Innovation Is Evolutionary, Not Directed
Change is coming, and it will define its arrival despite best efforts to manage it. As much as 95 percent of change is evolutionary in that it comes from the bottom up.
Futurist Calls for U.S. Navy to Go Global to the Public
The U.S. Navy could offer a Google-type information service to the world by organizing its diverse data in a form that would serve individuals, businesses and people.
Fiscal Crisis Threatens Military Recruitment, Retention
The looming fiscal crisis that threatens to eviscerate defense budgets may be starting to have an effect on the personnel who are on active duty.
Financial Sector Likely Number One Cyber Target
The first shot in a war may be a cyber attack on the U.S. financial sector.
Increased Cyber Funding Will Come at a Cost
Most defense experts foresee that funding for cyber activities either will increase or, at worst, remain flat when the upcoming fiscal crisis hits.
Beefing Up the Apache Helicopter
The latest version of the Apache Block III attack helicopter, the AH-64E, was approved for full rate production in October 2012.
Budget Crisis “a Wolf” That Threatens National Security
Sequestration is “a wolf in the fold” that will force potentially catastrophic cuts to the U.S. military, crippling its ability to defend U.S. and allied interests around the globe. This gloomy assessment comes not from a politician or industrialist, but from the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Innovation May Be Key to Military Surviving Draconian Budget Cuts
The key to doing more with less may lie with innovative thinking applied to existing assets, suggested the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Adm. James A.
National Security Needs Must Drive Defense Budget Process
Experts have given lip service to building the force around national security priorities. But now, budgetary pressures require that those priorities are applied to the new lean military.
Industry Must Do Its Share in Defense Budget Crisis
Industry is a key player in the Defense Department’s effort to adjust to harsh budget cuts, according to the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Adm. James A.