Defense
Hack Me Twice, Shame On Me
It is almost becoming tedious; every week or two another major U.S. institution, government department or major corporation is hacked. In the last two years, successful hacks of Premera Blue Cross, Anthem, Target, Home Depot, J.P. Morgan, EBay and Sony ...
Ten Signs The F-35 Fighter Program Is Becoming A Smashing Success (From Forbes)
It seems the Pentagon's biggest weapons program is incapable of generating favorable media coverage. Reporters play up every problem (real or imagined) with the F-35 fighter, while largely ignoring the positives. But there are now so many positives t ...
Jon Etherton’s Speech: Acquisition Transformation – What Should We Do Next?
This speech was given by Jon Etherton at the Lexington Institute’s Capitol Hill Defense Acquisition Reform event on June 24, 2015. The essential elements of any successful enterprise are leadership, accountability and people. The Federal acquisi ...
Using Directed Energy To Defeat Massed Missile Salvoes
The Department of Defense is trying to recapture the technological mojo it believes it had during the Cold War. Not surprisingly, while we were investing, quite rightly given the circumstances, in armored vehicles and counter-IED technologies to defeat ...
Greece’s Creditors Should Follow The IMF Report
The European Central Bank (ECB), European Union (EU), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) make up the troika that manages bailout programs for countries in danger of default within the Eurozone. If a member of the troika objects to a way for a co ...
Christine Fox’s Speech: Defense Acquisition Reform
This speech was given by Christine Fox at the Lexington Institute’s Capitol Hill Defense Acquisition Reform event on June 24, 2015. Thank you so much for the invitation to join you today and to share my thoughts on this critically important issu ...
Five Reasons America’s Rivals Are Catching Up In Military Technology (From Forbes)
There is growing concern in the Pentagon that potential adversaries such as China and Russia are chipping away at America's lead in military technology. However, a close look at why this is happening suggests that the fault, dear Brutus, is not in our ...
U.S. Needs To Invest In New Capabilities To Counter Aerial IED Threat At Home
The U.S. military has long been worried about the growing overseas hybrid threat. Hybrid threats are those that combine elements of modern warfare such as precision-guided weapons, unmanned aerial systems, rockets and short-range ballistic missiles and ...
Jefferson’s Political Revolution
Thomas Jefferson was 33 years old when he wrote the Declaration of Independence, so it is probably too late for you and me to achieve such a notable level of fame. He also attempted, in his draft, to blast the British for bringing slavery to America, but the Southern delegates insisted on excising . . .
“High Road Contracting” Will Be A Dead End For DoD
The Department of Defense (DoD) is growing more desperate by the day to avail itself of the skills and technological advances of commercial companies. As the Pentagon leadership readily acknowledges, the locus of technological innovation has shifted fr ...