Defense

Why “Containing” ISIS Might Not Be Such A Bad Strategy (From Forbes) President Obama attracted a lot of criticism when he told an interviewer the day before terrorist attacks in Paris that ISIS was "contained."  What he meant was that the expansion of the land ISIS controls had ceased, not that its ability to strike out ...
Europe Girds for War Samuel Johnson once observed that "when a man knows he is to be hanged...it concentrates his mind wonderfully." Apparently, so too does Islamic terrorists killing 130 innocent civilians in one’s capitol and Russian tanks and artillery massing to the Ea ...
Philip Odeen’s Speech: Acquisition Reform Essential To Preserve U.S. Military Dominance The following remarks were delivered by Philip Odeen, former Chairman, National Defense Panel, at a November 13 Lexington Institute event on Capitol Hill. Almost every year, the Hill or the Pentagon offers a new reform agenda. Yet few would argue that ...
The West’s Forever War Against ISIS Proposals for “upping our game” against ISIS are flying wildly from all quarters. There is unanimity on the need to apply greater military force. From Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, on the Left, to Donald Trump, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul, on the R ...
Killing ISIS: Five Reasons American “Boots On The Ground” Will Backfire (From Forbes) Although the American public strongly opposes any return of U.S. ground forces to the Middle East, little by little that is what's happening.  The U.S. troop count is over 3,500 in Iraq, special forces are being permanently stationed in Syria, and Jeb ...
Practical Army Acquisition Reform: Test a Little, Buy a Little Unlike the other services, the U.S. Army’s modernization strategy is in disarray. There is virtually nothing new in the pipeline with respect to combat vehicles, aircraft, indirect fire, air and missile defense or even small arms, as far as the eye can ...
DoD Acquisition Has a Need for Speed Everyone knows the old saw that time is money. It is the basis for the practice of just in time delivery which is at the heart of the modern global economy. The movement of information and ideas is becoming ever faster. The pace of change in technology ...
Jon Etherton’s Speech: Acquisition Transformation – Creating an Environment For More Effective Government and Industry Collaboration The following remarks were delivered by defense acquisition expert Jonathan Etherton of Etherton and Associates, Inc. at a November 13 Lexington Institute event on Capitol Hill. We strive for an acquisition system that produces value for all parties. I ...
Why BAE Systems Decided To Stick With Services While Other Big Pentagon Contractors Are Exiting (From Forbes) BAE Systems, the world's third biggest military supplier, disclosed last week that it had decided not to sell the technical services businesses of its U.S. subsidiary, despite multiple expressions of interest from potential buyers.  It thus is resistin ...
Turkey Primed To Enter Regional Aircraft Marketplace Competition is growing among the major nations of the world to enter the commercial aircraft market. The ability to build such aircraft domestically is important both symbolically and practically. Only a handful of countries are home to original equipm ...
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