"If the price of a platform is variable and the Pentagon plans for three and isn't really adjusting for inflation, eventually they're going to realize they get two,” said Aerospace Industries Association CEO Eric Fanning.
Partners are "looking for clear answers in a reasonable time,” DSCA Deputy Director Michael Miller told Breaking Defense.
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
“It feels a little like the uncertainty around COVID, but no companies are pulling out,” Eric Fanning, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Aerospace Industries Association, told Breaking Defense.
"We've heard fairly regularly from partners and allies that FMS can be a pain point for them," said Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Sasha Baker.
A ponderous budget process, overspending on old tech, and chronically late appropriations hamstring the Pentagon’s ability to tap into private-sector innovation, according to the foundation’s new scorecard.
"Just as there are no easy answers to curbing inflation, there are no quick fixes to help keep us safe. But there are some things we can do to ease the pain," writes Eric Fanning of AIA.
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
Eric Fanning, former Army secretary and current head of the Aerospace Industries Association, raises a red flag about a new tax law that could harm American R&D investment.
“On the eve of Christmas Eve, this veto seems to be Trump’s parting gift to Putin and a lump of coal for our troops," Sen. Jack Reed says.
Since its creation last December, the U.S. Space Force has been charged with rapidly countering growing threats in an increasingly important domain. To successfully meet this mission, the service will have to adapt in a number of ways. One of the most vital tasks will be reforming an acquisition process ill-suited to protect against these […]
Just over a century ago, America faced two crises simultaneously. The first unfolded as our troops clashed with adversaries in the World War I. Then a new enemy appeared—the 1918 influenza pandemic. While this virus killed tens of thousands of Americans and threatened the readiness of the U.S. military, our leaders understood they could not […]
As threats rapidly evolve, digital engineering, manufacturing capacity and robust supply chains are critical to meeting challenges.
We’ve seen the rise of continuing resolutions. Between fiscal 2010 and 2019, Congress should have enacted 120 appropriation bills by their yearly October deadline. They only finished seven – or about 6 percent.
Well known for seeming to have held almost every top job in the military in every service under the Obama administration (slight exaggeration) Fanning now heads the powerful Aerospace Industries Association.
"Some of the things the president is doing very forcefully to support American industry are good for American aerospace and defense. Other things could aggregate up second and third order effects in ways that create problems," said Eric Fanning, head of the Aerospace Industries Association.
As the DoD prepares to make cyber security a key pillar for what it buys -- and from whom -- a defense and aerospace trade group unveils a new standard that will allow companies, and the government, to see how secure contractors really are.