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Issue Tracker: Advice For Hawks
Members of both parties seem resigned that sequestration is here to stay. Pro-Pentagon members seem frustrated and increasingly at a loss about how to make their colleagues sympathize with their contention that the military needs more cash.
USAF Downplays T-X ‘Red Air’ Option
The T-X trainer replacement program is one of the US Air Force's top recapitalization programs, viewed as vital by service leaders as they prepare to train the next generation of F-22 and F-35 pilots.
Army Changing How It Does Requirements: McMaster
After two decades of procurement disasters, the Army is finally overhauling how it buys new weapons. The service is starting with a difficult test indeed: the new light armored vehicle to provide mobile protected firepower to the 82nd Airborne and other light infantry forces — a role unfilled since the temperamental M551 Sheridan retired in 1997.
How to Deter China: The Case for Archipelagic Defense
In the U.S. military, at least, the “pivot” to Asia has begun. By 2020, the navy and the air force plan to base 60 percent of their forces in the Asia-Pacific region. The Pentagon, meanwhile, is investing a growing share of its shrinking resources in new long-range bombers and nuclear-powered submarines designed to operate in high-threat environments.
Air-to-Air Combat Training Enters the Virtual World
As enemy fighters get more lethal, the Air Force's air-to-air combat training is looking to take a giant leap into the virtual world.
Are Missile Defense Lasers On The Verge Of Reality?
In three years the US military could have a prototype laser weapon blasting out 300 kilowatts of energy, a jump that could ignite a revolution in missile defense, a Lockheed Martin engineer told me today,