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Commentary: Workforce Challenges to Better Buying Power 3.0
When Acquisition Undersecretary Frank Kendall released Better Buying Power 3.0 last month, he charged the roughly 150,000 DoD acquisition professionals with a mammoth responsibility: Preserve the American military’s “technological superiority.” To do so, they will have to create operational efficiencies and concrete innovations from 33 pages of text, written from the highest perch in the…
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Commentary: A Dear John (McCain) Letter
Dear Sen. John McCain: You know as well as anyone, the Department of Defense and the US military are at greater risk today than at any time since Sept. 11. The principal threat is not al-Qaida, Da’esh or a resurgent China or Russia, although a good part of the world remains dangerously unstable. Nor is…
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Editorial: Integrate US-Japan Forces
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the United States last week was a success. He made Japan’s case on security, trade and diplomacy, becoming the first Japanese leader ever to address a joint session of Congress. And in English, no less.
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Editorial: Of Budgets and Odd Alliances
The unusual coalition of conservative Republican deficit hawks and liberal Democrats united to cut Pentagon spending is worrying defense supporters.
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Commentary: US Must Never Rest on Defense
On April 30, my nearly eight-year tenure as leader of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) concluded and I joined the ranks of AIA members as the president and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America.
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Commentary: A Ground War Against ISIL
Wars, by their very nature, are brutal affairs; none more so than the conflicts currently raging in the Middle East.
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Commentary: On Target With Missile Defense
As Congress reviews the president’s fiscal 2016 budget, I recently witnessed a welcome sign of interest from congressional staffers who attended a standing-room-only, roundtable discussion on missile defense. The questions and discussion were insightful, and brought clarity to the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA’s) sound strategy to defend against a rapidly evolving missile threat.
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Editorial: Carter Charts New Cyber Path
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s new cyber strategy and push to harness the power of Silicon Valley are key and welcome steps to improving the cyber security of the United States and its allies.
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Commentary: A Mightily Tangled Geostrategic Web
Just when events in the Middle East could not seem to become more complicated, this web of intrigue and danger has grown even more complex and intertwined.
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Editorial: India Still Needs Bigger Rafale Deal
The decision by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order 36 off-the-shelf Rafale jets was an overdue and welcome move to upgrade New Delhi’s military capabilities.
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Commentary: Workforce Challenges to Better Buying Power 3.0
When Acquisition Undersecretary Frank Kendall released Better Buying Power 3.0 last month, he charged the roughly 150,000 DoD acquisition professionals with a mammoth responsibility: Preserve the American military’s “technological superiority.” To do so, they will have to create operational efficiencies and concrete innovations from 33 pages of text, written from the highest perch in the…
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Commentary: A Dear John (McCain) Letter
Dear Sen. John McCain: You know as well as anyone, the Department of Defense and the US military are at greater risk today than at any time since Sept. 11. The principal threat is not al-Qaida, Da’esh or a resurgent China or Russia, although a good part of the world remains dangerously unstable. Nor is…
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Editorial: Integrate US-Japan Forces
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the United States last week was a success. He made Japan’s case on security, trade and diplomacy, becoming the first Japanese leader ever to address a joint session of Congress. And in English, no less.
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Editorial: Of Budgets and Odd Alliances
The unusual coalition of conservative Republican deficit hawks and liberal Democrats united to cut Pentagon spending is worrying defense supporters.
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Commentary: US Must Never Rest on Defense
On April 30, my nearly eight-year tenure as leader of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) concluded and I joined the ranks of AIA members as the president and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America.
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Commentary: A Ground War Against ISIL
Wars, by their very nature, are brutal affairs; none more so than the conflicts currently raging in the Middle East.
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Commentary: On Target With Missile Defense
As Congress reviews the president’s fiscal 2016 budget, I recently witnessed a welcome sign of interest from congressional staffers who attended a standing-room-only, roundtable discussion on missile defense. The questions and discussion were insightful, and brought clarity to the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA’s) sound strategy to defend against a rapidly evolving missile threat.
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Editorial: Carter Charts New Cyber Path
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s new cyber strategy and push to harness the power of Silicon Valley are key and welcome steps to improving the cyber security of the United States and its allies.
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Commentary: A Mightily Tangled Geostrategic Web
Just when events in the Middle East could not seem to become more complicated, this web of intrigue and danger has grown even more complex and intertwined.
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Editorial: India Still Needs Bigger Rafale Deal
The decision by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order 36 off-the-shelf Rafale jets was an overdue and welcome move to upgrade New Delhi’s military capabilities.
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Commentary: Workforce Challenges to Better Buying Power 3.0
When Acquisition Undersecretary Frank Kendall released Better Buying Power 3.0 last month, he charged the roughly 150,000 DoD acquisition professionals with a mammoth responsibility: Preserve the American military’s “technological superiority.” To do so, they will have to create operational efficiencies and concrete innovations from 33 pages of text, written from the highest perch in the…
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Commentary: A Dear John (McCain) Letter
Dear Sen. John McCain: You know as well as anyone, the Department of Defense and the US military are at greater risk today than at any time since Sept. 11. The principal threat is not al-Qaida, Da’esh or a resurgent China or Russia, although a good part of the world remains dangerously unstable. Nor is…
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Editorial: Integrate US-Japan Forces
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the United States last week was a success. He made Japan’s case on security, trade and diplomacy, becoming the first Japanese leader ever to address a joint session of Congress. And in English, no less.
-
Editorial: Of Budgets and Odd Alliances
The unusual coalition of conservative Republican deficit hawks and liberal Democrats united to cut Pentagon spending is worrying defense supporters.
-
Commentary: US Must Never Rest on Defense
On April 30, my nearly eight-year tenure as leader of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) concluded and I joined the ranks of AIA members as the president and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America.
-
Commentary: A Ground War Against ISIL
Wars, by their very nature, are brutal affairs; none more so than the conflicts currently raging in the Middle East.
-
Commentary: On Target With Missile Defense
As Congress reviews the president’s fiscal 2016 budget, I recently witnessed a welcome sign of interest from congressional staffers who attended a standing-room-only, roundtable discussion on missile defense. The questions and discussion were insightful, and brought clarity to the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA’s) sound strategy to defend against a rapidly evolving missile threat.
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Editorial: Carter Charts New Cyber Path
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s new cyber strategy and push to harness the power of Silicon Valley are key and welcome steps to improving the cyber security of the United States and its allies.
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Commentary: A Mightily Tangled Geostrategic Web
Just when events in the Middle East could not seem to become more complicated, this web of intrigue and danger has grown even more complex and intertwined.
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Editorial: India Still Needs Bigger Rafale Deal
The decision by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order 36 off-the-shelf Rafale jets was an overdue and welcome move to upgrade New Delhi’s military capabilities.
