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IEEE Spectrum
November 2008
Robert N. Charette |
What's Wrong with Weapons Acquisitions? Escalating complexity, a shortage of trained workers, and crass politicization mean that most programs to develop new military systems fail to meet expectations.   |
National Defense
July 2010
Sandra I. Erwin |
U.S. Not Ready to Lead Green Energy Revolution The Defense Department's research arm, DARPA, changed the world when it invented the Internet. So why couldn't its counterpart at the Energy Department, ARPA-E, unleash a similar revolution to free us from the tyranny of oil? |
National Defense
October 2007
Michael G. Frodl |
USAF Synthetic Fuel Program Could Help Solve Unwanted Carbon Problem The Air Force is seeking to acquire 50% of its fuel needs from domestic sources by 2016, and half of that is expected to come from synthetic fuel, mainly made from coal. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 16, 2012 |
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed? Costs tend to rise in all organizations unless managers and their staffs have the motivation and skill to control them. This phenomenon is analyzed during 50 years of US military overspending. |
CFO
October 1, 2004
Kris Frieswick |
Losing Battles Two decades of failed Pentagon financial reforms put more than just dollars at risk. And serious reform in so enormous an organization will still take a Herculean effort. |
Parameters
November 2004
Augustus W. Fountain Iii |
Transforming Defense Basic Research Strategy The US armed forces currently enjoy an unprecedented level of technological superiority across the full spectrum of military threats. |
National Defense
February 2004
James McAleese |
Safe Harbors of Ethical Conduct Needed in Defense Procurement In light of a recent series of isolated, highly controversial public scandals with respect to several major defense acquisition programs, it is important to create "safe harbors" of conduct so that both government and contractor personnel can work as a cohesive team . |
National Defense
May 2015
Sandra I. Erwin |
Procurement Issues That Congress Won't Fix The new foreign policy mantra in Washington is that the world is on fire. The nation's weapons procurement machine, meanwhile, keeps partying like it's 1999. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2009
Sally Adee |
New Director for U.S. Energy Department's Mad Science Wing President Barack Obama chose Arunava Majumdar as the director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, the U.S. Department of Energy's new research incubator. |
