No ‘National Team’ For GBSD; Don’t Delay New ICBMs: Chris Miller

No ‘National Team’ For GBSD; Don’t Delay New ICBMs: Chris Miller
No ‘National Team’ For GBSD; Don’t Delay New ICBMs: Chris Miller

The absence of competition would remove cost pressure for both major contractors, which may be attractive for them but is unlikely to bode well for taxpayers.

DepSecDef Work Details 2017 Budget: Offset Just Beginning EXCLUSIVE

DepSecDef Work Details 2017 Budget: Offset Just Beginning EXCLUSIVE
DepSecDef Work Details 2017 Budget: Offset Just Beginning EXCLUSIVE

UPDATED: Adds DepSecDef Explanation For Additional LCS PENTAGON: “We don’t have enough money to do everything we want to do,” Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work told me in an exclusive 85-minute interview in his E-Ring Pentagon office. “So what we’re doing this year, Sydney, is we are trying to prepare as many demonstrations on advanced…

Can The Air Force Innovate? Snake Clark And Buzz Moseley

Can The Air Force Innovate? Snake Clark And Buzz Moseley
Can The Air Force Innovate? Snake Clark And Buzz Moseley

Many observers of the US military would agree that the best ideas are often not to be found among its generals and admirals. If you want to find good and disruptive ideas in the military, you get to know the majors and colonels. One of the standard comments you’ll hear about smart colonels is that they…

Obama Pacific Pivot Turns On Alaska

This is the third in a series of commentaries defense consultant and author Robbin Laird, a member of the Breaking Defense Board of Contributors, is penning about how the U.S. can and should shape its forces to perform the Asia strategy pivot. As a key part of that, he’ll be looking closely at what he…