Dealing with the New Realities, Opportunities and Challenges in Global ISR Continuing gaps in intelligence information sharing capabilities post 9/11, emerging requirements for new “ISR surges” in Afghan and Iraqi operations, ISR challenges associated with new counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations, increased roles for ISR assets across a broad range of new and evolving missions (space defense, maritime domain awarenes...

DoD and the Services have sustained a tremendous operational tempo through a period of unprecedented requirements, while being burdened with severe asset constraints. Performance has been improved by up to 50% in velocity and precision throughout the supply chain system, and almost $700 million in savings have been implemented. However, this ongoing stress, in terms of constant change and overwhelming requirements, has led to daunting sustaina...

The United States is dependent on space assets to sustain economic prosperity and support military operations worldwide. Exploitation of outer space has provided the United States with distinct competitive and strategic advantages. America's reliance on space has also created vulnerabilities in defense strategies that assume U.S. Space Control. Adversaries have cited a reliance on space as the potential Achilles Heel of U.S. military power. It...

The Department of Defense Healthcare costs have surged by more than 140% over the last eight years, a reflection of the trends that are propelling the current national discourse on Healthcare Reform. Prolonged conflicts overseas have stressed the Services' manpower capacities to their limits. At the same time, transformational advancements in Battlefield Medicine and Information Technologies are being funded, developed and implemented at a fan...