Defense
Trading Places: Republicans & Democrats Rethink Defense
On the morning of November 3, 1920 America awoke to discover that Republican Warren Harding had won a landslide victory in the presidential election. A map of how each state had voted on page one of . . .
Joint Cargo Aircraft: Is This Program Necessary?
The U.S. Army is in a world of hurt. The service is bearing most of the burden of a multifront war while simultaneously trying to transform itself into a modular, networked force of the future. Either one of . . .
Army Equipment After Iraq
Operations in Iraq have placed the heaviest burden on the active and reserve components of the U.S. Army. While most attention has rightly focused on the war’s impact on our men and women in uniform. . .
Modernization Priorities for the Army and Air Force
My task in the next ten minutes is to describe the most pressing modernization needs of the Army and the Air Force. Since Baker Spring is discussing strategic forces, I will confine my comments to conventional capabilities . . .
Army Force Protection: Helicopters Can’t Wait
Next week the Lexington Institute and the Center for American Progress will release a study of Army equipment needs after Iraq. The study describes how warfighting systems have been worn out by three . . .
LIFT
The U.S. military needs a lift. Airlift that is, and lots of it. The world has changed in ways that make the force more dependent on airlift than it ever was during the Cold War. First, global tensions have shifted . . .
Surveillance of the Future
The future of intelligence surveillance reconnaissance (ISR) is taking shape in the Asia-Pacific region. Your report on the Australian government's Project Air 7000 (Flight International, 7-13 March), notably . . .
DNC Endorses Bush Defense Goals
In an apparent bid to restore bipartisanship in the framing of defense policies, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) last week released a "bold security agenda" that echoed virtually every defense theme . . .
Take the Time to Get LCS Systems Right
The key to enhancing the flexibility and responsiveness of the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), as discussed in Richard Burgess's article ("Fast Swap," February issue), is in the integration of both . . .
Performance Based Logistics and the Army Industrial Enterprise
In today’s world, businesses manage vast, global flows of goods and products through advanced logistics systems that guarantee rapid, on-time and error-free delivery to customers worldwide. Continuous . . .