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Will the Department of Defense Invest in People or Technology?
These historical examples may provide a blueprint for how a Trump Pentagon can continue with the Third Offset, first announced in November 2014 by then-Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and detailed in a report from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. In each of the two previous offsets, technological advances were better leveraged because of statutory reform, organizational transformation, and the changes in military personnel.
Can ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis Temper the Impulsive President-Elect?
“I think one of the reasons you see such enthusiasm for Gen. Mattis is because people hope that will be the case,” said Eric Edelman, who held a senior Defense Department post in President George W. Bush’s administration.
“How it will really work, what kind of advice Trump will take, are all propositions that remain to be proven,” Edelman said.
Drone Warfare Heads Under the Seas as U.S. Seeks Advantage Over Rivals
It’s too early to tell how the Trump administration might view the plans. But Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said advancements in undersea warfare should continue to be a priority for the Navy.
Marines Say Future High-End Pacific Fight Will Require Larger Force; CSBA Agrees In Preview To Future Fleet Architecture
The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, one of the three participants, last week unveiled one piece of that future fleet in a report called “Amphibious Operations in an Era of Precision Weapons.”
Federal Budget Freeze Could Chill Huntington Ingalls
Meanwhile, the Center for Budgetary and Strategic Assessments, a Washington think tank, has issued a list of 10 projects that could be threatened by a continuing resolution. It lists the submarine program along with Ford-class carriers, which are designed and built exclusively at the Newport News shipyard, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries.
Trump’s Military Will Have More Troops and More Firepower — If He Can Find More Money
Even if Trump's administration can find the money needed for such a dramatic expansion, new ships can't be built overnight. Reaching a fleet of the size Trump has proposed will take until the 2030s, said Bryan Clark, who served as senior aide to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jon Greenert and now works as an analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.