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National Defense November 2004 |
Washington Pulse Civilians Also Need `Joint' Training... Navy Will Push to Keep 12 Aircraft Carriers... What's on the Air Force Chief's Mind... Army Ponders Spending Priorities... etc.  |
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Aviation Force Gets Smaller, But New Aircraft Spending on Course The intent is to replace aging Navy and Marine Corps aircraft with fewer, but more technologically advanced systems.  |
National Defense March 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
A Navy With Fewer Aircraft Carriers No Longer Unthinkable The display of naval firepower currently in progress in the waters of the Persian Gulf is a reminder of the commanding presence of the big-deck aircraft carriers. But it may not be enough to save the venerable flattops from the overwhelming power of the Pentagon's budget ax.  |
National Defense May 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Comrades in Arms With Penchant for Bitter Rivalries Retired four-star general and West Point professor Barry McCaffrey marvels at the miracle of joint-service combat power.  |
National Defense August 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Washington Pulse Joint Warfare Has Its Drawbacks... Naval Aviators Told To Tighten Belt... Marines Shifting Non-Combat Jobs to Civilians... Military Training Programs Could See Cutbacks...  |
National Defense November 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
'Cutting-Edge' Weapons No Longer the Holy Grail Because of the war experience and the fiscal outlook, experts predict, the Defense Department will for some time remain conflicted about how it should spend its research dollars.  |
Popular Mechanics January 23, 2008 Joe Pappalardo |
Pentagon Turns to Engineers for Troop Transport Fix in Iraq: Analysis (With 6 Next-Gen Chopper Designs!) The Army and Air Force will seek Pentagon approval for the development of new aircraft that can carry big loads and land on poorly built, short runways -- or no runways at all.  |
National Defense January 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Military Bases at Sea: No Longer Unthinkable Staging a military campaign the size of Operation Iraqi Freedom entirely from ships at sea---with no access to land bases---would seem inconceivable to most defense planners. Nonetheless, the notion is gaining momentum at the Pentagon.  |
National Defense December 2012 Sandra I. Erwin |
Budget Cuts, Fuels Costs Could Spur Military Spending on Virtual Training The Air Force estimates it could save about $1.7 billion over five years by reducing flying hours by 5 percent and shifting more of its pilot and crew training to simulators.  |
National Defense March 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Raise Stirs Questions on `Fair Pay' A proposed 2.2 percent pay raise for military personnel (the same raise that the Bush administration recommended for civilian workers) raised eyebrows in Washington. Giving equal salary increments to military and civilians, critics argue, implies that the Pentagon is failing to reward the dangerous work that troops are doing in Iraq.  |
National Defense July 2006 |
It Does Not Pay to Be `Too Relevant' Skyrocketing War Costs Are Putting Pressure on the Pentagon... Politicians Should Help the Troops... Military Must Learn to Live With Contractors... Navy Making Tough Calls in Aviation...  |
National Defense April 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Military Readiness: Candid Assessments Long Overdue Alarm bells have gotten progressively louder and more jarring in recent weeks on the issue of military readiness on the home front.  |
National Defense January 2008 Sandra I. Erwin |
Bigger Budgets Disguise Larger Fiscal Dilemmas Nowhere is the financial outlook for the Defense Department more uncertain than in the procurement budget.  |
National Defense November 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Facing Uncertainty, Navy Contemplates `Alternative Futures' Navy officials worry that fleet expansion efforts could be wrecked if the Defense Department cuts naval budgets to pay for the addition of thousands of troops to the Army and Marine Corps over the next four years.  |
National Defense January 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Shipbuilding Plan Sailing Into Turbulent Seas Cutbacks in personnel, training and maintenance costs will fuel a moderate growth in Navy procurement programs starting in 2008, albeit at a slower pace than Navy leaders had forecast a year ago, analysts estimate.  |
National Defense November 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
U.S. Central Command Naval Chief Foresees More Volatility in the Region While naval forces under U.S. Central Command remain primarily focused on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, commanders are concerned about emerging threats that could further destabilize the Middle East.  |
National Defense February 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Military Rivalries Rekindled Over `Roles and Missions' The team spirit seen on the front lines typically does not translate into affable negotiations at the Pentagon's budget table, where the services wage bureaucratic wars for their share of a $420 billion defense pie.  |
National Defense December 2003 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
'Access' Challenges in Expeditionary Operations The fact that friendly nations are becoming sensitive about hosting U.S. forces should be a wake-up call. Eventually, the services will need to develop a joint vision and concept of operations for how to tackle these challenges.  |
National Defense January 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
While Still at War, Services Brood Over `What's Next?' The business of planning for the future indeed can be scary, especially when it comes to predicting when and where the nation will fight the next war.  |
National Defense June 2004 Roxana Tiron |
Pilots Spurring Training, Tactics Revolution Army aviators--rehashing lessons garnered in Vietnam and seizing on recent experience gained in Iraq and Afghanistan--are forcing a revolution in combat helicopter training.  |
National Defense November 2015 Sandra I. Erwin |
Coping Mechanisms for D.C. Dysfunction Government funding upheaval and unpredictable twists in procurement red tape have become the norm in the defense business.  |
National Defense April 2004 Geoff S. Fein |
Washington Pulse Although the Navy does not have the equivalent of a "Comanche" on the horizon, all programs are under review in preparation for the fiscal year 2006 budget submission, said the chief of naval operations.  |
National Defense December 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
In Times of Pentagon Budget Gloom, Sunnier Outlook for Simulation Industry Shrinking budgets for new weapons systems and live-fire training may boost demand for virtual simulations and gaming technologies.  |
National Defense January 2007 Harold Kennedy |
Rebuilding Efforts Anticipate A Lengthy Fight The Marine Corps, as it struggles to rebuild, repair or replace its combat-battered equipment, is planning for a conflict that will continue for years to come.  |
National Defense December 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Army, Marine Corps Look for Better Data on Simulator Effectiveness Both services need to establish metrics to calculate just how effective their simulators are. Furthermore, they need a more comprehensive method to compare the costs of live and virtual training.  |
National Defense March 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Enjoy Your Money While You Can ... More than any other service, the Army has relied on Iraq-war funding to refurbish vehicles and acquire new hardware. However, if history is any guide, money only lasts as long as there are troops under fire.  |
National Defense May 2007 Stew Magnuson |
Army, Marines Plan Improvements for Cargo Choppers Army and Marine Corps embark on programs to modernize their medium-heavy cargo helicopters. Roadside bombs and ambushes have forced the U.S. military to increasingly rely on the skies to transport supplies and troops.  |
National Defense April 2008 Sandra I. Erwin |
Changes to Military Strategy, In Time for the Next War Iraq is far from over, but the Defense Department is already rewriting military doctrine so that forces are adequately trained and ready for another Iraq-like conflict years or decades from now.  |
National Defense January 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Adaptive Foe Thwarts Counter-IED Efforts Coalition forces are engaged in an ongoing invisible combat in the radio and infrared spectra. Iraqi insurgents have progressed from simple trip wires to infrared devices to set off improvised explosive devices.  |
National Defense July 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Stifles Innovation Despite Urgent War Needs The Defense Department has been a leading developer of cutting-edge technology. But at the same time, it has created self-defeating mechanisms that quash innovation and fail to capitalize on available opportunities.  |
National Defense January 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Deployment of Sea Bases Faces Technical, Budgetary Challenges The notion that ground forces can be launched, supported and sustained solely from ships at sea is still new to the Army and the Air Force, and the Defense Department has yet to figure out how to pay for this capability.  |
National Defense February 2012 Dan Parsons |
Military Helicopter Fleets Showing Their Age Many models are expected to reach the end of their operational lives in the 2030 to 2040 timeframe.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2004 Ben Ames |
Military Warns Contractors About Pitfalls of Joint Weapons Design Pentagon planners are pushing the different service branches to share equipment and split the cost of customized-weapons development. This joint operation will help transform the American military into a lighter, faster force, they say.  |
National Defense March 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Navy Seeks to Avert Precipitous Decline in the Size of the Fleet An ambitious Navy plan to expand the size of the fleet not only assumes a considerable surge in spending, but also a fundamental shift in the preparation and execution of ship programs, senior officials say.  |
National Defense June 2008 Sandra I. Erwin |
Aviation Wish-Lists Send Mixed Signals The Navy and Air Force want more planes from Boeing and Lockheed Martin, but doing so would decrease funds from the Joint Strike Fighter program.  |
National Defense March 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army to Equip Helos With `Low Cost' Munitions The Army soon may begin arming its combat helicopters with an undersized missile that could surgically destroy targets in urban areas without killing or maiming friendly forces or innocent civilians.  |
National Defense February 2010 Stew Magnuson |
Army to Air Force: We Won't Give Up Our Surveillance Aircraft A second turf war over control of unmanned aerial vehicles is underway after sharp criticism from a senior Air Force general who said the Army is not efficiently deploying its fleet of medium-sized remotely piloted aircraft.  |
National Defense December 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Obliged to Add Troops, Army Agonizes Over Costs Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard A. Cody asserts the issue that should have been more thoroughly debated by political leaders, but has largely been ignored, is not the draft, but rather how the nation will pay for the additional troops the Army requires to keep fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.  |
National Defense December 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army: War Duties Should Warrant a Bigger Budge Despite their involvement in the war, the Army did not get a large increase in next years defense budget.  |
National Defense November 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Military Services Competing For Future Airlift Missions A multibillion-dollar program to equip the Army National Guard with new fixed-wing cargo aircraft fleet has rekindled a turf battle between the services that was supposed to have been settled more than half a century ago.  |
National Defense July 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Urban Fighting Highlights Need for Smaller Weapons The U.S. military services spend billions of dollars on precision-guided bombs, missiles and artillery shells, which, for the most part, have proved inadequate for urban fighting in Iraqi cities.  |
National Defense January 2006 Grace Jean |
Naval `Sea Base' Supporters Seek to Prove Worth to Army Navy officials have drawn up plans to deploy a floating military base capable of supporting two combat brigades by 2019. It is not yet clear, however, whether the sea base concept is based on solid analysis or whether its potential benefits justify the cost.  |
National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Future War: How The Game is Changing "It's hard to concentrate on a grand strategy when your house is on fire," said Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Joint Forces Command. Even as they cope with the frantic demands of two major wars, military leaders say they have a clearer sense of the future than they did in the 1990s.  |
National Defense November 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
While More Research is Directed to Irregular Combat, War Spending Could Deter Advances in Military Weapons Irregular insurgents have not only have forced military commanders to rethink their strategies and tactics, but they also have set off a transformation in how defense researchers and scientists think about developing new technology.  |
National Defense March 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Review: Beltway Dogfighting at Its Best Military officials have, in recent weeks, been diligently articulating their thinking on how each service contributes to the overall national security strategy.  |
National Defense November 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Urban Fighting in Iraq Spurs New Thinking in Strike Aviation Unconventional tactics have become standard procedure for U.S. naval aviators who are supporting ground troops in the fight against insurgents in Iraq.  |
National Defense April 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
How Much Does the Pentagon Pay for a Gallon of Gas? Two Defense Science Board studies have criticized the Pentagon for not having reliable methods of measuring what is known as the "fully burdened" cost of fuel (FBCF).  |
National Defense June 2012 Eric Beidel |
Military Provides Little Clarity For Future of Truck Fleets As wars end and budgets tighten, the Pentagon has begun trying to make sense of the spending spree that was the past decade.  |
National Defense December 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Controlling Iraq's Crowded Airspace No Easy Task The Air Defense Artillery Center is working to avoid collisions between unmanned drones and helicopters over Iraq. Future airspace control plans include defense against cruise missiles, rockets, artillery and mortars.  |
National Defense November 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Naval Officials Seek `Intellectual Renaissance' in the Sea Services As they continue to ponder the value of naval forces in the nation's wars, Navy leaders want to broaden the debate by encouraging participation from all levels of command.  |