Don’t buy into Buy America: Congress must drop provisions from final NDAA
"Protectionists and isolationists in both chambers have decided to up the ante this year on the NDAA," writes analyst Bill Greenwalt in this new op-ed.
How Biden’s ‘Buy American’ is undermining the arsenal of democracy
Responding to America’s protectionist policies, allies write new letter to White House pushing for waivers, according to a new op-ed from AEI's Bill Greenwalt and Dustin Walker.
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Next-generation C2 won’t be next-gen without the network transport
The network transport architecture for NGC2 could be a hybrid approach that combines high assurance communications with 5G, WiFi, and multi-orbit satellites.
Buy America Doesn’t Work; We Need Allies: Rep. Thornberry
This is the last opinion piece Mac Thornberry will write as a member of the House of Representatives (at least, that’s what his staff told us!). I’m personally honored he chose us because Rep. Thornberry is one of the relatively few defense lawmakers I have truly respected for his knowledge, his commitment to quality legislation […]
Israel Chafes As US Reported To Block David’s Sling Export Bid
The Swiss want a new anti-missile defense system and asked for bids. We’re hearing the US leaned on Israel so Rafael did not submit a bid. Israel, as this story makes clear, really does want to bid.
Industrial Base Analysis Picks Up Steam; Recommendations To White House By April
WASHINGTON: President Trump’s sweeping review of the national security industrial base — from shipbuilding to microchips, strategic minerals to vaccines — is almost halfway done. A score of working groups across the government, not just the Pentagon, will submit their draft recommendations this month and next, an administration official briefed on the review tells me. Then […]
SAAB Announces ‘Intent’ To Broaden US Presence IF They Win T-X
AFA: SAAB, the Swedish maker of the Gripen fighter and aspiring partner of Boeing in building the Air Force’s new trainer, says it will establish a US factory should their team win the T-X contract. Hakan Bushke, SAAB CEO, stood with Boeing Defense CEO Leanne Caret to make the announcement here framed by a full-scale […]
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
Danes Tout $340M Stanflex Frigate For US Navy – But What’s Real Cost?
WASHINGTON: Denmark really wants you to know they have a solution for the US Navy’s frigate problem. Pentagon officials are on the record that they’ll consider foreign designs in their quest for a more powerful small warship than the $450–$550 million, 3,400-ton Littoral Combat Ship. The Danish answer: their $340 million, 6,600-ton Iver Huitfeldt “Stanflex” […]
Buy America, Again. Sigh.
WASHINGTON: America cannot apply Buy America provisions on a widescale basis and buy the best weapons, no matter how much President Trump and his team may feel otherwise. It’s a simple as that. All the competitors for the Air Force’s next-generation trainer, the T-X, include enormous amounts of foreign content, some including the aircraft. The […]