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Strategic National Security Space: FY 2020 Budget and Policy Forum

Please join the CSIS Aerospace Security Project and Defense Budget Analysis Program on Wednesday, March 20, for "Strategic National Security Space: FY 2020 Budget and Policy Forum."

Event by Todd Harrison , Kathleen H. Hicks , Patrick M. Shanahan , Representative Jim Cooper , and Dr. Will Roper — March 20, 2019

Strategic National Security Space: FY 2020 Budget and Policy Forum

DOD and Border Security—At What Price?

The Trump administration’s FY 2020 budget proposed to continue DOD’s role in border security, a role that includes both construction and troop deployments. CSIS’s Mark Cancian explains the different mechanisms the administration proposes to use and why they are complicated.

Critical Questions by Mark F. Cancian — March 13, 2019

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Is Bigger Better? Concentration, Competition, and Defense Contracting Outcomes

Join the CSIS Defense Industrial Initiatives Group for the launch of their new report that examines the relationship between industrial concentration and competition with U.S. defense acquisition performance outcomes.

Event by Gregory Sanders , Andrew Philip Hunter , Frank Kendall , Barry Lynn , Marjorie Censer , and Pierre Chao — February 11, 2019

Is Bigger Better? Concentration, Competition, and Defense Contracting Outcomes

Evaluating Consolidation and the Threat of Monopolies within Industrial Sectors

As concerns over consolidation within defense industrial sectors are becoming more apparent, CSIS Defense-Industrial and Initiatives Group looks at the relationship between industrial consolidation, competition, and contracting performance outcomes.

Report by Gregory Sanders , Zach Huitink , and Andrew Philip Hunter — February 11, 2019

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Surviving the Defense Industry: New Entrants and Small Business Graduation

Join us as we present the results and recommendations from a recent report that tracks businesses new to the federal contracting arena from 2001-2016, otherwise known as new entrants, using publicly available contracting data from the Federal Procurement Data System.

Event by Gregory Sanders , Andrew Philip Hunter , Emily Harman , Christian Brose , Tara Murphy Dougherty , and Brennan Grignon — February 1, 2019

Surviving the Defense Industry: New Entrants and Small Business Graduation

What to Look for in the FY 2020 Defense Budget Request

CSIS International Security Program experts outline their questions and expectations for the Trump administration’s forthcoming FY 2020 defense budget request.  

Brief by Mark F. Cancian , Todd Harrison , Seamus P. Daniels , Andrew Philip Hunter , and Kathleen H. Hicks — January 31, 2019

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The 2019 Missile Defense Review: A Good Start

Initiated pursuant to both congressional and presidential direction, the Missile Defense Review report released today represents an attempt to adapt U.S. missile defense policy, posture, and programs to the strategic environment of great power competition writes Tom Karako.

Critical Questions by Tom Karako — January 17, 2019

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