SOCOM Pivots Toward Great Power Competition
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The Pentagon’s new Special Ops leader is looking to the defense industry for help in meeting peer adversaries, but he also has a bone to pick.
EXCLUSIVE: Shanahan Keeping Top Staff If Confirmed
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The moves at the top of the Pentagon power structure will create openings elsewhere, as officials continue move in and out of the Trump administration
Ellen Lord: Lot 12 Contract For F-35s Soon
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The Pentagon says a new F-35 deal is coming this summer, and promises more costs savings even as the program struggles to get needed spare parts.
Congress, Pentagon Renew Old Fight Over 3rd Missile Defense Site
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The Pentagon has long worried about the multi-billion dollar price tag that comes along with building a new interceptor field and its infrastructure. Influential lawmakers want a permanent site built that will support close to 1,000 jobs in their districts.
Shanahan Finally Nominated, Confirmation May Be Tough
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The Acting Defense Secretary, with less than two years of national security experience under his belt, is poised to take over a department in the throes of a rapid modernization project, while rattling sabres with Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, China, and Russia.
Trump’s Arms Control Plan: Genius or Disingenuous?
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A White House 180-degree turn on nuclear arms control inflicts whiplash on experts. What is real here?
War Of the Acquisition Reformers: 809 Panel Defends New Commercial Approach
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When Washington heavyweights like Peter Levine, former Democratic staff director of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Bill Greenwalt, former deputy undersecretary of Defense for industrial policy and longtime Republican acquisition expert on the SASC, say you got something wrong, people listen. That is especially the case if you were the folks who Levine and… Keep reading →
Build A ‘Five Eyes’ For Military Tech Sharing: Greenwalt
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As the US and its allies scramble to stay ahead of China and Russia, a bold proposal for a massive revamp of tech sharing emerges.
‘How Is Yoda?’: An Appreciation Of Andy Marshall
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Last year while in Japan for a meeting with senior defense and military leaders, the question most often posed to me was, “How is Yoda?” The questions were in reference to the nickname given to Andrew Marshall, arguably the foremost defense strategist of the past sixty years, who passed away this week at the… Keep reading →