Defense
Why President Trump Needs A Five-Year Defense Plan On Day One (From Forbes)
President-elect Donald Trump's goals for revitalizing U.S. military capabilities are similar to those that president-elect Ronald Reagan espoused in 1981. One lesson to be learned from Reagan's success in rebuilding a hollow military is that it's impo ...
Trump Defense Priorities Right On The Money (from The National Interest)
A memo from acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Brian McKeon to his staff reporting on the interactions he had with the defense transition team was just made public. The memo explained that the goal of the Department of Defense (DoD) transitio ...
How Trump Can Fix The F-35 Fighter Program Without Hurting American Warfighters, Workers Or Allies (From Forbes)
The F-35 fighter program is a technological marvel, but as president-elect Trump has suggested, it doesn't need to cost as much as it does. Somewhere between 20-30% of program costs result from compliance with government regulations -- regulations tha ...
America’s Marines Need The Amphibious Combat Vehicle Program To Counter Russia And China (From The National Interest)
The U.S. military has a dilemma. Having forgone more than a generation of modernization and facing rising adversaries who are investing in modern military equipment, it has to make a choice: focus on near-term modernization, buy what is available in or ...
Trump Should Reject the Convention On Cluster Munitions
When it comes to trade agreements, the newly elected President Donald Trump has been explicit that such arrangements must benefit the U.S. and be based on the principle of maintaining a level playing field. The Obama Administration’s policy with respec ...
Boeing Defense Headquarters Moving To The Nation’s Capital (From Forbes)
The Boeing Company has decided to move the headquarters of its defense and space unit to the nation's capital from Saint Louis, joining a migration that in recent decades has seen most of the Pentagon's biggest suppliers relocate top brass to the D.C s ...
Five Reasons Trump’s Twitter Attack On The F-35 Fighter Is Dead Wrong — And Dangerous (From Forbes)
President-elect Donald Trump's latest attack on the aerospace industry targets the F-35 fighter. He says program costs are out of control. Not so: the most common version of F-35 will cost less than Trump's Boeing 757-200 when it was new, and nobody ...
How Trump Can Invest In Infrastructure And Make America’s Military Great Again
During his winning campaign and in the month since, President-elect Donald Trump has promised to make America great again by, in part, massive infrastructure spending and rebuilding the U.S. military. History provides a valuable lesson for the incomin ...
Forget About Air Force One: This Is The Plane That Will Give President Trump The Most Trouble (From Forbes)
The controversy surrounding Air Force One will be fleeting, because the Air Force hasn't settled on program requirements or contract terms yet. The Air Force's plan to build a new bomber is another matter. The B-21 Raider (as it is called) is a vital ...
Will President Trump Renegotiate The NATO Treaty?
President-elect Donald Trump’s most consistent theme during his campaign for the nomination and then in the general election was that he would renegotiate or withdrawal from various international treaties and agreements in order to get a better outcome ...