Navy Matters wonders, what’s the point? “As we all know, the LCS [Littoral Combat Ship] is, by design and intent, utterly useless without a module. Of course, the first LCS was commissioned in 2008 and here we are, a decade later, still waiting for any useful modules.”
Speculative but interesting piece on whether US troop withdrawal signals a rise of private contractors rather than a reduction in military commitment.
Murphy’s Law and Learning to Love the Pentagon. “Murphy’s Law is perhaps the best guide for what to expect in the Pentagon: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.”
“The balance of power in Israel’s arms industry, long dominated by state-owned firms, is rapidly shifting to the private sector… “Before I took office,” IAI chairman Harel Locker said at a recent conference, “I held endless meetings, I read endless documents, and in a very short time (I) realized that if the company did not change, it could collapse within a few years.” … “For 15, years the Israeli government tried to privatize IMI,” one said. “At the end it was bought by Elbit. Will this be the result for IAI too?”
The story above is really amazing, the Israeli state-owned defense firms might slowly just give way to a private sector. Israel’s defense firms probably better fit a “market” environment because so many of their sales depend on un-protected foreign markets. I think the best indicator of a healthy industry is turnover with new entrants, or at least shake-ups and changes we see in Israel.
Trump’s executive order 13771.
IBM’s protest against the Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI cloud contract dismissed by GAO.
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