The Defence Department’s top procurement official says he would like to see defence companies put more focus on delivering what they have promised and less on trying to win the next contract. Assistant deputy minister of materiel Troy Crosby says he respects that companies are in the business of trying to make money, but that…

Commentary In the event of war with China, the weakness of America’s defense industrial base will ensure that the Chinese would prevail. As things stand, U.S. manufacturers lack the adequate ability to meet basic defense needs for the contemporary age of great-power competition. “Innovations essential to military preparedness—like highly specialized lithium-ion batteries—require an ecosystem of…