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Defense Acquisition Trends 2021
March 29, 2022 | Gregory Sanders This report examines trends in what the DoD is buying, how the DoD is buying it, and from whom the DoD is buying based on analysis of data from the Federal Procurement Data System.

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Battle Networks and the Future Force
March 4, 2022 | Todd Harrison, Christopher Reid This third brief in the series focuses on the importance of integrating allies and partners into future battle networks, the technical and policy challenges involved, and the potential for combined battle networks with allies and partners to enable a new offset strategy.

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U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022: Peering into the Abyss
March 3, 2022 | Mark F. Cancian This report is a compilation of the "U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022" white paper series, covering in detail the overall strategy and priorities of the DOD by service as well as SOF, contractors, and DOD civilians.

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Commercial Space Remote Sensing and Its Role in National Security
February 2, 2022 | Todd Harrison, Matthew Strohmeyer This CSIS brief explores the ways commercial space remote sensing can support national security and the changes in acquisition approaches and government policies needed to fully leverage the innovation, capabilities, and additional capacity commercial systems can provide.

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U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022: Space, SOF, Civilians, and Contractors
December 20, 2021 | Mark F. Cancian This paper is part of U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022. Military forces include the Space Force, Special Operations Forces, DOD civilians, and contractors.

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2021 Defense Acquisition Trends: Topline DoD Trends after a Half Decade of Growth
December 2, 2021 | Gregory Sanders Defense contract obligations grew by 8 percent in FY 2020, driven by spending on products manufactured by the Big Five defense contractors. On the cusp of a new National Security Strategy, this piece explores how a half-decade of growth has changed defense acquisition.

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U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022: Air Force
November 30, 2021 | Mark F. Cancian The Air Force continues developing and procuring next-generation aircraft to meet the demands of great power conflict. Fielding new aircraft has slowed the increase in fleet age, but the Air Force is not buying enough new aircraft to sustain current force levels.

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U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022: Marine Corps
November 17, 2021 | Mark F. Cancian The Marine Corps continues a major restructuring to develop capabilities for great power conflict in the Pacific after two decades of conducting counterinsurgency operations ashore. The budget cuts units and personnel to pay for these new capabilities.

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Battle Networks and the Future Force
November 2, 2021 | Todd Harrison This paper draws on lessons from previous attempts to improve battle network integration and explores how DoD can properly scope the problem and organize itself to effectively and efficiently acquire the systems needed to realize its vision for JADC2.

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U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022: Navy
November 2, 2021 | Mark F. Cancian The Biden administration’s emerging fleet plan incorporates smaller ships and large numbers of unmanned systems, as proposed by many strategists, but high costs, production limitations, and congressional opposition may prevent full implementation.

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U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022: Army
October 21, 2021 | Mark F. Cancian The U.S. Army’s force structure remains steady even though its budget declined by $3.6 billion dollars. The Army does this by cutting modernization and readiness. In the long term, the Army’s force structure is at risk because of the strategic focus on China.

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U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022: Peering into the Abyss—The Budget and Strategy Overview
October 12, 2021 | Mark F. Cancian CSIS produces a series of papers on US military forces, including their composition, new initiatives, long-term trends, and challenges. In FY 2022, military forces are “peering into the abyss,” as constrained budgets and strategy changes push the services to cut forces.

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