Author Archives: Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D
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Raytheon Revs Up Growth With Bold Websense Cyber Venture (From Forbes)
April 20, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D Raytheon disclosed Monday that it is acquiring cybersecurity firm Websense and will form a joint venture with Vista Equity Partners to greatly expand the defense company’s global cyber offerings. Company executives say the move will accelerate Raytheon’s efforts to offer [Read More...] -
Deft Jam: Electronic Warfare Is The Face Of Future Combat (From Forbes)
April 16, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D The electromagnetic spectrum has become a warfighting domain — a place where invisible enemies maneuver for advantage — and America may be losing the battle for dominance. At least, that’s what the Pentagon’s research chief said at the National Press [Read More...] -
Five Ways Killing Ex-Im Bank Would Really Hurt America (From Forbes)
April 13, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D The wrong-headed campaign that congressional conservatives have launched to block reauthorization of America’s export credit agency won’t do anything to reverse the serious challenges facing America, such as out-of-control federal borrowing and a burgeoning welfare state. However, that is not [Read More...] -
Air Force’s Secret “Gorgon Stare” Program Leaves Terrorists Nowhere To Hide (From Forbes)
April 10, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D The Air Force’s Gorgon Stare sensor system mounted on the MQ-9 Reaper hunter-killer drone has become the tactical recon asset that warfighters in Afghanistan most crave. It is the service’s only persistent, day-or-night, wide-area surveillance system, able to continuously monitor [Read More...] -
DoD Healthcare Exec Pushes $11 Billion IT Upgrade, But Unwittingly Reveals Why It Won’t Work
April 8, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D On March 25, the program executive overseeing a proposed modernization of the military healthcare records system testified before the Senate’s defense appropriations subcommittee. Christopher A. Miller urged committee members to support a costly upgrade to the way in which the [Read More...] -
THAAD Missile Killer Could Boost Army Role In Pacific (From Forbes)
April 6, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D The U.S. Army is having a tough time defining its role in the Pacific theater of operations — designated in 2012 by the Obama Administration as the prime focus of America’s global security posture. The vast distances and limited basing [Read More...] -
Surrounded: Why Saudi Arabia’s Security Is At Risk (From Forbes)
March 27, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D Saudi Arabia’s intervention in Yemen this week highlights the fact that the kingdom is increasingly surrounded by sectarian turmoil — turmoil that may spread to its domestic political scene. To the south, Somalia and now Yemen both look to be [Read More...] -
Pricetag For Pentagon’s Trillion Dollar F-35 Fighter Drops $60 Billion In One Year (From Forbes)
March 25, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D The cost of the Pentagon’s biggest weapon program is decreasing. The joint program office for the tri-service F-35 fighter last week disclosed a stunning $58 billion reduction in the projected cost of operating and sustaining the plane over its 55-year [Read More...] -
Why Killing Ex-Im Bank Would Be Bad For America
March 24, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D On March 24, Loren Thompson addressed a meeting of the Aerospace Industries Association Supplier Management Council in Washington, D.C. concerning the importance of reauthorizing the U.S. Export-Import Bank. Ex-Im Bank, as it is often called, is the official export credit [Read More...] -
Point Paper: Plans To Modernize Military Health Records Will Harm Warfighters Rather Than Help Them
March 23, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D The Department of Defense is planning to award a contract this year for replacement of its current healthcare records system with a “state-of-the-market” successor. At a projected acquisition cost of $11 billion, the Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization Program would [Read More...]