Trump Acts To Revitalize America’s Defense Industrial Base

Trump Acts To Revitalize America’s Defense Industrial Base
Trump Acts To Revitalize America’s Defense Industrial Base

President Donald Trump has identified a fact few of his recent predecessors have understood: the Defense Industrial Base of the United States (DIB) is a critical component of our national security. The DIB is more important than any individual weapons program – be it an aircraft carrier, long range bomber, or high-tech tank.  But for too…

It’s Not Buy America: Admin Aide On Trump’s Sweeping Industrial Base Study

It’s Not Buy America: Admin Aide On Trump’s Sweeping Industrial Base Study
It’s Not Buy America: Admin Aide On Trump’s Sweeping Industrial Base Study

WASHINGTON: Is the Defense Industrial Base study required by the Trump Administration’s new Executive Order the groundwork for a new Buy America push or a bold strategic act reminiscent of President Eisenhower’s Solarium project, begun just four months after he took office? Many of the defense analysts, industry people and acquisition experts I’ve spoken with…

Time For US Strategy Review; Then Tackle Goldwater-Nichols

Time For US Strategy Review; Then Tackle Goldwater-Nichols
Time For US Strategy Review; Then Tackle Goldwater-Nichols

WASHINGTON: One of America’s most respected strategists is calling for a comprehensive review of the military’s roles and missions to prepare the way for revision of the basic law undergirding the modern force, Goldwater-Nichols. The combination of an excellent quartet of lawmakers leading the armed services committees; the markedly complex and global set of threats…