Defense
Boeing Protests Bomber Award To Northrop Grumman, Claims Selection Process “Fundamentally Flawed” (From Forbes)
The Boeing Company disclosed on November 6 that it will join with team-mate Lockheed Martin in protesting the Air Force's award of the Long Range Strike Bomber to Northrop Grumman. The companies believe that the government deviated from the process se ...
Retreating Ex-Im Bank Foes Fight Furious Rearguard Action As Defeat Looms (from Forbes)
It appears that efforts by right-wing critics to kill the Export-Import Bank have failed. Both the House and the Senate have now voted by decisive margins to renew the charter of America's only export credit agency. However, Ex-Im's foes in the House ...
Why Is FY2016 NDAA Undermining Real Acquisition Reform?
Under the leadership of Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman John McCain and House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Mac Thornberry, Congress took some major steps forward in reforming the defense acquisition system. Both committees w ...
If Congress Slows The Army’s Top Comms Upgrade To A Crawl, The Consequences Could Be Fatal (From Forbes)
During Operation Desert Storm a quarter-century ago, the Army discovered a problem that grew progressively worse with time: its command network couldn't keep up with the pace of battle. That was mainly because soldiers in combat needed to stop and set ...
The End Of America’s Competitive Military Advantage
For some 70 years, the United States has relied on its competitive advantage in finding, developing and fielding advanced military technologies to counterbalance adversaries’ and enemies’ advantages in quantities of forces, proximity to the battle spac ...
Bomber Award Will Transform The Defense Sector — If Northrop Can Execute (From Forbes)
Tuesday's award of the contract for the Air Force's next bomber to Northrop Grumman was a stunning upset. If the decision is sustained, Northrop will return to the first tier of combat aircraft integrators while Boeing will see its military aircraft o ...
Dangerous International Environment Cries Out For Larger U.S. Amphibious Fleet
It has become something of a meme among military planners that we are living through a period in international relations marked by unparalleled complexity, uncertainty and even chaos. As a consequence, the military finds it hard to know how to respond ...
Next-Gen GPS: Success Hinges On Sticking With Troubled Ground Control Program (From Forbes)
The Global Positioning System is a valued military asset and part of the nation's critical infrastructure. Without it, our smart bombs wouldn't work, our smart phones would be less useful, and we'd get lost in strange neighborhoods. But there are pro ...
EVENT: Defense Acquisition Reform – Friday, November 13, 2015
The Lexington Institute is organizing a Capitol Hill forum on Friday, November 13th to discuss ways of improving management and procurement at the defense department, and how that department might become a better customer. The purpose of this conferenc ...
Ten Valuable Things America Will Lose If The Export-Import Bank Dies (From Forbes)
On October 23, I testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee's subcommittee on terrorism, non-proliferation and trade about the consequences of not reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank, America's sole export-credit agency. I told the members ...