Defense
Boeing Board Taps Leanne Caret To Lead $30 Billion Defense And Space Business (From Forbes)
The Boeing Company announced after markets closed on February 24 that Leanne Caret, 49, would succeed Chris Chadwick as head of its sprawling defense and space business, which contributes nearly a third of corporate revenues. Caret has been a rising s ...
Lockheed Martin Streamlines Space Unit To Cut Costs, Bolster Growth (From Forbes)
Lockheed Martin's Space Systems Company is the leading private-sector repository of space science and technology in the world. That has positioned it nicely in the military and civil segments of the space business, but if it is going to grow then it n ...
The Army Needs To Jump Start Deployment Of Active Protection Capabilities
The prospect of large-scale, high-intensity conflict, specifically between the United States and a major regional power in the near future has become too serious to ignore. As the new Army Chief of Staff, General Mark Milley, observed in testimony befo ...
Standoff Nukes Aren’t Just A “Nice To Have”
Increasing Russian aggression coupled with China’s modernization of nuclear missiles and North Korea’s ambitions to develop and field advanced strategic weapons means nuclear arms are more relevant today than they were a decade ago. While it is critica ...
Raytheon To Join Race For $10B T-X Trainer Program, Competing Against Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop (From Forbes)
Defense electronics powerhouse Raytheon is expected to announce Monday it is entering the race to develop the Air Force's T-X training system, a $10 billion program that will deliver at least 350 jets to replace aging T-38 trainers. Raytheon will team ...
New ICBMs: Necessary to Secure the American Strategic Deterrent
Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) that make up one part of the American nuclear deterrent remain highly relevant to security. The ICBM force provides many benefits that other strategic systems do not: they shorten the time neede ...
Administration Sends The Army To Russia’s Border, But Russian Rocket Engines To The Air Force
The Obama Administration’s critics have long accused it of a penchant for sending mixed messages to friends and adversaries alike. There was the now-infamous Syrian red line, the promise that Iran would never be permitted to acquire a nuclear weapon an ...
Boeing Protest Rejected, But Problems Just Beginning For U.S. Air Force’s Next Stealthy Bomber (From Forbes)
The Air Force desperately needs a new bomber, but the way it has gone about selecting a company to develop one, it could be a long time before Cold War bombers retire. Even though the Government Accountability Office ruled February 16 that the award t ...
U.S. Needs To Protect Itself From North Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions
Recently, North Korea claimed to have tested a fusion weapon – very unlikely due to the low recorded seismic activity – and launched its sixth long-range rocket that placed a satellite into orbit. Congressman Mac Thornberry, Chairman, House Armed Servi ...
Size Matters: Five Reasons The Littoral Combat Ship Is Crucial To Future Naval Operations (From Forbes)
The Navy's Littoral Combat Ship has attracted considerable controversy since its inception in 2001, which seems to be the fate of any military program that tries to be innovative these days. But a review of key trends in the geopolitical and fiscal en ...