The presidential election will have little impact on the overall trajectory of defense policy and budgets, panelists said during a Brookings Institution event on Monday/…/ Todd Harrison, a senior fellow…
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Election Might Not Change the Pentagon’s Course as Much as You Think
September 11, 2012 • In the News • Original: Government Executive
Defense Firms Warn About Layoff Warnings
September 10, 2012 • In the News • Original: Politico
Dismayed at a returning Congress still struggling to avert automatic budget cuts, defense contractors could soon alert thousands of employees their jobs are at risk. The defense industry is gambling…
Pentagon Takes Second Look At Strategy; Where Are The Holes?
September 10, 2012 • In the News • Original: AOL Defense
The strategic guidance issued to much fanfare by President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta last January is getting a “relook” because the senior leadership has “found some problems”…
Budget Cuts Bear Down
September 4, 2012 • In the News • Original: Air Force Times
As the specter of mandatory budget cuts totaling $500 billion within the Defense Department looms ever larger, the Air Force finds itself facing the possibility of dialing back its aircraft…
Energy Weapons: Zap, Crackle and Pop
August 31, 2012 • In the News • Original: The Economist
The main appeal of using an energy beam to shoot things is that it travels at the speed of light, which means, in practice, that it will hit whatever it…