Author Archives: Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D
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A Unique Marine Task Force Works To Provide Security As Middle East Peace Crumbles (From Forbes)
May 26, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D The U.S. Marine Corps has proven once again that adaptability is one of its core competencies, with the successful deployment of a shore-based crisis response unit to the Persian Gulf region. Over a seven-month period, the specially-trained Marine Expeditionary Unit [Read More...] -
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works Is Cooking Up A Revolution In Drone Technology (From Forbes)
May 21, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D Drones have become the signature combat system in America’s fight against terrorism. On a typical day, the Air Force’s fleet of Predators and Reapers fly a thousand hours over places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Unfortunately, they can’t fly when the [Read More...] -
Five Key Facts Ex-Im Bank Critics Don’t Seem To Know (From Forbes)
May 14, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D There’s nothing wrong with American exceptionalism, as long as it doesn’t become an excuse for ignorance. In the case of the ideological crusade to destroy the Export-Import Bank, though, it has. Virtually everything critics say about the bank on close [Read More...] -
The Plan: Raytheon’s Tom Kennedy Is Growing A Global Technology Leader (From Forbes)
May 12, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D Raytheon Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Dr. Thomas A. Kennedy is just like the company where he has spent much of his adult life: focused. And what he’s focused on right now is how to make the nation’s third-biggest defense [Read More...] -
Five Signs Afghanistan Is Becoming An American Success Story (From Forbes)
May 8, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D Fourteen years into a frustrating counter-insurgency campaign in Afghanistan, the U.S. and its 40-odd coalition partners seem to have made major progress in stabilizing the war-torn country. Afghan security forces, who now have the lead in protecting the local population, [Read More...] -
Army Needs Better Guns On Its Stryker Fighting Vehicles In Europe Fast (From Forbes)
May 4, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D In 2013 the U.S. Army brought home the last of its Abrams and Bradley tracked armored vehicles from Europe. It probably wasn’t a total coincidence that less than a year later, Russia began its campaign to dismember Ukraine. So now [Read More...] -
The Boeing-Lockheed Martin Bomber Team is the Most Qualified (From Aviation Week & Space Technology)
May 1, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D The Air Force’s future bomber program is so secret that it’s impossible for outsiders to judge the merits of proposals submitted by the two industry teams. However, it is relatively easy to judge which team is more qualified to successfully [Read More...] -
Naked To Nuclear Attack: Democrats Hand The GOP A Winning Defense Issue For 2016 (From Forbes)
April 30, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D The GOP is struggling to regain the reputation it once enjoyed as the party that understands how to defend America. One relevant issue that Democrats have handed Republicans on a silver platter is national missile defense, the ability to intercept [Read More...] -
Five Reasons Why Silicon Valley Won’t Partner With The Pentagon (From Forbes)
April 27, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D Last week, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter visited Silicon Valley in pursuit of a partnership between the Pentagon and America’s premier innovation hub to leverage emerging technologies. Once tech executives see what it means to work with today’s Pentagon though, [Read More...] -
Top Pentagon Contractor BAE Systems Inc. Will Sell Most Service Lines, Focus On Tech (From Forbes)
April 24, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D BAE Systems Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of the world’s third-biggest military contractor, will sell services businesses generating $1.5 billion in sales annually so that it can focus almost exclusively on technology. In an understated announcement from the parent company’s London [Read More...]