Materiel Power is a publication about how military technology becomes military capability.

New technologies do not become useful simply because they exist. They move through institutions, acquisition systems, budgets, industry, testing, production, and implementation before they ever reach the force.

Materiel Power follows that process from promise to capability.

The publication covers three primary areas:

Defense Technology — military technologies from development and testing through adoption and operational use.

Defense Systems — the institutions, acquisition pathways, budgets, and industrial systems that determine what gets built, bought, and fielded.

Latin America — defense, security, military modernization, and strategic competition across the region.

New analysis publishes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with Latin America coverage every other Friday.

About the Editor

Materiel Power is written and edited by Joe Brennan. His work focuses on defense technology, acquisition, national security, and the institutions that translate policy and technology into capability.

Following the path from promise to capability.

To learn more about the tech platform that powers this publication, visit Substack.com.