Defense
Monday, May 27, 2013
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4/16/2013
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Introduction
The case for focusing on air dominance has its roots in the most successful of U.S. military operations. One built around it was the invasion of Normandy. Air dominance was the basis of the whole plan as briefed to General George Marshall in early
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Features
2/27/2013
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Introduction
The United States has enjoyed global air dominance for many decades. No U.S. soldier on the ground has been killed by hostile aircraft since the Korean War, and no U.S. pilot in
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2/7/2013
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Historically the focus of the defense acquisition and sustainment system has swung pendulum-like between two policy objectives. At one end of the arc, the goal is effectiveness: insuring that the military
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10/3/2012
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Findings In Brief
The U.S. Air Force operates a fleet of six dozen intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft based on the old Boeing 707 airframe that are essential to the
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Defense Articles
| 12/21/2011 |
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Executive Summary
The individual soldier is the U.S. Army’s most important and frequently deployed asset. As such it is imperative that the soldier be provided the best clothing and individual
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| 10/20/2011 |
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Executive Summary
The United States has always had a special relationship to water. It is a nation founded from the sea. Its interior was explored and linked to the sea via mighty rivers and
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| 8/15/2011 |
Capitol Hill Electronic Attack Conference – 7/28/11
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| 5/26/2011 |
The Lexington Institute organized a Capitol Hill forum on insourcing and outsourcing on May 26, 2011. The forum consisted of a series of back-to-back ten minute presentations by subject matter experts.
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| 4/21/2011 |
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NASA’s human spaceflight program has been gradually losing ground since the Challenger disaster 25 years ago. Retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet and cancellation of the Bush Administration’s Constellation
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| 4/6/2011 |
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A U.S. aircraft carrier strike group (CSG) is the most powerful, mobile and flexible aggregation of military capability in the 21st Century. A CSG is fully capable of supporting operations across the
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| 4/5/2011 |
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United States ground forces entered Iraq and Afghanistan poorly equipped to deal with the challenges of protracted dismounted operations. While “equipping the man” has long been a maxim for land forces,
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| 3/10/2011 |
The aerospace and defense industry may be the most misunderstood sector of the national economy. With fewer than a million employees, the industry makes a disproportionate contribution to the nation's
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