Defense
Why SpaceX Lost Its Bid To Ban Russian Rocket Engines (From Forbes)
The most bitterly contested issue this year in Senate floor debate of the National Defense Authorization Act was whether the Pentagon would be able to continue using Russian rocket engines to launch military satellites. SpaceX mounted a major lobbying ...
NATO vs. Russia: How to Counter the Hybrid Warfare Challenge (from The National Interest)
As NATO prepares for its summit in Warsaw, the leaders of the Alliance’s 28 nations will try to put a good face on what is clearly a deteriorating security situation on the Continent. Government officials, diplomats and military leaders are wringing th ...
Could Terrorists Pick America’s Next President? (from National Interest)
Although the Obama Administration has done a good job of keeping terrorists out of the United States, it has not been able to prevent them from invading the American psyche. Voters are so concerned with the terrorist threat that a single attack within ...
Major General Arnold Punaro’s Speech: Defense Acquisition
This speech was given by Major General Arnold Punaro (Ret) at Lexington’s Defense Acquisition Forum on June 3, 2016. Punaro is Chief Executive Officer of The Punaro Group. Thank you Mac Carey for your strong leadership, as well as your colleagu ...
Lieutenant Colonel Gerald J. Eastman’s Speech: National Guard’s Role in Cybersecurity for the U.S. Power Grid
This speech was given by Lieutenant Colonel Gerald Eastman at the Lexington Institute’s Capitol Hill forum on the National Guard’s Role in Cybersecurity for the U.S. Power Grid on June 21, 2016. Lieutenant Colonel Eastman is the Deputy Director, Domest ...
The U.S. Army Defeats Itself More Often Than All Its Enemies Combined (From National Interest)
The Army faces a dilemma. Over the past quarter century, it cancelled virtually every major acquisition program it started. As a result, it is now in a position in which it is behind likely major adversaries with respect to lethality, force protection, ...
Blocking Exports: How Senator Shelby Is Hurting Alabama — And America
Today marks the anniversary of one of the dumbest moves ever made by political zealots in Congress. Last year, a misguided minority of House Republicans succeeded in shutting down the Export-Import Bank, making America the only major trading nation wi ...
F-35 Set to Become the World’s Fighter
It’s called the Lightning II, but perhaps it should be renamed the Phoenix. Like the mythical bird, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has risen from the ashes. This is a program that once seemed to be on life support, where the short takeoff/vertica ...
After Five Years Of Flat Revenues, Strategies Of Big Defense Companies Begin To Diverge (From National Interest)
Big U.S. military contractors have begun making major strategic moves as they weather the sixth year of a downturn in domestic military demand. Initially the companies were content to apply the usual litany of tactical measures deployed whenever Penta ...
Navy/Lockheed MUOS Satellites Deliver Huge Boost In Global Military Connectivity (From Forbes)
Last week the Navy completed orbiting its Mobile User Objective System satellite constellation with the successful launch of a fifth satellite. For the time being, the satellites will be sustaining joint connectivity using legacy waveforms, but someti ...