Defense Outlook 2016
What to Know, What to Expect
1st Edition
Published on 4. March 2016
40 pages
978-1-4422-5921-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is the inaugural report in the CSIS Defense Outlook Series, an annual review of what happened in the U.S. Department of Defense in the past year and what CSIS experts are looking for in the next. It is meant to serve as a roadmap to track where the course of policy and actions relating to strategy, budget, forces, and acquisition has run and what curves lie ahead.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
ISBN-13
978-1-4422-5921-8 (9781442259218)
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Kathleen H. Hicks | Mark F. Cancian | Todd Harrison
Defense Outlook 2016
What to Know, What to Expect
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03/2016
Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S.
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Persons
Kathleen H. Hicks is senior vice president, holds the Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and directs the International Security Program at CSIS. Mark Cancian is a senior adviser with the International Security Program at CSIS. Todd Harrison and Andrew Hunter are senior fellows with the International Security Program at CSIS.
Content
- Defense Outlook 2016
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- | Introduction
- | Strategy and the Security Environment
- What Happened in 2015
- The ISIS Threat
- Iran Nuclear Deal
- Halting Progress in Afghanistan
- Russian Opportunism in Ukraine and Syria
- Chinese Maritime Incrementalism
- Cyber
- What to Watch in 2016
- World Events
- Geostrategy and the Defense Budget
- U.S. Defense Reform
- | Budget
- What Happened in 2015
- What to Watch in 2016
- Economic and Efficiency Assumptions
- Capability, Capacity, and the Competition for Resources
- Use of OCO
- | Forces
- What Happened in 2015
- Army
- Navy
- Air Force
- Marine Corps
- DoD Civilians
- Contractors
- DoD-wide
- What to Watch in 2016
- Army
- Navy
- Air Force
- Marine Corps
- DoD Civilians
- Contractors
- Force of the Future, "Tranche 2"
- | Acquisition
- What Happened in 2015
- Decline in Contract Spending Coming to an End
- Five-Year Trough in the Pipeline for Major Weapon Systems
- Major Program Developments
- Services Contracts Surprisingly Resilient
- Acquisition Reform Focus Shifted
- The Pursuit of Innovation and the Emergence of the Third Offset Strategy
- Industry Structure Responded to Spending Shifts
- Defense Industry Consolidation
- What to Watch in 2016
- Slow Growth in Contract Spending
- Enabling Innovation
- Industry Response to Potential Growth
- | Conclusion
- | About the Authors
