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Barry Watts, Senior FellowPrior to joining CSBA in 2002, Barry Watts headed the Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation at the Defense Department (2001-2002). Following retirement from the Air Force in 1986 until 2001, Mr. Watts directed the Northrop Grumman Analysis Center. Mr. Watts has written on a wide variety of military topics, including CSBA monographs on Organizing for National Security (2009); The Past and Future of the Defense Industrial Base (2008); US Combat Training, Operational Art, and Strategic Competence: Problems and Opportunities (2008); Six Decades of Guided Munitions and Battle Networks (2007); Long-Range Strike: Imperatives, Urgency and Options (2005); and The Military Use of Space: A Diagnostic Assessment (2001). He holds a BS in mathematics from the US Air Force Academy and an MA in philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh.
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The F-22 Program in Retrospect
09/08/2009 This backgrounder reviews the F-22 acquisition program, focusing on the cost increases and schedule slippages; considers lessons learned, and offers insights on the possible future directions for the program.
Regaining Strategic Competence
09/01/2009 The central argument of this report is that, in light of the complex and intensifying security challenges the United States now faces, the nation can no longer afford poor strategic performance. The time to reverse the decline in US strategic competence is long overdue. The first task is for American political and military leaders to develop a clearer understanding of what strategy actually is, and what cognitive skills are necessary to craft and implement good strategies.
Solid-State Laser Weapon Systems: Bridging the Gap -- or Bridge Too Far?
05/20/2009 presentation slides from congressional conference
Near-Term Prospects for Battlefield Directed-Energy Weapons
02/05/2008 Technical challenges that have long delayed the fielding of directed-energy weapons for battlefield use finally appear to be giving way to technical and engineering progress. CSBA investigates whether SSL technology has matured sufficiently to be employed in tactical environments.
Think Tank Warns Against Deferring LRSS Programs
02/03/2009 Announcement of the Release of New Report on Long-Range Strike
The Case for Long-Range Strike: 21st Century Scenarios
02/03/2009 The report examines the needs, specifications, rationales and urgency for land-based, penetrating, long-range strike system (LRSS) in light of the security environment confronting the United States in the early twenty-first century. 
The US Defense Industrial Base: Past, Present and Future
10/15/2008 The report reviews the industry’s performance since World War II; considers the role of the federal government in facilitating a more efficient and effective structure; and raises the question of what may need to be done to ensure that the industrial base can meet the requirements of the US military Services in coming decades. Training, Operational Art, and Strategic Competence
08/22/2008
Training, Operational Art, and Strategic Competence 
U.S. Combat Training, Operational Art, and Strategic Competence
08/21/2008 This report assesses the need for an overhaul of training and education of America’s service personnel and the importance of strategic thinking in senior leaders. 
Strategic Competence Presentation
08/21/2008 Presentation slides from August 21, 2008 Strategy for the Long Haul initiative launch.
U.S. Fixed-Wing Modernization Plans: Near Term Choices
09/19/2007 Presentation slides from congressional briefing
U.S. Fighter Modernization Plans: Near-Term Choices
06/20/2007 Under current plans, the US military will spend over $300 billion on fighter modernization over the next several decades, primarily for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. This is far more than is projected to be spent on any other major acquisition program. Barry Watts and Steven Kosiak, the authors of the report discuss military requirements for US airpower and the affordability of existing plans.
Six Decades of Guided Munitions and Battle Networks: Progress and Prospects
03/01/2007 The research and analysis underlying this report began in 2003 and aimed at answering the following question. How has the maturation of non-nuclear guided munitions during the late 1980s and early 1990s affected the conduct of warfare by advanced militaries, especially by the various combat arms of the US armed forces?
Evolving Military Affairs
05/22/2006 Significant change in the security environment is under way. However, the Pentagon is yet to catch up with these changes in the way wars are conducted.
Long-Range Strike: Imperatives, Urgency and Options
04/06/2005 Long-range precision strike (LRPS) is a core strategic capability of the United States in the post-Cold War era, and the US Air Force. Is the Defense Department doing enough to sustain sufficient US capability and dominance in long-range strike? What should be done in the short, medium and long term to capitalize on long-range strike?
Moving Forward On Long-Range Strike
09/27/2004 This backgrounder analyzes the US Air Forces ability to deliver long-range strike, now and in the long term.
Meeting the Anti-Access and Area-Denial Challenge
05/20/2003 The US military must prepare for would-be adversaries to present very different challenges than those which it has confronted in the past. Additionally, because of the rapid advancement of military-related technologies adversaries may have an easier time achieving this goal.
The Military Use of Space
02/01/2001 The report provides a comprehensive assessment of the evolving capabilities of nations and other actors to exploit near-earth space for military purposes over the next 20-25 years. |
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