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National Defense January 2015 Stew Magnuson |
Air Force Space Programs on Hold as New Architecture Studied The Air Force is in the throes of conducting several studies that service officials say may lead to a radically new space architecture. Meanwhile, getting space system acquisition right is more important than ever. |
National Defense January 2015 Sandra I. Erwin |
Military Challenged to Maintain Decades-Old Aircraft The U.S. military operates fleets of Cold War-era aircraft that will not be replaced any time soon. For the Pentagon, this creates daunting challenges, experts warn. Airplanes will have to fly much longer than planned and, at a time of tight budgets, the cost of maintaining aging equipment is projected to soar. |
National Defense January 2015 Ryan Berry & Guy Filippelli |
Compliance Programs Need Data Analytics Without data analytics tools, companies remain dependent on human identification of risks and violations. Their compliance efforts often consist only of training employees to spot misconduct, and in setting aside financial reserves to fund expensive, after-the-fact investigations by outside counsel. |
National Defense January 2015 Valerie Insinna |
Ultra Light Combat Vehicle Could Buck Trend of Slow Truck Procurement If everything goes to plan, the Army could field about 300 ultra light combat vehicles by the end of fiscal year 2016. |
National Defense January 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Special Operations Command Bypasses Acquisition Red Tape That continued ability to field equipment in weeks or months instead of years will be critical as U.S. military strategy shifts from Afghanistan and focuses on smaller, global missions led by special operation forces. |
National Defense January 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Rapid Acquisition Groups Break Mold of Slow Pentagon Procurement System The Army's Rapid Equipping Force and the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, both established during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, were created in order to meet urgent operational needs rapidly. |
National Defense January 2015 Edward Lundquist |
F-35 Industrial Base Relies On International Participation The international component is a huge element of what we do. It's building this coalition capacity that the U.S. is going to need in a future day and age, but it's also bringing the price of the U.S. airplanes down. |
National Defense January 2015 Sarah Sicard |
Military Joint Ground Robot Programs Face Increased Scrutiny With tightening budgets and one high-profile program delayed by several years, ground robot acquisitions are coming under increasing congressional scrutiny, officials who oversee procurement of the technology said recently. |
National Defense January 2015 Valerie Insinna |
In Future Rotorcraft Acquisition, Services Working to Avoid Mistakes of Past Joint Programs The history of joint aircraft is littered with failures, and when programs do come to fruition, they oftentimes are marred by schedule delays and cost overruns. Case in point, critics say, is the uber-expensive F-35 joint strike fighter program. |
National Defense January 2015 Arnold L. Punaro |
New Leadership a Boost to National Security The new leadership of the Armed Services and Appropriations Committees will build on the already strong bipartisan record of supporting a strong national security. |
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