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Near-Term Prospects for Battlefield Directed Energy

January 5, 2009 • By Tom Ehrhard, Andrew F. Krepinevich, and Barry Watts

For more than a decade, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) has closely followed emerging technologies that, integrated with new operational concepts and organizational structures, offer the potential…

A Cooperative Strategy for the 21st Century Seapower: An Assessment

March 26, 2008 • By Jan van Tol and Robert Work

Since the end of the Cold War, the US Navy, US Marine Corps, and US Coast Guard have been in search of a new maritime strategy—a new naval Holy Grail….

The Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration Program: A New Dawn For Naval Aviation?

May 10, 2007 • By Tom Ehrhard and Robert Work

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…

The Reserves and Homeland Security: Proposals, Progress, Problems Ahead

June 19, 2002 • By James Carafano

The 2002 Defense Authorization Act requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on the Defense Department’s efforts in counterterrorism and homeland security. The report is due to be…