congressional concerns over the Trump administration's defense budget request and more.
Oshkosh Corp. today announced that Keith Allman, an Oshkosh director since 2015, has been appointed as the company's independent chair of the board.
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on how the Army plans to use money originally earmarked for the now-canceled humvee program and more.
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Defense Department's fiscal year 2026 defense budget request, a major Army restructuring effort, plus missile defense and a lot more.
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the proposed reconciliation bill purportedly due out later today that will include billions in extra defense spending, plus coverage of the Navy canceling $300 million worth of information technology contracts it deems unnecessary and more.
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the effect of the proposed 8% cuts on the Air Force, plus an upcoming hypersonic flight test and more.
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news from Lockheed Martin's and General Dynamics' quarterly earnings, plus an interview with the Army's chief technology officer and more.
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news from RTX and Northrop Grumman's quarterly earnings calls, plus Army unified network communication and mobile command post capabilities and more.
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the proposed Homeland Defense Over-the-Horizon Radar (HLD-OTHR) system, plus the national security implications of China's artificial intelligence company DeepSeek and more.
Senior defense officials speak at several industry events this week.
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has a deep dive into the implications of the recent executive order on the shipbuilding industry, plus China's growing air power in the Indo-Pacific region and more.
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Space Force's just-published space warfighting framework, the Army's Concept Focused Warfighting Experiment and more.
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on a proposed major re-write of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and more.
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the proposed Golden Dome missile defense system and more.
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the strategic lift required to transport a Patriot missile battalion from one region to another, plus the Pentagon's Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control program and more.
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the effects of the Trump administration's tariffs on the U.S.-Australia-U.K. submarine agreement, plus what a potential war over Taiwan would cost and more.
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on some defense-related executive orders signed this week as well as the proposed Golden Dome missile defense system and more.
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the deputy defense secretary conducting a major organizational shakeup of the department, plus Navy acquisition reform, the second Ford-class aircraft carrier delivery being delayed and more.