Defense
Modernizing the Air Force’s Electronic Aircraft Fleet The U.S. Air Force operates a fleet of six dozen intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft based on the old Boeing 707 airframe that are essential to the . . .
Averting Catastrophe In Cyberspace: Core Requirements The information revolution has transformed every facet of commerce and culture, including the military enterprise. Unfortunately, it has also empowered extremists, criminals . . .
Why The Pentagon Wastes Money And How To Fix The Problem The U.S. defense budget is challenged perhaps as never before in modern times from without and within. The 2010 bipartisan Budget Control Act (BCA) imposed minimum reductions . . .
Heading to the Chicago NATO Summit: An Interim Assessment of Progress Towards a more Capable Alliance One of the most important issues to be addressed at the NATO Alliance’s upcoming summit in Chicago will be progress towards addressing significant capability gaps revealed . . .
Meeting the DoD Sequestration Level Cost Cuts Without Cutting Strategy, Programs or Readiness In the 2012 strategic guidance released in January, the president and Department of Defense (DoD) admit the global strategy of this country is now limited in reach and power due . . .
Keeping America Competitive: Ex-Im Bank Is Vital To U.S. Trade For nearly eighty years, the U.S. Export-Import Bank has been the lender of last resort for U.S. companies seeking to sell their goods abroad. Ex-Im Bank, as it is called, . . .
Keeping America Competitive: Ex-Im Bank Is Vital To U.S. Trade For nearly eighty years, the U.S. Export-Import Bank has been the lender of last resort for U.S. companies seeking to sell their goods abroad. Ex-Im Bank, as it is called, . . .
Modernizing the Department of Homeland Security’s Aerial Fleets When Congress created the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2002, it brought together 22 separate government organizations ranging from the U.S. Coast Guard to the Border . . .
Keeping America Competitive: The Military Needs To Limit Its Industrial Roles During the Cold War, the U.S. military acquired a vast network of public-sector industrial facilities and private-sector suppliers. Over time, a division of labor emerged between . . .
Keeping America Competitive: The Military Needs To Limit Its Industrial Roles During the Cold War, the U.S. military acquired a vast network of public-sector industrial facilities and private-sector suppliers. Over time, a division of labor emerged between . . .