Defense
Air Force Needs To Pull The Trigger On An RFP For A New Jet Trainer
The U.S. Air Force flies the most modern combat aircraft and the oldest trainers of any major air force on Earth. In a world in which the difference between winning and losing in combat is most often a matter of the quality of military personnel and th ...
Air Force Fixes Faltering Control System For Leap-Ahead GPS III (From National Interest)
The Global Positioning System is a central feature of the critical infrastructure supporting modern civilization, and GPS III satellites that begin launching next year will deliver big improvements in accuracy, security and reliability. However, the " ...
National Guard Poised For Major Role In Power Grid Security
It is a tribute to the genius of America’s Founding Fathers that the system of government they created, based on the principle of distributed power and responsibility or federalism, continues to serve us so well. A wonderful example of this is the gro ...
China’s Growing Economic Role In Greece and Europe Could Create Security Problems For America
China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative aims to develop a string of ports, logistics hubs and other infrastructure from Asia to Europe. Since 2010, China has infused Europe with a lot of cash, and Greece is one example of a European country that has in ...
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, ...