Defense
FCS: The Logic of Future Combat Systems
The Army’s Future Combat Systems (FCS) program is a family of ground combat vehicles and unmanned reconnaissance aircraft tied together by a high-capacity wireless network. It is the centerpiece . . .
Air Force Radar Plan Imperils Troops
What's wrong with this picture? The Air Force plans to spend over a hundred billion dollars to buy 2,000 new fighters, but it can't find the money to upgrade a handful of radar planes with better technology for . . .
Missing Ingredient In Weapons Decisions: Common Sense
Military expert Anthony Cordesman claims the Bush Administration has fielded "the worst wartime national security team in United States history." That's pretty harsh. LBJ and Nixon managed to . . .
Containing Iran: A Role For America’s Navy
The growing rift between the Bush Administration and Pakistan’s new government over how to deal with militants operating in tribal areas along the Afghan border is a reminder that America’s global war . . .
Economic Security: A Decade Of Decline
It looks like the economic history of the Bush era is going to end much the same way it began: with the government struggling to prevent a recession from turning into a depression. The downturn in President . . .
Boeing Fights Back: How It Plans To Prevail
When Boeing executives heard last week that they had failed to beat Northrop Grumman in any of the five selection criteria for the Air Force's future aerial-refueling tanker, they were incredulous. Their . . .
GAO Myopia Increases Risk Of Nuclear Attack On U.S.
In a recent report on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) program to deploy advanced detectors of nuclear materials, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) focuses on minutiae and . . .
Finally, Missile Defense That Works
On February 20, 2008 a single modified Standard 3 missile (SM-3) launched by the Aegis cruiser Lake Erie hit and destroyed an errant U.S. intelligence satellite some 130 miles above the Earth. Culminating a . . .
Tanker Competition: Northrop Won By A Wide Margin
Last week Northrop Grumman and European partner EADS confounded expectations by beating incumbent Boeing for the contract to build the Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling tanker. The . . .
The Role Of Party Politics In Shaping Defense Priorities
Thank you for the opportunity to be here tonight, discussing what may be the single most neglected factor in Army plans for the future. That factor is politics -- the process by which we periodically replace . . .