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National Defense
June 2008
Sandra I. Erwin
Despite SecDef Pleas, Pentagon Is Losing the Innovation War As a result of not knowing what technologies are available, the military ends up with systems that become obsolete within a few years. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2008
Stew Magnuson
Goal of a `Network-Centric' Military Seems Distant Unblocking communications and data sharing barriers is necessary if the military will achieve its longtime goal of becoming a network-centric force. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2004
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
`Information Fusion' Key to Winning Wars What made a huge difference in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, said Roche, was the fusion of information. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2010
Sandra I. Erwin
To Meet War Equipment Needs, Commanders Continue to Bypass Pentagon Acquisition System Commander's wish lists are supposed to influence the military services' buying decisions, but often do not. If they do make it into the services' budgets, it takes years for the system to deliver equipment. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
For Contractors in War Zones, Business Will Keep Growing The constant sniping in Washington about military contractors ignores the inescapable conclusion that the privatization of government functions not only is here to stay, but is going to get bigger. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2010
Sandra I. Erwin
Without Radical Change, Many More Defense Programs Will End Up Like JSF The breathless hype over the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's soaring costs and schedule slips clouds a much bigger acquisition predicament for the Pentagon: How to stop more programs from ending up like JSF. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Plans for Global Information Grid Unrealistic A Pentagon effort to develop a global network that connects all military services and Defense Department agencies could fail as a result of current procurement and funding policies, says the Government Accountability Office. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Defense Engineers Ponder `Modest Adjustments' for Connecting Forces Incompatible weapon systems and disjointed information networks continue to be a source of frustration at the Defense Department. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2004
Joe Pappalardo
Pentagon Balking at Intel Reform Recommendations Pentagon officials are publicly questioning some of the recommendations made by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2015
Sandra I. Erwin
Procurement Issues That Congress Won't Fix The new foreign policy mantra in Washington is that the world is on fire. The nation's weapons procurement machine, meanwhile, keeps partying like it's 1999. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Defense Industry: What Does Change Really Mean? The defense industry is unsure how they will be affected by revamped procurement practices promised by the Pentagon. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2014
Sandra I. Erwin
Hope and Despair in Government Procurement It's crunch time for acquisition reformers as they face a July deadline to submit recommendations to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2008
Sandra I. Erwin
Preventive Care Prescribed for Pentagon Big-Ticket Programs Acquisition officials at the Pentagon must decide which programs get to live and which ones get put out of their misery. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2010
John Keller
2011 DOD Budget Proposes Increases in Procurement, Cuts in Research, in Overall Stable Request The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is asking Congress for $708 billion in federal fiscal year 2011 to support the continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2013
Sandra I. Erwin
Pentagon Tries to Recapture Tech Glory Days After spending $50 billion over the past decade on failed weapons programs, the Pentagon is grasping for answers. Assorted procurement reforms have been tried, but they have delivered only marginal results. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Defense Must Measure True Cost of Fuel, Says Ashton Carter The Pentagon must factor the additional transportation and security costs associated with each weapon system, said the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2004
A. Duffy Baker
Military to Increase Dependence on Commercial Communications The satellite communications industry is bullish about future growth in military business. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2013
Sandra I. Erwin
Less Money, But Still Business As Usual As the dust begins to settle to reveal a leaner defense budget, Pentagon contractors are strategizing for the new business environment. They also will be parsing the latest batch of Pentagon policies designed to turn around failing weapon acquisition programs. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2014
Sandra I. Erwin
Acquisition Business Reaches Inflection Point Acquisition flops over the past decade have put the fear of God into Pentagon leaders who now face the added pressure of having to ensure programs perform in a zero-tolerance environment, and with budget cuts to boot. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2009
John Keller
2010 DOD Budget Proposes Increases for Navy, DARPA Spending; Army Faces Big Cuts The U.S. Department of Defense is proposing modest increases in procurement and research for the U.S. Navy, yet the U.S. Air Force faces small reductions and the U.S. Army is facing cuts of more than 17 percent. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Defense Dept. Fails To Capture Available Technologies In the race to secure the latest and greatest technologies from the private sector and university labs, the Pentagon often comes up short. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2014
Sandra I. Erwin
In '15 Budget, Red Flags for Contractors If defense industry CEOs can draw any conclusion from the Pentagon's 2015 budget proposal it is that, except for the too-big-to-fail joint strike fighter, most of the military's modernization plan is on shaky ground. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Expand Work Force Based on Quality, Not Quantity, Warns Former Pentagon official The Defense Department should be careful in how it goes about expanding its acquisition work force mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2005
Sandra Erwin
Procurement Probes Framed By Bleak Financial Forecast A string of procurement debacles at the Defense Department has stirred, yet again, calls for drastic reforms in military acquisition rules and policies. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
July 31, 2006
Dawn Kopecki
When Outsourcing Turns Outrageous The U.S. Military has lost billions to fraud and mismanagement by private contractors in Iraq who do everything from cooking soldiers' meals to building hospitals to providing security. That raises a question: Does Pentagon outsourcing make sense? mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2013
Sandra I. Erwin
Satellite Shortages May Choke Off Military Drone Expansion It is a perennial problem in military operations that there is never enough satellite capacity to satisfy commanders' gargantuan appetite for voice and data communications. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2011
Sandra I. Erwin
Small Businesses: Showered With Praise, But Not Shown Much Love While Pentagon higher-ups and politicians shower praise on small businesses, in the muddy trenches of government contracting, it can be ugly. According to industry accounts, the entire procurement process is a path strewn with obstacles. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
More Than Technology Is Needed to Win Wars As events unfold in Iraq, much second-guessing goes on in Washington, not just about the overall U.S. strategy or lack thereof, but also on whether the hundreds of billions of dollars allocated every year to weapon systems are being spent on the right things. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2011
Sandra I. Erwin
As Pressure Grows to Cut Spending, the True Cost of Weapons Is Anyone's Guess A decade of soaring Pentagon spending is coming to an end, and it is leaving behind considerable fiscal wreckage. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2010
Sandra I. Erwin
Defense, Industry Upheaval Defined By 10 Key Moments Here's a look back at 10 key moments that defined the decade for the military and the defense industry. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
More Services, Less Hardware Define Current Military Buildup In the midst of the largest military expansion since the Reagan administration, industry analysts warn that the gravy days cannot last much longer. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Reform Agenda Targets Acquisition Workforce The Pentagon's cadre of "professional shoppers" could see a wave of reforms in the coming years, as the Defense Department remains under unrelenting pressure to fix its buying practices. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2012
Sandra I. Erwin
The Coming Decade: A Slowdown In Spending, but No 'Procurement Holiday' Even under the worst-case scenario, defense budgets in the coming decade will be larger than they were in the last year of the Bush administration. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2011
Sandra I. Erwin
Contractors Advised to Focus Less On Stock Prices, More on Customers Pentagon contractors will have to think differently about their business if they want to maintain or improve the financial performance they have enjoyed over the past decade, insiders say. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2013
Sandra I. Erwin
Firms Think Twice Before Investing in DoD The Pentagon needs to get creative as it plans the weapons of the future, officials have said, and it needs private-sector help. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Why the Mightiest Military Can't Get Enough Trucks The political circus that has surrounded the procurement of mine-resistant armored vehicles for troops in Iraq comes as no surprise. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2010
Sandra I. Erwin
Five Key Questions About the Defense Budget Here are some of the key questions that policymakers should bear in mind when it comes to the defense budget. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
May 15, 2006
Eamon Javers
Stealth Spending At The Pentagon How the Air Force is keeping the costs of expensive new fighter jets under the radar. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2010
Rich Smith
America, Defenseless? Some of the nation's biggest defense contractors have begun receiving "Dear John" letters from the Pentagon. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Digital Age Logistics Systems Still No Panacea for Troops Providing essential supplies and services to troops on the front lines ranks increasingly consumes larger bites of the Pentagon's half-trillion-dollar annual budget. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2015
Sandra I. Erwin
Defense Technology At a Crossroads: Can the Pentagon Regain Its Innovation Mojo? The Defense Department may never become the technological juggernaut it once was, but with the groundbreaking innovation happening in the private sector, the challenge for the Pentagon is to tap emerging technology. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2013
Sandra I. Erwin
Pentagon, Contractors Clash Over Profits The pressure is on at the Pentagon to bring down the cost of military hardware. The dictum from acquisitions chief Frank Kendall is that "unaffordable" programs will be axed. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2008
Sandra I. Erwin
Pentagon Bracing for Yet Another Round of Turf Battles Touchy issues about the division of labor within the Defense Department have, in years past, triggered turf battles that would make Machiavelli proud. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2006
Grace Jean
Pentagon Acquisition Reforms Likely to Encounter Opposition Radical changes to the Pentagon's acquisition system may be in place by the end of this year. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Pentagon Should 'Institutionalize' Cultural Training for Troops, Advisory Panel Says The Iraq war made it clear that the U.S. military neglected to study that country's culture before it deployed forces there. mark for My Articles similar articles