National Defense
Год / Месяц: 2018 / 8
Формат: pdf
Размер: 32 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.
OPINION
VIEWPOINT
17 Performance-Based Logistics
Contracting: Does it Work?
Performance-based logistics contracting has often delivered the intended result — to improve warfighter readiness through better weapon system availability and reliability, at lower cost.
BY JAMES MARCEAU
INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE
20 Public-Private Partnerships
Critical to Protect Space
There is an immediate need for partnerships that would coalesce the efforts of the U.S. government, its allies and commercial industry to foster a more protected space environment and encourage responsible behaviors.
BY REBECCA COWEN-HIRSCH
FEATURES
COAST GUARD
22 New Coast Guard Leader
Focusing on Readiness
Adm. Karl L. Schultz, commandant of the Coast Guard, sits down with National Defense for an exclusive interview about his strategic priorities.
BY YASMIN TADJDEH
MISSILE DEFENSE
24 Clock Ticking for U.S. Military
To Defend Against Hypersonics
With both Russia and China beefing up their investments in hypersonics, government officials worry that the United States does not have the means to defend against them.
BY JON HARPER
26 United States, Canada Studying
Options to Replace Arctic Early
Warning Radars
The United States and Canada have begun planning a replacement for the North Warning System, with the goal of awarding a new contract in the mid-2020s.
BY VIVIENNE MACHI
R&D SPECIAL REPORT
28 The Nation’s Big Bets on
National Security Technology
National Defense asked federally funded research centers, service laboratories and other research-and-development organizations one question: What is your organization’s number one R&D “big bet?”
29 Sandia National Laboratories
32 Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office
32 Argonne National Laboratory
34 Army Research, Development and
Engineering Command’s Edgewood
Chemical Biological Center
35 Army Tank Automotive Research
Development and Engineering Center
36 Coast Guard Research and
Development Center
37 MITRE Corp.
38 Intelligence Advanced
Research Projects Activity
38 Army Natick Soldier Research,
Development and Engineering Center
39 Office of Naval Research
DEPARTMENTS
4 NDIA Perspective
The Imperative for Artificial Intelligence
BY FRANK J. MICHAEL AND
SHANE SHANEMAN
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
11 NDIA Policy Points
Reforms Deliver Wins for Small Businesses
BY CHRISTOPHER SMITH
12 Budget Matters
Who’s funding what in Washington
BY JON HARPER
14 News Briefs
BY VIVIENNE MACHI AND SONJA JORDAN
40 Government Contracting Insights
Granston Memo Could Impact Qui Tam
Actions
CONTRIBUTED BY COVINGTON &
BURLING LLP
41 Ethics Corner
42 Letters to the Editor
43 NDIA News
44 NDIA Calendar
Complete guide to NDIA events
48 Next Month
Preview of our next issue
48 Index of Advertisers
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