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State Department Needs To More Aggressively Compete Critical Aviation Support Contract The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan put tremendous pressure on U.S. government contracting. The deployment of large numbers of U.S. and coalition troops to Iraq, Afghanistan and surrounding countries required massive and expensive support on the part ...
Best Value? General Dynamics Protest Casts Doubt On Pentagon’s Prized Acquisition Concept (From Forbes) In recent years, the Pentagon's top acquisition officials have lauded the concept of "best value" as a way of selecting the contractors who will supply combat systems and services.  Simply stated, best value allows contracting personnel to pay more for ...
Need For An Ultra-Endurance UAS Is Becoming Urgent No military in the world has made greater use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) than the United States. UASs now come in many sizes and configurations. There are the tiny, hand-launched tactical UASs beloved by Special Forces and produced by Aerovironm ...
Lockheed Skunk Works Unveils Plan For High-Flying Recon Drone (From Forbes) One of the most secretive military research centers in the world is ready to go public with a plan for a high-flying reconnaissance drone that will be able to peer deeper into hostile nations without penetrating their air space than any other drone.  L ...
United Launch Alliance Chief Tory Bruno Outlines Plan For Staying Profitable and Competitive (From Forbes) United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, is under pressure from new entrants to the space-launch sector.  CEO Tory Bruno is implementing a strategy to make ULA more price-competitive while diversifying his company's busine ...
U.S. Army Pursuing Rapid Innovation To Counter Russian Conventional Threat Even as the Army’s senior leaders, active and retired, are agonizing yet again over the question of what kind of Army the American people want, the nation is beginning to get the Army it needs. What the United States needs is an Army of sufficient capa ...
EVENT: Souda Bay: NATO’s Military Gem – 3.21.16 The Lexington Institute and American Hellenic Institute are hosting a luncheon on Capitol Hill to present a new whitepaper, Souda Bay: NATO's Military Gem, on Monday, March 21st from 12pm until 1pm.  Speakers: Mr. Panos E. Kammenos, Hellenic Minister o ...
Pentagon Cyber Campaign Against ISIS Signals A New Era In Warfare (From Forbes) The Pentagon revealed on Monday that it has launched a cyber campaign against ISIS aimed at isolating the terrorist group physically and virtually.  Managed by U.S. Cyber Command, the campaign will presumably target every facet of ISIS operations that ...
The No. 1 Way Trump Could Strengthen U.S. Security If He Wins The Presidency (From Forbes) Donald Trump may be the nation's next commander in chief.  Some pundits make that sound like the end of civilization as we know it, but in fact a President Trump could be inclined to fix the most glaring gap in America's defense posture: the lack of ac ...
Foreign Military Sales Remain An Important Tool Of U.S. National Security As still the world’s sole superpower, the United States possesses an unequaled array of instruments to support its foreign and defense strategies.  With so much attention being focused on the conflicts in the Middle East, Russian aggression in Eastern ...
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