{"id":36074,"date":"2016-10-25T14:10:39","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T14:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2016\/10\/25\/honoring-three-decades-in-defense\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:55:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:55:49","slug":"honoring-three-decades-in-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/opinion\/2016\/10\/25\/honoring-three-decades-in-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring Three Decades in Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On January 20, 1986, as noted on the very first cover of Defense News, the State Department was mulling a ban on sales of US military hardware to Iraq, &#8220;because of that country&#8217;s support for international terrorism.&#8221; \u00a0 <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contrast that with the current situation, where Iraqi-led forces are engaged in a brutal battle to liberate the city of Mosul after two years of ISIS rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said: &#8220;All is flux, nothing stays still.&#8221; \u00a0 <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed, a lot can happen in 30 years. Defense News was founded at the tail end of the Cold War \u2013 three years before the Berlin Wall came down and five years before the Soviet Union collapsed. Within a decade, the Defense Department&#8217;s budget was slashed, the industrial base was forced to reshape itself, and base realignments and closures were in full swing. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And yet, during that same period, a militant Sunni Islamist multi-national organization was founded, gained traction, and within a decade mounted terrorist attacks against the US and allies. The US and its allies were pulled into war. A technology backbone redefined the battlefield. And cyberattacks confounded the military and intel community. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Very quickly the threat shifted, and then the threat shifted again. And with those shifts, the entire defense market has been forced to pivot. For the military and private sector alike, there&#8217;s been a notable need to adapt in the last three decades.\u00a0 <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what seemed like a rather odd time to launch a defense weekly proved ideal, as defense officials and executives tried to figure out what to do as their worlds kept changing.\u00a0 <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if you look again at that first Defense News cover, there is also news of the day that looks eerily familiar. In 1986, the Navy was buying P-3 Orion anti-sub warfare and patrol aircraft, and today the Navy remains the largest P-3 operator. Then, the Pentagon and vendors were at odds over documentation and technical data for software, an issue that today remains a pain point in government and industry&#8217;s ability to collaborate on development. \u00a0 <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So then we&#8217;re confronted with a rather philosophical and admittedly subjective question: What was most consequential? In the last 30 years, as the threat time and again transformed and necessitated a shift in approach for the military, who led the transformation and who impeded it? Which programs enabled change, and which failed miserably and squandered funds? What innovations enabled defense agencies to gain superiority, and which of those innovations stood the test of time? <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answering those questions is no small feat, but we&#8217;ve tried. With valuable input from members of our advisory board, Defense News identified the 10 influencers, 10 initiatives, and 10 innovations that shaped global defense during the last 30 years, for better or worse. Many will be recognizable. A few might not be. But all left their mark, and are worthy of conversation. We hope to spur some. <br\/> <div> <br\/> <\/div> <div> <u>A special thank you to members of the\u00a0<\/u> <u>Defense News advisory board that contributed\u00a0<\/u> <u>to this project:<\/u> <\/div> <div> <br\/>Bob Hale <\/div> <div>  Booz Allen fellow, former Defense Department\u00a0comptroller <\/div> <div> <br\/>Maj Gen Arnold Punaro (ret.) <\/div> <div>  The Punaro Group CEO, former Senate Armed\u00a0Services Committee staff director <\/div> <div> <br\/>Lt Gen David Deptula (ret.) <\/div> <div>  Dean of the Mitchell Institute of Aerospace\u00a0Power Studies, former Air Force deputy chief\u00a0of staff <\/div> <div> <br\/>Mackenzie Eaglen <\/div> <div>  Resident fellow, the American Enterprise\u00a0Institute <\/div> <div> <br\/>Linda Hudson <\/div> <div>  Cardea Group CEO, former CEO of BAE\u00a0Systems Inc. <\/div> <div> <br\/>Lt Gen Bill Phillips (ret.) <\/div> <div>  Boeing vice president, former Army deputy to\u00a0the assistant secretary for acquisition <\/div> <div> <br\/>Todd Harrison <\/div> <div>  Director of the Aerospace Security Project\u00a0and defense budget analysist at CSIS <\/div> <br\/> <i>This article is part of a larger Defense News 30-year anniversary project, showcasing the people, programs and innovations from the last three decades that most shaped the global security arena. 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