G2 Solutions @ February 28, 2010 # No Comment Yet
After underfunding NATO for more than a decade, the Western security bloc now faces a budget crisis by an order of hundreds of millions of euros, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today.
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Going a step further, Gates said the shortfall, with a vast majority of alliance members [...]
G2 Solutions @ July 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet
G2 Solutions @ February 10, 2009 # No Comment Yet
From the American Enterprise Institute:
“Defense spending could well be the most precisely targeted form of stimulus spending. The current legislation promises hundreds of billions of dollars in block grants to the states, and neither the White House nor Congress has a clear understanding of where that money is going to wind up being spent.”
“Making room [...]
rstearns @ January 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A cursory read through this document speaks more to continuity than anything else, although the ordering, emphasis and importance of DoD Core Mission Areas and Core Competencies will provide the most enduring outputs. Another interesting emphasis in the document could be called Operations Other than War, or the application of soft power, something that many [...]
G2 Solutions @ January 20, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Interesting comments from the much beleaguered Pentagon acquisition chief. The full interview with Amy Butler can be found here.
Key points:
- “I think that the environment is going to get better because from the top down you have to have an integrated approach to requirements, program acquisition and funding. And, it takes the secretary of Defense [...]
G2 Solutions @ October 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Raid Pentagon Spending Or Leverage It?
This is a very well articulated piece from Robbin Laird, who served on the National Security Council staff of both the Reagan and Carter administrations. The contrast betweem his analysis and the “comments” from Barney Franks (D-MA) is quite obvious.
rstearns @ October 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet
If we are to believe the majority of recent presidential polls, this article from DoD Buzz is worth another look. The Bush administration has had its share of tumult at the Pentagon, but one has to think there is a middle ground between the last eight years and what Obama’s DoD team would look like [...]
G2 Solutions @ October 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
This just in from DoD:
Today, the Department of Defense notified the Congress and the contractor, Bell Helicopter, that it will not certify the U.S. Army Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) program for continuation.
John Young, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, in consultation with senior Defense and Army officials, has determined that the fundamental cost [...]
G2 Solutions @ October 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
We did not say that, they did.
LockMar Leads Naughty Contractor List
According to the “oh-so righteous” people at POGO: http://www.contractormisconduct.org/
rstearns @ October 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Industry sources are hopeful that the Department of the Navy could solidify its Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System/Tier II Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS/Tier II UAS) program by Christmas. The latest RFP delay, announced in August, 2008 did not specify a new timetable, but industry fears a “slide to the right” of more than six months [...]
G2 Solutions @ September 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Those are the fine words of John Young, Undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics. That both companies aicraft met or exceeded USAF requirements is no surprise to us, however the price difference clearly shows that Boeing needs to review its pricing approach for KC-X2. Read the story here
G2 Solutions @ August 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
While we do not agree completely with some of elements presented in this article, we think the author is right on the spot with this comment: “One, reduce the size of the military. Accepting a quantity for quality trade off and reducing total troop numbers, even modestly, would go far to eliminating DoD’s plans-funding mismatch”
G2 Solutions @ August 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet
It now emerges that the Pentagon has decided to preempt any information leakage pertaining to the KC-X tender. There are several reasons why DoD is issuing this very stringent set of directives:
- It does not want to give ammunition to any company to play interference during the review process
- DoD is concerned that several [...]
G2 Solutions @ August 8, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The Dew Line offers a very interesting perspective on what is next for our Defense industry. Deconsolidation seems unlikely, competition intensification and increased transatlantic cooperation on the other hand are altogether very realistic propositions. What is also likely to continue is the migration and/or growth of non-traditional, read non-hardware organizations, into the DoD world to [...]
G2 Solutions @ August 6, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Revised Tanker RFP available here
Briefing Transcript
mmerluzeau @ July 30, 2008 # No Comment Yet
With wise words from Bill Sweetman and Graham Warwick. What a difference five years make.
mmerluzeau @ July 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet
SecDef’s last week speech is one of those policy speeches bound to be scrutinized and analyzed very carefully over the next few months. As reported in DoD Buzz, Gates is “breaking” with the current administration policies and thus positions himself at odds with the more hawkish members of his own party. Furthermore, SecDef is also [...]
admin @ June 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet
NAVAIR has been singing the praises of the Growler program, Steve Trimble provides us with his take on the subject as today’s mark the entry in service of the EA-6B replacement.
