National Defense
Год / Месяц: 2018 / 4
Формат: pdf
Размер: 21 mb
Язык: English
National Defense, published monthly by the National Defense Industrial Association, provides news and analysis on topics of relevance to national security government and industry professionals.
VIEWPOINTS
16 Chem-Bio Defense Program Eases Path for Industry
Defense agencies are transforming ways of doing business with industry partners to more rapidly develop and field medical countermeasures.
BY TIM BELSKI, LT. COL. MATTHEW CLARK
AND HANNAH FELDMAN
18 Preventing Expensive
Electronic Hardware Mistakes
The Defense Department is taking steps to adopt commercial best practices to avoid costly hardware mishaps.
BY STEVE CARLSON AND JAMES S.B. CHEW
19 New Cyber Rule Requires
Critical Documents
Those who intend to do business with defense agencies must now ensure that their data systems are compliant with a new regulation.
BY GEORGE WRENN
FEATURES
COVER STORY
20 Navy Charts Course
For 355 Ships
The service recently released its new 30-year shipbuilding plan, but some say the blueprint is not aggressive enough to meet its force level goal.
BY JON HARPER
SHIPBUILDING
25 3D Modeling Could Speed
Procurement of Navy Destroyer
Advanced manufacturing and design techniques could cut cost and time for the Navy’s forthcoming Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer variant.
BY VIVIENNE MACHI
28 Littoral Combat Ship Buy
Could Affect Industrial Base
The Navy’s sluggish LCS procurement rate risks cooling down key production lines ahead of the future frigate competition.
BY CONNIE LEE
30 Coast Guard Icebreaker
Competition Underway
Five shipyards will compete for the opportunity to build the nation’s next icebreaking vessel.
BY YASMIN TADJDEH
TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLES
32 Army Moves Forward with
New Medium Truck Acquisition
Oshkosh Defense will build a new vehicle with improved mobility, ride quality and reliability as the current family of platforms begins to wear out.
BY YASMIN TADJDEH
34 Army Rolling Ahead with
Manned-Unmanned Convoys
The service is planning new demonstrations for its leader-follower autonomous technology that could make convoy operations safer and more efficient on the battlefield.
BY VIVIENNE MACHI
36 Robotic Vehicle Program Will
Test Army’s Acquisition Agility
Plans for the squad multi-purpose equipment transport program will challenge the service’s ability to rapidly acquire new platforms.
BY JON HARPER
DEPARTMENTS
4 Up Front
Random facts and figures from industry and government
BY STEW MAGNUSON
6 NDIA Perspective
Leverage Budget Agreement to Boost Defense
BY JAMES C. BOOZER
7 Editor’s Notes
BY STEW MAGNUSON
8 Budget Matters
Who’s funding what in Washington
BY JON HARPER
10 News Briefs
BY VIVIENNE MACHI AND CONNIE LEE
13 Algorithmic Warfare
What’s coming in artificial intelligence, big data and cybersecurity
BY YASMIN TADJDEH
14 Government Contracting Insights
Problems Persist with Commercial Item Rule
CONTRIBUTED BY COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
38 Ethics Corner
39 NDIA News
40 NDIA Calendar
Complete guide to NDIA events
44 Next Month
Preview of our next issue
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