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  • Budget

    July 2016

    Advisory Panel: Incoming Administration to Face Fiscal Tsunami

    By Sandra I. Erwin
    Advisory Panel: Incoming Administration to Face Fiscal Tsunami
  • Defense Department

    March 2016

    Another Stab at Reinventing the Pentagon

    By Sandra I. Erwin
    Congress has ordered a major shakeup of the Defense Department’s upper ranks. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 creates a new senior position that will absorb two current offices.
  • Defense Department

    November 2015

    Pentagon to Escalate War for Talent

    By Sandra I. Erwin
    A wide-ranging personnel reform proposal could put the Pentagon in a better position to compete with the private sector for talent.
  • Defense Department

    October 2015

    Defense Hoping to Avoid Nightmare Budget Scenario

    By Sandra I. Erwin
    Defense Hoping to Avoid Nightmare Budget Scenario
  • Defense Department

    September 2014

    Elusive ‘Grand Bargain’ on Military Benefits

    By Sandra I. Erwin
    Few issues in Washington are as politically toxic as meddling with military pay and benefits.
  • Defense Department

    August 2014

    In Global Trends, Warnings for U.S. Industry

    By Sandra I. Erwin
    American contractors rule the international defense market, propelled by the overwhelming dominance of the United States as a military power and arms developer. Their lead is safe for now, but there are early signs of slippage.
  • Defense Department

    July 2014

    Hope and Despair in Government Procurement

    By Sandra I. Erwin
    Lawmakers decided they will take another shot at fixing the seemingly unfixable Pentagon procurement system, and have asked industry groups to submit suggestions.
  • Defense Department

    June 2014

    Shine Starting to Wear Off Unmanned Aircraft

    By Sandra I. Erwin
    Although unmanned aviation is here to stay in the military — and is rapidly capturing new customers in the civilian world — drones are taking plenty of fire these days.
  • Defense Department

    May 2014

    Should the Pentagon Rescue Ailing Suppliers?

    By Sandra I. Erwin
    Many Pentagon contractors will not survive the defense budget cuts that began in 2010 and will continue through the decade.
  • Defense Department

    April 2014

    In ‘15 Budget, Red Flags for Contractors

    By Sandra I. Erwin
    If defense industry CEOs can draw any conclusion from the Pentagon’s 2015 budget proposal it is that, except for the too-big-to-fail joint strike fighter, most of the military’s modernization plan is on shaky ground.
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