Articles by: Bradley Peniston

Lessons from the Australian Wedgetail aircraft program are critical to future defense industrial efforts

Take one of Washington’s closest allies, a successful and cost-effective commercial airframe, and wed them with a newly …

I was struck by Capt. Alden’s lack of appreciation for conventional doctrine and force structure. Alden does nothing to explain current Army doctrine, nor does he acknowledge that Army doctrine has dramatically …

The U.S. Navy is embarked on a critical journey of reassessment and reform. Among the tough operational questions it must address is, how will the Navy and industry reshape behavior to afford …

Revised Army reg on public-forum writings provokes backlash

In the opening pages of “Catch-22,” the bombardier Yossarian spends his time in the hospital censoring letters from enlisted men back to their families, …

For twisting the truth to such an extent, in a misguided attempt to create media heroes, that the service’s credibility is seriously harmed. Congressional hearings into what happened in the cases of …

Even if everything Lt. Col. Paul Yingling says about America’s generals is true, few, if any, of America’s great military leaders have shown the broad understanding of war and its political dimension …

BY KAREN WALKER

The playground chant of “sticks and stones” is turned on its head in J. Michael Waller’s intriguing book “Fighting the War of Ideas Like a Real War,” in which …

For its latest assault attempt on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, this time aimed at cutting the short-takeoff-and-vertical landing (STOVL) variant. The Navy’s carrier version of JSF is the smallest order, with …

Step-by-step instructions for winning defense dollars

Whether you are an experienced government relations pro or new to the business, if you want to understand the process for getting funding for defense programs, …

Looking beyond the debacle in Iraq

Is there a responsible and wise American leader who could plan or even seriously contemplate whither this nation should head after Iraq? Should America focus on …