Category: Content Series

American Forces Press Service on Threats to Space Operations

By Atlantic Council

The American Forces Press Service cites the Atlantic Council for hosting an event with General William L. Shelton, commander of US Air Force Space Command:

Breaking Defense on Space Threats

By Atlantic Council

Breaking Defense cites the Atlantic Council for hosting an event with General William L. Shelton, commander of US Air Force Space Command:

The US Future in Space

Please join the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security on July 22, 2014 from 9:05 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. for a Commanders Series event with General William L. Shelton, commander of US Air Force Space Command.

Community Colleges for Latin America?

By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny

Since the dawn of the information era, higher education has quickly ceased to be a luxury. In fact, in today’s labor market, it is largely a necessity. Earning a post-secondary degree or other advanced credential has become a de facto prerequisite for 21st century jobs. Forty years ago, only 28 percent of jobs in the American workforce […]

Textron’s Market Categorization Problem at Farnborough

By James Hasik

The Scorpion Beat the JSF to Britain. Now Starts the Sales Challenge. The Scorpion flew over From Wichita With only one support plane Some fuel stops en route Where is the F-35?  It has been all over the news that Lockheed Martin’s Joint Strike Fighter isn’t making it to Farnborough 2014—apparently it’s unsafe—but Textron AirLand’s Scorpion was never doubted at the […]

The Globalization of the Defense Industry

How should the defense industry adjust to greater economic globalization, with novel regional and functional challenges? How is the private sector going to manage decreasing national defense budgets while maintaining high levels of innovation, research, and development?

LPTAs “don’t necessarily represent the best value”

By James Hasik

Keep Providers that are Cheap, or Providers that are Good—You Choose. Politico Pro ran an article earlier this week on Engility (NYSE:EGL), in which CEO Anthony Smeraglinolo argues that its “low cost contracting model works,” but that two years in, “the company is now under pressure to prove that it can boost its sales and profit.” Politico goes on to note that […]