This report explores the near-term modernization choices now facing the Department of Defense (DoD) in fixed-wing air power. Presently, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program is the largest programmatic…
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US Fighter Modernization Plans: Near-Term Choices
June 20, 2007 • By Steven Kosiak and Barry Watts • Studies
The Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration Program: A New Dawn For Naval Aviation?
May 10, 2007 • By Tom Ehrhard and Robert Work • Briefs
Aircraft carriers are one of America’s key power-projection systems. To ensure their continued operational effectiveness and survivability in the future security environment, they need to be equipped with new air…
Avoiding the Plague: An Assessment of US Plans and Funding for Countering Bioterrorism
May 9, 2007 • By Robert Sherman • Studies
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, sparked grave concern that the United States might be struck by terrorists armed with weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Typically, policymakers and analysts…
A New Global Defense Posture For the Second Transoceanic Era
April 20, 2007 • By Andrew F. Krepinevich and Robert Work • Studies
If national strategy defines US intent in its approach toward global affairs and provides focus for American foreign policy, then the US global defense (military) posture reflects the US capability…
Know When to Hold ‘Em, Know When to Fold ‘Em: A new Transformation Plan for the Navy’s Surface Battle Line
April 19, 2007 • By Robert Work • Studies
When hearing the term “ships-of-the-line”—warships that take their place in a navy’s line of battle—most think of old two- or three-deck sailing ships carrying large cannon batteries, or perhaps steam-powered,…