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30 Years: William Perry — Reshaping the Industry
Under President Bill Clinton, William Perry served as deputy defense secretary for a year before being promoted to the top job.
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30 Years: Shimon Peres — Civilian Warrior and Visionary for Peace
No Israeli public figure had a more profound influence on the nation’s strategic posture, on the Mideast power balance, and on Israel’s leading niche role in the global aerospace industry than Shimon Peres.
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30 Years: Robert Gates — Influential Insider
Among US defense secretaries, Bob Gates, who held the job from 2006 to 2011, stands out for both his impact and longevity.
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30 Years: Tactical Networks — Democratized Decision-Making
The advent of new communications gear for front-line troops has revolutionized the conduct of ground battles.
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30 Years: Future Combat Systems — Acquisition Gone Wrong
It’s hard to overstate the disastrous effect that the FCS program has had on Army acquisition.
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30 Years: F-35 — Too Big To Fail?
The F-35, doubtlessly the single most notorious program in the history of defense acquisition, is “too big to succeed and too big to fail.”
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30 Years: Osama bin Laden — 9/11 Mastermind
The federal government had a watchful eye on the al-Qaida leader long before he masterminded the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. But those attacks in 2001 caused the name Bin Laden to infiltrate mainstream vernacular. And it was then that the United States and its allies found themselves rapidly entwined in a…
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30 Years: Norm Augustine — Industry Visionary
Beyond creating the world’s largest defense contractor, Augustine’s individual contributions to defense are profound.
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30 Years: Andrew Marshall — Strategic Adviser
By the sheer fact he spent more than 40 years in the Pentagon advising secretaries of defense on big-picture strategy, Andy Marshall would be an influential figure.
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30 Years: Virtual Reality — Training Transformation
The gaming industry gets a lot of credit for expanding virtual reality from concept to, well, reality. But it was Tom Furness who, in 1982, presented the Air Force with his first working model of a virtual flight simulator he called the Visually Coupled Airborne Systems Simulator, or VCASS. That was followed by Furness’s “Super…
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30 Years: William Perry — Reshaping the Industry
Under President Bill Clinton, William Perry served as deputy defense secretary for a year before being promoted to the top job.
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30 Years: Shimon Peres — Civilian Warrior and Visionary for Peace
No Israeli public figure had a more profound influence on the nation’s strategic posture, on the Mideast power balance, and on Israel’s leading niche role in the global aerospace industry than Shimon Peres.
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30 Years: Robert Gates — Influential Insider
Among US defense secretaries, Bob Gates, who held the job from 2006 to 2011, stands out for both his impact and longevity.
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30 Years: Tactical Networks — Democratized Decision-Making
The advent of new communications gear for front-line troops has revolutionized the conduct of ground battles.
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30 Years: Future Combat Systems — Acquisition Gone Wrong
It’s hard to overstate the disastrous effect that the FCS program has had on Army acquisition.
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30 Years: F-35 — Too Big To Fail?
The F-35, doubtlessly the single most notorious program in the history of defense acquisition, is “too big to succeed and too big to fail.”
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30 Years: Osama bin Laden — 9/11 Mastermind
The federal government had a watchful eye on the al-Qaida leader long before he masterminded the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. But those attacks in 2001 caused the name Bin Laden to infiltrate mainstream vernacular. And it was then that the United States and its allies found themselves rapidly entwined in a…
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30 Years: Norm Augustine — Industry Visionary
Beyond creating the world’s largest defense contractor, Augustine’s individual contributions to defense are profound.
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30 Years: Andrew Marshall — Strategic Adviser
By the sheer fact he spent more than 40 years in the Pentagon advising secretaries of defense on big-picture strategy, Andy Marshall would be an influential figure.
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30 Years: Virtual Reality — Training Transformation
The gaming industry gets a lot of credit for expanding virtual reality from concept to, well, reality. But it was Tom Furness who, in 1982, presented the Air Force with his first working model of a virtual flight simulator he called the Visually Coupled Airborne Systems Simulator, or VCASS. That was followed by Furness’s “Super…
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30 Years: William Perry — Reshaping the Industry
Under President Bill Clinton, William Perry served as deputy defense secretary for a year before being promoted to the top job.
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30 Years: Shimon Peres — Civilian Warrior and Visionary for Peace
No Israeli public figure had a more profound influence on the nation’s strategic posture, on the Mideast power balance, and on Israel’s leading niche role in the global aerospace industry than Shimon Peres.
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30 Years: Robert Gates — Influential Insider
Among US defense secretaries, Bob Gates, who held the job from 2006 to 2011, stands out for both his impact and longevity.
-
30 Years: Tactical Networks — Democratized Decision-Making
The advent of new communications gear for front-line troops has revolutionized the conduct of ground battles.
-
30 Years: Future Combat Systems — Acquisition Gone Wrong
It’s hard to overstate the disastrous effect that the FCS program has had on Army acquisition.
-
30 Years: F-35 — Too Big To Fail?
The F-35, doubtlessly the single most notorious program in the history of defense acquisition, is “too big to succeed and too big to fail.”
-
30 Years: Osama bin Laden — 9/11 Mastermind
The federal government had a watchful eye on the al-Qaida leader long before he masterminded the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. But those attacks in 2001 caused the name Bin Laden to infiltrate mainstream vernacular. And it was then that the United States and its allies found themselves rapidly entwined in a…
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30 Years: Norm Augustine — Industry Visionary
Beyond creating the world’s largest defense contractor, Augustine’s individual contributions to defense are profound.
-
30 Years: Andrew Marshall — Strategic Adviser
By the sheer fact he spent more than 40 years in the Pentagon advising secretaries of defense on big-picture strategy, Andy Marshall would be an influential figure.
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30 Years: Virtual Reality — Training Transformation
The gaming industry gets a lot of credit for expanding virtual reality from concept to, well, reality. But it was Tom Furness who, in 1982, presented the Air Force with his first working model of a virtual flight simulator he called the Visually Coupled Airborne Systems Simulator, or VCASS. That was followed by Furness’s “Super…
