CSBA in the News

Virginia, Maine, New Mexico and the District of Columbia have the most in federal contracts to lose from the looming threat of $1.2 trillion in automatic cuts to government spending.

Advances in Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) technology during the last 20 years have repeatedly promised a revolutionary shift in modern warfare. However recent high-profile failures, costs of development programmes, bureaucratic inflexibility and institutional reluctance to embrace a shift in tactics could hinder users from developing and exploiting these technologies just as they are reaching maturity/…/

Congress created a monster when it decided that the entire government will face across-the-board cuts in January, unless an agreement on deficit reduction is reached.

A controversial new report on military compensation reveals unusual choices among current and former service members asked to weigh the relative value of their benefits.

A roadside bomb in Afghanistan that recently tore through the hull of an armored Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, killing six American soldiers, has been called “considerably larger” than bombs previously seen in the country, leading some defense analysts to worry about the potential beginning of a trend toward bigger and deadlier improvised explosive devices/…/

The most sacred of political cows in the military budget is soldier pay and benefits. Both the House and Senate want to remove from the proposed 2013 Pentagon budget modest changes to slow the growth in personnel costs.