Enterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
“We learned in 2016 that recovering from artificial cuts is more expensive than getting it right in the first place,” David Norquist, NDIA’s president and CEO, told Breaking Defense.
By Justin Katz
“I’m worried about the small supplier who signed a firm, fixed-price contract. It’s got 50 employees, and all of a sudden is dealing with 11 percent, inflation,” said Pentagon acquisition executive Bill LaPlante. “How do we deal with that company? We don’t want those companies to go out of business.”
By Valerie Insinna
The former No. 2 official at the Pentagon believes the department is going to have to get creative as inflation puts long-term contracts at risk.
By Aaron Mehta
“Russia is watching us. China is watching us. Our allies are watching us — and they all want to see how seriously America is taking security in this destabilized world,” writes Rep. Rob Wittman in a new op-ed.
By Rep. Rob Wittman
AEI’s John Ferrari and Mackenzie Eaglen write that in failing to adjust its budget to the realities of inflation, the Pentagon is careening towards budgetary trouble.
By John Ferrari and Mackenzie Eaglen
If inflation trends keep, AEI’s John Ferrari says DoD will see buying power plummet even as it spends billions.
By John Ferrari
New Army mounted system won’t play favorites when it comes to C5ISR, EW and A-PNT
The CMOSS Mounted Form Factor will facilitate tech insertion for new capabilities while co-existing with the Mounted Family of Computer Systems.
With inflation soaring, Americans are starting to feel the pinch in everyday life. That could be even worse for members of the military, according to American Enterprise Institute budget experts John Ferrari and Elaine McCusker. In this new op-ed, they call for the Pentagon to avoid the usual games defense leaders play with inflation and…
By John Ferrari and Elaine McCusker
John Ferrari of AEI lays out why it would benefit the Biden White House to give a big defense budget topline now — and how DoD should spend the money.
By John Ferrari
“Without increased congressional funding to account for this rise in prices, defense readiness, as well as the quality of life of American service members are both being dangerously squeezed and diminished, as if in the grip of a giant anaconda.”
By John Ferrari
WASHINGTON: Replacing aging Ohio-class nuclear missile submarines could cost so much it busts the Navy budget. But how much? That gets complicated. The media’s been saying $128 billion. The Navy would prefer we say $100 billion. Both figures are right. The difference is inflation. Last Wednesday, when Pentagon procurement chief Frank Kendall gave the go-ahead…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
WASHINGTON: The Navy rebuffed today a Congressional Budget Office estimate that the service is too optimistic about the cost of its new nuclear missile submarine. Still, whatever the final cost, it’s certain to be high — so high the Navy officially admits its own figures show the sub is unaffordable under current budget plans. In…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“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.
By Eric Fanning