The following is the June 16, Congressional Research Service In Focus report The European Deterrence Initiative: A Budgetary Overview. Read More
Category Archives: U.S. Air Force
Panel: COVID-19 Pandemic Could Prompt Changes to National Security Spending
This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. CDC Image
The Pentagon’s budget will fall in the future as Congress sees how little the Department of Defense’s spending was able to protect against the global COVID-19 pandemic, three national security experts predicted in a panel discussion last week. Read More
Report to Congress on New START Treaty
The following is the June 10, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, The New START Treaty:
Central Limits and Key Provisions. Read More
Report to Congress on Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance for Great Power Competition
The following is the June 4, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Design for Great Power Competition. Read More
GAO: Women 28 Percent More Likely to Leave Military Service than Men
Sailors man the rails on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) while pulling into Norfolk, Va., May 16, 2019. US Navy Photo
Family planning, lack of dependent care, sexism and sexual assault were among the top reasons more women leave the military than their male counterparts, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. Read More
Navy Altering, Postponing or Skipping Midshipmen Rites Of Passage
Incoming plebes participate in the Oath of Office Ceremony during induction day (I-day) 2017 at the U.S. Naval Academy. US Navy Photo
Keeping the Navy’s new officer pipeline open while mitigating COVID-19 risks means altering, delaying or even skipping some of the long-held traditions considered rites of passage for midshipmen.
Report to Congress on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program
The following is the May 13, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program. Read More
CNO Gilday in Quarantine After Exposure to COVID-19 Positive Family Member
Acting Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) James McPherson, right, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike M. Gilday and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith are briefed by Recruit Training Command (RTC) staff members at Freedom Hall on May 7, 2020. US Navy Photo
The Navy’s top officer will be in quarantine this week after coming into contact with a member of his family who had tested positive for COVID-19, the Pentagon announced late on Sunday. Read More
Report to Congress on Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons
The following is the May 4, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons. Read More
In Role Reversal, Boeing’s Defense Programs Prop Up Commercial Business
P-8 Poseidon in Seattle Factory. Boeing photo.
In the near term, Boeing’s leadership is counting on its defense programs to provide bottom-line stability as its commercial aircraft business buckles under pressure from COVID-19-related travel restrictions.
