Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley wants brigades that can pivot from training U.S. partners to training new recruits in a catastrophic situation.
June 23, 2016 -
A top Department of Homeland Security official thinks 2017 is the big year for cybersecurity investment.
May 24, 2016 -
Frank Kendall, the Pentagon’s acquisition chief, said Tuesday that he’s comfortable with a package of procurement reforms the House Armed Services Committee passed two weeks ago, largely because the final bill took a step back from strict language that would have required DoD to use modular open architectures on all of its major weapons systems.
May 11, 2016 -
The first estimates of the savings realized from the House's plan to reform TRICARE come in around $7 billion.
May 05, 2016 -
Despite calls that Carter’s Defense reforms aren’t exactly daring, experts said they are a move in the right direction.
April 06, 2016 -
Defense Secretary Ash Carter revealed a handful of reforms aimed at bringing the Defense Department into the 21st century.
April 05, 2016 -
As the Defense Department mulls over a bigger role for the Joint Staff, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said that role won't grow the size of the organization.
March 29, 2016 -
DoD says BRAC would bring big savings in a time when it's facing big budget shortfalls if sequestration returns.
March 07, 2016 -
The Navy is reviewing its acquisition processes to reduce complexity and give contracting officers more time to talk to industry in developing requirements.
March 07, 2016 -
The Defense Department builds economic assumptions and cost savings into its budget, but when those savings are too optimistic it hurts critical programs.
February 24, 2016 -
One-year emergency budget spending won't cut it when it comes to modernizing and training the Army, members of the Future of the Army Commission told Congress.
February 11, 2016 -
The Defense budget prioritized research and development and cyber, but that doesn't mean the third offset strategy is getting a lot of money in 2017.
February 05, 2016 -
Fiscal 2017 may be the beginning of a funding gap between what the Defense Department needs and what it can be allocated unless Congress can fix the budget.
February 02, 2016 -
Defense analysts think the National Commission on the Future of the Army could have been bolder in its recommendations.
January 29, 2016 -
The Air Force's modernization plans account for a large part of the Defense Department's overall spending to bring weapon systems up to date over the next decade, according to a new study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
January 27, 2016