PENTAGON ACQUISITION REFORM - CounterStrikeMedia

US NAVY HAS 2 NEAR PEER COMPETITORS: RUSSIA, CHINA; THE ZUMWALT CLOSES DOWN & CHINA'S PLA HAS ABSOLUTELY NO COMBAT EXPERIENCE

11/29/2018

https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2018/11/12/the-navy-we-need/.

China's Military Has No Combat Experience: Does it Matter?
China's military has an impressive high-tech arsenal, but its ability to use these weapons and equipment remains unclear. The one asset that the People's Liberation Army lacks is combat experience. But there is no consensus—either within Chinese military circles or among foreign analysts—on how much it matters. Read more »

Zumwalt Close to Losing Gun, But Open to EW and Directed Energy

MATTIS SEEKS THE RETURN OF INFANTRY, 5 CHALLENGES FACING TRUMP'S MILITARY & 5 SUPER WEAPONS FOR THE ARMY

11/26/2018

Mattis’s Infantry Task Force: Righting ‘A Generational Wrong’ By Bob Scales, Monday, November 26, 2018 4:00 AM

Five Challenges Facing Trump’s Military
By Rebecca Kheel, The Hills: “But the military is facing a number of challenges, from continued efforts to restore readiness after years of Washington’s budget dysfunction to work on fulfilling Trump orders such as standing up Space Force.”

U.S. Navy: Ballistic Missile Subs or 355 Ship Fleet
By John Grady, USNI News: “The Navy could be forced to make hard choices sooner rather than later when it comes to finding the money to replace its aging ballistic missile submarines or reach its goal of having a fleet of 355 warships.

Meet the U.S. Army's 5 Next Super Weapons
By Michael Peck, The National Interest: “Here are five that we will likely see in the coming years.”

President Trump, Do NOT Cut The Defense Budget: Inhofe & Thornberry

HOW TECHNOLOGY CHANGES CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS & WHY PAKISTAN'S MUMBAI PROXIES GROW DEADLIER

11/26/2018

Technology and Future War Will Test U.S. Civil-Military Relations by Risa Brooks

Ten Years After Mumbai, the Group Responsible is Deadlier Than Ever by Stephen Tankel

Before the Engagement:
Mapping Social Media for Civil Military Operations
By David L. Harrell, The Civil Affairs Association: “Civil Affairs as a branch needs to continue to evolve within the civil environment by formally adding a social media analysis function to its extensive repertoire, critical to maintaining a more complete understanding of current culture.”

NEW ACQUISITION OFFICER NEEDED AT DOD & WHY INDIA BUYS RUSSIAN MISSILE DEFENSE SHIELDS

11/23/2018

Pentagon Chief Management Officer Essential to New Defense Strategy
(RealClearDefense) The recent announcement that the Pentagon’s first Chief Management Officer, Jay Gibson, would resign at the end of November highlights the inherent difficulty of reforming the Pentagon’s massive agencies and antiquated business processes.

India has officially selected Russian firm Rosoboronexport as the winner for Indian Army’s $1.5 billion Very-Short-Range Air Defence, or VSHORAD program, after months of delays over complaints made by other competitors in the competition. – Defense News

Is IBCS Another 'Too Big to Succeed' Army Program?
By Dan Gouré, RealClearDefense: “IBCS is going the way of other Army mega-modernization programs. By the time the acquisition bureaucracy can define requirements, organize a program and develop the necessary funding plan and schedule, technology and the military environment will have changed.”

CHINA'S NEW GREAT WALL, SUBS & HOW THE US AEGIS CAN SURMOUNT IT

11/18/2018

China Has Built ‘Great Wall of SAMs’ In Pacific: US Adm. Davidson

China Has More Nuclear Subs Than the West Believed
There’s an extra sub under construction, but no permanent nuclear deterrent at sea — yet.
PATRICK TUCKER

Navy Wants Alternative Funding for Columbia SSBNs
to Accelerate 355-Ship Fleet
By Megan Eckstein, USNI News: “The Navy continues to push for the upcoming Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarine program to be funded outside the normal shipbuilding budget, as opportunities exist to reach a 355-ship fleet faster but the $100-billion SSBN program looms over the next 15 years of spending.”

HOW DOES THE PENTAGON EARN TRUST OF US CITIZENS & SHORTFALLS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC BUDGET

11/17/2018

Net Assessment: Does the Pentagon Deserve Our Trust?
by Melanie Marlowe, Bryan McGrath, and Christopher Preble

Assessing America’s Indo-Pacific Budget Shortfall
by Eric Sayers

Leon Panetta’s Nightmare Is Today's National Security Crisis
By Dov S. Zakheim, The Hill: “Responding to a request from Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta outlined, in the most dire terms, the consequences of Congress’s failure to reach an agreement on deficit reduction.”

THE RETURN OF REAGAN'S MAN TO THE PENTAGON: MISSILE SHIELDS UP

11/15/2018

More than three decades ago, Michael D. Griffin was at the center of the military’s “Star Wars” initiative, working to realize President Ronald Reagan’s dream of shielding the United States from Soviet missiles. Now the 69-year-old scientist is back at the Pentagon as its top technology official, looking to revive some of the same missile defense concepts. – Washington Post

CHINA BEATING US TO MARKET ON COMBAT DRONES & AMERICA'S WEAK FIGHTING INDUSTRIAL BASE

11/5/2018

CHINA:
Avic's J-31 Fighter Is a Winner After All
By Bradley Perrett & Stephen Trimble, Aviation Week: “Not long after the J-31 fighter prototype from Avic's Shenyang Aircraft Corp. appeared in 2012, analysts realized that it was not, after all, a new combat aircraft for the Chinese military.”

China’s as-yet unveiled stealth bomber could alter US defense calculus in Pacific
(Stars & Stripes) For almost two decades, China has been designing and building its answer to America’s B-2 long-range stealth bomber, and Chinese state media have recently hinted that the Hong-20 will soon undergo trial flights.

Andrea Gilli and Mauro Gilli write: The China Airshow in Zhuhai is the annual exhibition that China uses, for both political and commercial reasons, to display the progress of her aerospace capabilities. […] The bulk of the attention, however, went to the mockup of a new stealth drone, the CH-7, that resembles Northrop Grumman’s XB-47B demonstrator. […] Some commentators even concluded that, with this new achievement, China has already passed or will soon pass the United States in next-generation unmanned aircraft technology. – War on the Rocks

The Old Revolving Door Still Swings: Does It Matter? WHO HIRES PENTAGON OFFICALS

China's Beating the U.S. to Market on Combat Drones, By Copying U.S. Technology
// Patrick Tucker
America seems to have squandered a 10-year head start.

https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/2018/10/05/the-decline-of-the-defense-industrial-base-and-what-to-do-about-it/

ARMY LEARNS TO BECOME LIGHT INFANTRY & NEW CHINESE SUBMARINE

11/3/2018

Army Issues Lighter Armor For Bigger Wars

Images emerge of new Chinese submarine
(IHS Jane’s 360) Photographs have emerged on online forums showing that a new design of submarine has been built at China's Jiangnan Changxingdao shipyard. Although the images do not allow accurate estimates of the size of the boat to be made, it appears that the submarine is about 50 m long with a pressure hull diameter of about 5 m.

Why Airpower Needs Landpower
By Jahara Matisek & Jon McPhilamy, Modern War Institute: “In 2014, Air Force Magazine published an article in which the author proclaimed “Airpower has eclipsed land power as the primary means of destroying enemy forces.””

Trump Cuts, Democrats Won’t Stop Army Modernization, Growth: Reading Between Sec. Esper’s Lines

BACK TO THE FUTURE: WHAT'S AFTER PROJECT MAVEN & A LOOK AT ACQUISITION REFORM IN 1987?

11/3/2018

What comes after Project Maven?; Lessons from a 1987 magazine; Missile-defense success; and a bit more.
// Marcus Weisgerber

FIXING DEFENSE BUDGET
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TRANSPARENCY & COST CAPABILITY
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MACKENZIE EAGLEN
AEI

DEFENSE STRATEGY-PRIORITIES
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DEFENSE INNOVATION PROBLEMS
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REBUTAL TO EAGLEN
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DOD ACQUISITION REFORM

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Dr. Kathleen Hicks

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THUCYDIDES & THE LONG WAR PROBLEM

FORCE PLANNING IN AGE OF GREAT POWER COMPETITION

AGAINST ALL ODDS: CHANGING ACQUISITION CULTURE

THE CRISIS OF AMERICAN MILITARY PRIMACY

NATIONAL MILITARY STRATEGY: REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH

UNDERSTANDING MILITARY MODERNIZATION

5 STRATEGIES FOR SEC. OF DEFENSE

WHY THE 3RD OFFSET FAILS

INADEQUATE DOCTRINES FOR IRREGULAR WAR

ALTERNATIVE WAR STRATEGIES & FORCE POSTURE

REVERSING DECLINE: ELIZABETHIAN ENGLAND

U.S. GRAND STRATEGY FOR WINNING WORLD WAR IV

MULTI-DOMAIN BATTLE REPLACES R.M.A.

GLOBAL DEFENSE SPENDING.pdf
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REBUILDING AMERICAN MILITARY.pdf
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Tweets by WilliamHolland

Principles Guiding Pentagon Acquisition Reform
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