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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
PORTLAND, Maine—The Navy's decision to build a third DDG-1000 destroyer was driven in part by political pressure from New England but also reflects a need to maintain the nation's shipbuilding infrastructure, a defense analyst said Tuesday.Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute said he was not surprised that the Navy had backed away from last month's decision to halt the Zumwalt destroyer...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
... and so all of these meetings will have no real bearing on the outcome of the competition," said Loren Thompson with the Virginia-based Lexington Institute, who has close ties to the defense industry.Northrop Grumman Corp, by contrast, described its discussions with U.S. Air Force and Defense Department officials as "an open and frank dialogue," and said it looked forward to submitting...
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APM: Marketplace (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
... Boeing's dismay, the Pentagon is giving extra points for a bigger tanker plane, which Airbus has. Loren Thompson follows the long-running contract fight for the Lexington Institute.
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Defense Tech (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
... the department's handling of the tanker deal has been remarkably inept over the years. [Editor: Loren Thompson must be sobbing right now...] -- Colin Clark
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Hispanic Business Magazine (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
... by Northrop Grumman and EADS. "This looks like what card players would call a stacked deck," said Loren Thompson, a noted defense expert with the Lexington Institute, a think tank in Arlington, Va. By the middle of August, the Defense Department is expected to issue the final request for proposals. Then Boeing and Northrop will have 45 days to submit their revised bids, with a winner...
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Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... $1.3 billion price of a Burke destroyer. But estimates for the first two run as high as $5 billion.Loren Thompson, a defense analyst with the Lexington Institute, said the Navy can't afford the DDG-1000 but it can't afford to stop building ships, either, if it wants to achieve its shipbuilding goals and maintain a shipbuilding infrastructure.Another problem with the DDG-1000 design...
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Pravda (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... billion price of a Burke destroyer. But estimates for the first two run as high as $5 billion. Loren Thompson, a defense analyst with the Lexington Institute, said the Navy can't afford the DDG-1000 but it can't afford to stop building ships, either, if it wants to achieve its shipbuilding goals and maintain a shipbuilding infrastructure. Another problem with the DDG-1000 design was...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
... protest counts that were sustained by the GAO, said the source briefed on the plan.Defense analyst Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute said Gates was clearly elevating the issue to the top leadership level, with an eye to picking a new winner before the end of the Bush administration.But given congressional concerns, a possible World Trade Organization ruling in July on the...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
... Defense and Space Co."The Air Force could try anything from a quick fix to starting over," said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst at the Lexington Institute, an Arlington, Va.-based think tank.But as a practical matter, Thompson said, any attempt that appears to ignore the GAO report would meet resistance in Congress, where lawmakers could move to block the Air Force from awarding...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
... Defence and Space Co."The Air Force could try anything from a quick fix to starting over," said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst at the Lexington Institute, an Arlington, Va.-based think tank.But as a practical matter, Thompson said, any attempt that appears to ignore the GAO report would meet resistance in Congress, where lawmakers could move to block the Air Force from awarding...
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KOMO - News - Local (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
... Defence and Space Co."The Air Force could try anything from a quick fix to starting over," said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst at the Lexington Institute, an Arlington, Va.-based think tank.But as a practical matter, Thompson said, any attempt that appears to ignore the GAO report would meet resistance in Congress, where lawmakers could move to block the Air Force from awarding...
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Hispanic Business Magazine (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
... no further delays" and will be involved in any subsequent decision on the contract, Morrell said. Loren Thompson, a noted military analyst with the Lexington Institute, a public policy research group and think tank in Arlington, Va., said the full GAO report is very damaging to the credibility of the Air Force team that picked Northrop over Boeing, and they should be replaced by the...
