Defense
F-35 Set to Become the World’s Fighter
It’s called the Lightning II, but perhaps it should be renamed the Phoenix. Like the mythical bird, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has risen from the ashes. This is a program that once seemed to be on life support, where the short takeoff/vertica ...
After Five Years Of Flat Revenues, Strategies Of Big Defense Companies Begin To Diverge (From National Interest)
Big U.S. military contractors have begun making major strategic moves as they weather the sixth year of a downturn in domestic military demand. Initially the companies were content to apply the usual litany of tactical measures deployed whenever Penta ...
Navy/Lockheed MUOS Satellites Deliver Huge Boost In Global Military Connectivity (From Forbes)
Last week the Navy completed orbiting its Mobile User Objective System satellite constellation with the successful launch of a fifth satellite. For the time being, the satellites will be sustaining joint connectivity using legacy waveforms, but someti ...
Now Only NATO Unites Europe
The European Union (EU) was never truly about economics. It was always a political organization. Actually, its primary purpose was to ensure peace and security for the continent. This was a major reason why the EU was generally tolerant of failures by ...
Lieutenant General Donald J. Wetekam’s Speech: Defense Acquisition
Lieutenant General Donald J. Wetekam (Ret), Senior Vice President, AAR Corporation gave a speech at Lexington’s Defense Acquisition Forum on June 3, 2016. Acquisition reform is crucial to sustaining the technological edge of America’s military. With de ...
Louis Kratz’s Speech: Defense Acquisition
Mr. Louis Kratz, Vice President, Lockheed Martin Corporation, gave a speech at Lexington’s Defense Acquisition Forum on June 3, 2016. Acquisition reform is crucial to sustaining the technological edge of America’s military. With defense budgets capped ...
Maybe Today’s International Security Environment Is More Like 1618 Than 1938
Devotees of the Guardians of the Galaxy series of books might remember the line “History doesn’t repeat itself but sometimes it rhymes.” A popular meme in the works of defense and foreign policy experts for the past several years is the degree to whic ...
Lexington Summer Intern: Danny Lessig
My name is Danny Lessig and I am from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Currently, I am a rising senior at Davidson College majoring in political science and French and participate in Davidson’s choir and the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity during my free time. Th ...
Brigadier General John Tuohy’s Speech: National Guard’s Role in Cybersecurity for the U.S. Power Grid
This speech was given by Brigadier General John Tuohy at the Lexington Institute’s Capitol Hill event on the National Guard’s Role in Cybersecurity for the U.S. Power Grid on June 21, 2016. BG Tuohy is the Assistant Adjutant General of the Washington A ...
The Navy Is Smart To Consider Private Sector Solution For Helicopter Pilot Training
The Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA and pronounced as if it were Ol’ Blue Eyes) has two problems, both common to many parts of the U.S. military. First, he has to conduct training for helicopter pilots using a fleet of old, obsolescent and expensi ...