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CNO Warns Continuing Spending Resolutions Limit U.S. Military
The U.S. is lacking a sense of urgency, he said, after decades of overconfidence when it comes to quickly innovating and besting the technology of near-peer competitors, which have been investing and studying U.S. weaknesses. And budgetary uncertainty created by a string of continuing resolutions only adds to the U.S. disadvantage, he said. “Try winning the mile race when you spot your competition a lap. You can do that, but you have to be really, really fast,” Richardson said at Booz Allen Hamilton’s annual Directed Energy Summit. “We just aren’t. We’re far too bureaucratic.”
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Pentagon to Finish Directed Energy Roadmap by Early 2018
Mary Miller said the Pentagon has convened a group of representatives from all the military services and relevant agencies to work on the plan for how the Defense Department will use directed energy, such as high-energy lasers and radio frequency weapons. The plan is expected to be delivered internally sometime this fall and fully completed by early 2018, she said at Booz Allen Hamilton's Directed Energy Summit.
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Congressional Steel Caucus Optimistic on Rebounding Steel Industry
In his opening statement, Bryan Clark, a senior fellow with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments who previously served on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations, noted: "Shipbuilding for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard is the largest single user of American steel for military and homeland defense, with steel making up about half of a warship’s weight. A 100,000-ton aircraft carrier, for example, requires about 48,000 tons of steel, and the fleet overall contains about six million tons of American-made steel." Today, the U.S. Navy is the smallest it's been since 1916. Clark pointed out that America's current fleet is overworked and under-maintained, noting that the timing is troublesome, when terrorist threats such as the Islamic State remain a concern and attacks on Western targets continue.
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Congressional steel caucus chairman brings industry wish list to meeting with Ross
The ask-fors were presented during the Congressional Steel Caucus' annual hearing, “America Rebounding: Steel in 2017 and Beyond,” on March 29 at Capitol Hill. The meeting featured members of the steel caucus and steel industry representatives including Roger Newport, CEO of AK Steel; Tracy Porter, executive vice president of Commercial Metals Company; Edward Vore, CEO of ArcelorMittal Tubular Products; Terence Hartford, vice president of ATI Defense; Tom Conway, international vice president of United Steelworkers; Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing; and Bryan Clark, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
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How Much is Enough: Setting a Topline for Defense Spending
Twenty-six years after the end of the Cold War, the United States once again must prepare for great power competition and confrontation.
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OA-X: Is the U.S. Air Force Ready to Purchase a New Light Attack Aircraft?
The service desperately needs more aircraft to provide more flying hours for its pilots and a low-cost OA-X could be just the answer the Air Force is looking for