By Vince Martinez 07/25/2011 - The struggle for senior defense officials is often in taking tangible lessons from war and applying them directly toward the acquisitions, planning programming and budgeting, and requirements generation systems.
07/19/2011 - With a solid networking structure, the 5th generation aircraft can function as a honeycomb which allows them to execute Three Dimensional Warfare.
4/27/11 Rear Admiral Jim Beebe USN (retired) and currently Executive Director of Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet discusses the USN approach to the future.
04/27/11 The LPD 17 program manager, Doug Lounsberry, provides an overview on the this key command ship for the ARG.
By Vincent Martinez 03/06/2011 - In the dynamic operational conditions of today, a “force in readiness” means more than just being capable of slinging lead down-range -- and the ARG is the best-postured strategic capability to be able to adjust quickly to dynamic environments.
In late September, the President announced the termination of the plans to place missile interceptors in Central Europe...
The United States and its allies are in the midst of a significant financial downturn with serious consequences for defense acquisition. The “contingency operation” in Afghanistan and the “withdrawal” from Iraq both generate severe budgetary pressures and emphasize force acquisition priorities most appropriate to those operations.
Littoral operations for US and allied navies have largely focused on warfighting as the defining element. For a "blue water" fleet like the US Navy, the littorals are the areas passed through in shaping the battle on the air and land in confronting adversaries. The goal is to destroy enemy…
