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Vice Marshal Sean Corbett, Feb. 22, 2013

NATOSource

Nov 2, 2015

US Chooses British Officer to be Deputy Director of Pentagon Intelligence Agency

By Mark Hosenball, Reuters

The Pentagon’s principal spy agency is appointing a British Air Force officer as its first deputy director in charge of improving “integration” between U.S. intelligence units and spy agencies of other English-speaking countries.

Intelligence
Security & Defense

Defense Industrialist

Oct 30, 2015

Is the development plan for the LRS-B realistic?

By James Hasik and Rachel Rizzo

Historical experience with incentives and concurrency provides cause for cautious optimism. Is Northrop Grumman’s plan for developing the US Air Force’s new Long-Range Strike Bomber realistic? That’s another known unknown in this mystery plane program. We do know that the development contract will be cost-plus-reimbursable-incentive, meaning that a percentage will be added to the direct […]

Defense Industry
Security & Defense

Event Recap

Oct 30, 2015

European Security and the Transatlantic Link

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On October 30, the Brent Scowcroft Center welcomed a Swedish Parliamentary Delegation for a private briefing on security policy during their recent visit to Washington. The Council’s Jorge Benitez, Robert Nurick, and Marik String each gave presentations about the role of the transatlantic partnership in promoting stability and the future of US security engagement in […]

Europe & Eurasia
National Security

Webcasts

Oct 30, 2015

Remarks by H.E. Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Vice Prime Minister Of Georgia

By Atlantic Council

NATO
Russia

Transcript

Oct 30, 2015

Transcript: Evolving Security Environment and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic Aspirations

By Atlantic Council

Evolving Security Environment and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic Aspirations   Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia   Atlantic Council – 29 October, 2015 Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank the Atlantic Council of the United States for this opportunity to speak to a distinguished group of policy-makers, businessmen, experts, and […]

NATO
Russia
Missile test on Aegis destroyer USS The Sullivans, Oct. 20, 2015

NATOSource

Oct 29, 2015

US and Allies Conduct First Intercept of Ballistic Missile over Europe

By US Navy, 6th Fleet, and Defense News

From US Navy:  USS Ross (DDG 71) successfully intercepted a ballistic missile in the North Atlantic Ocean during the Maritime Theater Missile Defense (MTMD) Forum’s At Sea Demonstration (ASD) Oct. 20, 2015.

Missile Defense
Security & Defense

Defense Industrialist

Oct 29, 2015

Mystery plane, part 2

By James Hasik and Rachel Rizzo

Is the price tag for the LRS-B feasible? As Lara Seligman wrote in Defense News overnight, there’s a lot “we still don’t know” about the LRS-B, and as  development moves forward, there’s a lot we still won’t know. Northrop’s just-up website features not even the shrouded plane of its Super Bowl advertisement, but just a zoomie with a buzzcut and aviator sunglasses. On his earnings […]

Defense Industry
Security & Defense
NATO military leaders at Trident Juncture exercise, Oct. 17, 2015

NATOSource

Oct 28, 2015

Europe Must Pay More of its Own Defense

By Editorial Board, Boston Globe

Russia’s military posture makes the NATO alliance between the United States, Canada, and Western Europe more crucial than at any time since the end of the Cold War.

Europe & Eurasia
NATO
US soldiers training in Lithuania, March 2, 2015

NATOSource

Oct 28, 2015

NATO Looks at Stationing More Troops Along Eastern Flank

By Julian E. Barnes, Wall Street Journal

NATO countries are discussing increasing the number of troops stationed in members bordering Russia and putting them under formal alliance command, part of a new effort to deter aggression from Moscow,

Germany
NATO

Defense Industrialist

Oct 28, 2015

Mystery plane

By James Hasik and Rachel Rizzo

The secrecy around the USAF’s LRS-B brings military value, but some ill-understood costs. Yesterday, Northrop Grumman won the contract from the US Air Force to develop and build its new Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B). For advocates of the big planes, the announcement came none too soon. The USAF’s bomber fleet today consists of 158 aircraft, […]

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