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In a new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies entitled “U.S. Military Spending: The Cost of Wars,” Anthony Cordesman, CSIS’ Arleigh A. Burke chair in strategy, makes the case for a paradigm shift in US defense-spending analyses. “For the last several decades, there has been little real effort to examine the costs of key missions and strategic commitments and the longer term trends in force planning and cost,” he writes. “Both the Executive Branch and the Congress have failed to reform any key aspect of the defense and foreign policy budgets to look beyond input budgeting by line item and by military service, and doing so on an annual basis.” The report goes onto to break down the answers to some of these previously unasked questions and add new context to the nation’s war-related spending.

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In a new report from the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School for Government, written by Greg Allen and Taniel Chan on behalf of Jason Matheny, PhD, director of the US Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency, the authors propose a framework for developing policy for military and intelligence applications of artificial intelligence. “In this piece, we propose three goals for developing future policy on AI and national security: preserving U.S. technological leadership, supporting peaceful and commercial use, and mitigating catastrophic risk,” the project’s overview reads. “By looking at four prior cases of transformative military technology — nuclear, aerospace, cyber, and biotech — we develop lessons learned and recommendations for national security policy toward AI.” Learn more about the report here.

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In this new report, Jerry Hendrix, PhD, senior fellow and director of the Defense Strategies and Assessments Program at the Center for a New American Security, and Lt. Col. James Price, USAF, a CNAS senior military fellow, trace the history and evolution of the bomber aircraft, from the pre-World War I era to the present day. ” The authors will introduce the theory, doctrine, and technology behind their development, as well as the performance characteristics and trends that combined to provide ever-increasing range, payload (or volume of fires), and most importantly the ability to penetrate constantly improving defenses,” the report’s preface reads.

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On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, taped from the Royal International Air Tattoo in the United Kingdom, and sponsored by Bell Helicopter, a Textron Company, we discuss ongoing US Defense Department confirmation and defense budget business on Capitol Hill, and the decision of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) to delay the legislative’s body’s August recess, the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) meeting in Silicon Valley, and more. This week’s guests include Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners, Steven Grundman of the Atlantic Council and Todd Harrison of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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Adam Jacoff, a robotics research engineer in the Intelligent Systems Division of the US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology, discusses the institute’s role in establishing standard test methods for “capabilities, operator proficiency, readiness” and more  for robots — including drones — with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during a June 29, 2017, interview at the British Embassy in Washington.

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Jerry Hendrix, PhD, senior fellow and director of the Defense Strategies and Assessments Program at the Center for a New American Security, says the US should ideally have a “total inventory” of over 200 bomber aircraft to meet its strategic needs during a June 28, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Hendrix also discusses “Higher, Heavier, Farther, and now Undetectable? Bombers: Long-Range Force Projection in the 21st Century,” a report he co-authored with Lt. Col. James Price, USAF, senior military fellow at CNAS. The interview was conducted during CNAS’ “Navigating the Divide” conference at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington.

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Cmdr. Javier Gonzalez, USN, former Navy fellow at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, and Cmdr. Tom Shugart, USN, former senior military fellow for the Center for a New American Security, discuss “First Strike: China’s Threat to U.S. Bases in Asia,” their new report published by the Center for a New American Security on the risk of Chinese missile-based attacks on US military installations in the region, during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was held on June 28, 2017, during CNAS’ “Navigating the Divide” conference at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington.

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Grant Stapleton, Malloy Aeronautics’ director of sales and marketing, and Mark Butkiewicz, SURVICE Engineering Company’s applied technology operation manager, update Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian on the status of Malloy’s Hoverbike program, the nuts and bolts of the new TRV-50 iteration of the vehicle and the outlook for Malloy’s manned Hoverbike during the Autonomy & Innovation Across the Defence, Security and Civil Sectors – Demonstration event at the British Embassy in Washington on June 29, 2017.  Malloy is also developing a version of the Hoverbike for the US military. 

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Gen. Hawk Carlisle, USAF Ret., president and CEO of the National Defense Industrial Association, and former commander of the US Air Force’s Air Combat Command, says the US needs to make it easier for other countries to “Buy American,” that the US Defense Department needs to speed up delivery of key capabilities to the warfighter, that “tempered expectations” are needed with respect to the defense budget, and more during a July 6, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at NDIA’s headquarters in northern Virginia.

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Patrick Turner, NATO’s assistant secretary general for operations, says that the use of nuclear weapons “always is strategic,” no matter how small they might be, during a June 26, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Turner’s view comes as some analysts worry that Moscow is developing strategies to use tactical nuclear weapons small enough to avoid a strategic nuclear retaliation. Turner also discusses Afghanistan, improving logistics, deterring Russia, and the perennial need to maintain readiness in case any “collective defense situation” emerges in Europe.

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