Defense Acquisition
The Lexington Institute hosted a forum featuring speakers discussing ways to improve acquisition management at the Defense Department.
595 viewsThe Lexington Institute hosted a forum featuring speakers discussing ways to improve acquisition management at the Defense Department.
595 viewsPanelists talked about the use of philanthropy for defense funding. They discussed areas in which philanthropic investment was most needed, and a potential framework for philanthropic defens…
212 viewsDan Goure and Winslow Wheeler talked about the affects of the sequestration process on the defense industry and national defense. They also discussed whether these defense cuts would affect …
687 viewsDan Goure talked about the Chinese government hacking of U.S. weapons systems, which included the hacking of information about U.S. missile defense systems, aircraft and ships. He also respo…
360 viewsGordon Adams and Dan Goure talked about the effects sequestration could have on defense budget and national security policy. They also responded to telephone calls and electronic communicati…
220 viewsDaniel Goure talked about his concerns about members of Congress, including those elected with tea party movement assistance, advocating for reducing the Defense Department budget. He also r…
101 viewsIn light of President Obama’s Afghanistan initiative, Dan Goure talked about the state of military preparedness and his thoughts on how President Obama’s plans for the Defense Budget will pr…
131 viewsThe guest analyzes the cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. A report by the Congressional Research Service says it costs the United States 12 billion dollars a month to support troop lev…
155 viewsMr. Goure spoke about operations in Iraq and funding for U.S. efforts and deployments in the country. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.
58 viewsExperts discussed reasons for decreasing the size of the U.S. Army. Mr. Pena said that the United States needs to eliminate its obsolete Cold War era military deployments around the world an…
100 viewsDan Goure, Vice President of the Lexington Institute, talked about the status of U.S. armored military vehicles in Iraq. He also responded to telephone calls, faxes, and electronic mail from…
104 viewsOfficials spoke about the quadrennial defense review, military transformation to meet emerging threats, the use of technology and improved weapons systems, and lessons from operations in Afg…
91 viewsPanelists talked about changes the U.S. military should make to deal with changes in warfare. Topics included strategic planning and assessment, risk evaluation, costs of change, combining s…
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