Army’s Basic Illusions Gone; Time For Futures Command

Army’s Basic Illusions Gone; Time For Futures Command
Army’s Basic Illusions Gone; Time For Futures Command

This is the second op-ed we’ve run by serving Army officials about how and why the service should be restructured so it can build its next generation of weapons and do it effectively. The Army, not known for going public with its internal (sometimes religious) debates, appears to understand that after getting so much wrong…

Congress, Let Defense Innovators ‘Breathe Free’

Congress, Let Defense Innovators ‘Breathe Free’
Congress, Let Defense Innovators ‘Breathe Free’

Covering acquisition reform is one of this magazine’s strengths. It can be painful. The topic is abstruse, dense with details, subject to misunderstanding and incredibly important to taxpayers, Congress, the defense industry, allies and our adversaries. The Army has been a particularly ineffectual practitioner of acquisition reform, botching program after program for 20 years, so…