National Defense
Год / Месяц: 2018 / 5
Формат: pdf
Размер: 47 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
24 Intellectual Property Rights
Demands Stifle Innovation
Asking industry to provide intellectual property rights to the government is a roadblock to developing innovative technologies.
BY PHILIP J. JASPER
26 Cost Overruns, Schedule Slips:
The Norm, Not the Exception
Government projects are consistently experiencing schedule slips and cost overruns, leading to a loss of technological advances for U.S. forces and billions of dollars of unplanned expenditures.
BY JOHN C. JOHNSON
FEATURES
INNOVATION
30 Air Force Accelerating
Acquisition with AFWERX
The service hopes to field new technology more quickly by increasing access to potential partners through off-base hubs and innovative programs.
BY VIVIENNE MACHI
FUTURE WEAPONS
34 Army’s Pursuit of Electromagnetic
Railguns Heats Up
A contract has been awarded to advance an effort to develop a potentially game-changing weapon.
BY JON HARPER
40 Defense Applications Envisioned
For Cyber-Human Systems
The Defense Department and industry are examining how emerging cyber technology can assist human operators in future conflicts.
BY YASMIN TADJDEH
SPECIAL OPERATIONS
46 Special Operations Command to
Rebalance for New Strategic Era
The special ops community has signaled that it plans to adjust to the priorities outlined in the 2018 national defense strategy by refocusing on non-counterterrorism roles and missions.
BY JON HARPER
52 Special Report: SOCOM’s
Top 10 Tech Needs
Special Operations Command is seeking solutions to key capability gaps as the Pentagon prepares for great power competition.
National Defense examines each of these categories.
DEPARTMENTS
4 NDIA Perspective
Existential Threats Require All Levers of Power
BY HAWK CARLISLE
6 Up Front
Random facts and figures from industry and government
BY STEW MAGNUSON
8 Editor’s Notes
BY STEW MAGNUSON
10 Algorithmic Warfare
What’s coming in artificial intelligence, big data and cybersecurity
BY YASMIN TADJDEH
12 Budget Matters
Who’s funding what in Washington
BY JON HARPER
16 News Briefs
BY VIVIENNE MACHI AND CONNIE LEE
22 Government
Contracting Insights
GSA Unveils Plan for New Online
Shopping Portal
CONTRIBUTED BY COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
67 Ethics Corner
68 NDIA Calendar
Complete guide to NDIA events
72 Index of Advertisers
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