EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon clamps down on military interactions with Congress
A Pentagon memo, obtained by Breaking Defense, now mandates that all communication with Congress be routed through its main legislative affairs office.
Pentagon’s policy shop is losing its number 2 official
The Pentagon announced that Mara Karlin, performing the duties of deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, is departing her job next week for a return to academia.
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Interoperability becomes the price of entry for next-gen warfighting tech
AI, autonomous systems, cyber, and EW converge as industry targets faster battlefield effects.
White House taps State Department’s Derek Chollet to fill Pentagon’s top policy post
Chollet is currently working in the State Department but has previous experience inside the Pentagon and the White House.
US Conduct In Afghanistan Requires A 9/11 Commission-Style Review
The terrorist attack that killed nearly 3,000 Americans and set the US on a course for war in Afghanistan also prompted a formal commission to deeply examine how the US government allowed the attack to happen. Twenty years later, retired Brig. Gen. James Scott O’Meara argues in this op-ed that a similar commission is crucial […]
Why America Needs The Long Range Strike Bomber: Rep. Forbes
As the Pentagon prepares to announce the winner of one of its most significant contracts since the F-35 contract award in 2001 — the Long Range Strike Bomber — it faces a myriad of challenges and very high expectations. A Boeing-Lockheed Martin team is competing against Northrop Grumman, builder of the B-2 bomber, for the $25 billion prize. […]
US Nixes Euro Space Code; Builds Own ‘Sweet Spot’
WASHINGTON: In an important policy shift, the United States will not adopt a European Union code governing space activities, space debris and international data, a senior State Department official said today. At the tail end of a breakfast today with reporters, Ellen Tauscher,undersecretary of State for arms control and international security, said that the U.S. […]
Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
Huge Paris Air Show Looms As Defense Companies Watch Their Spending
Washington: This year’s Paris Air Show, the year’s largest gathering of the defense and aerospace businesses, will focus on unmanned systems such as the now-famous Predator since that is one of the few growth areas for the defense sector. The show itself, which starts Monday, promises to be, simply, huge. Some statistics: more than 2,100 […]