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WHIO
April 26, 2018
“Wright-Patt is probably the only base in the entire Air Force where every single skill and competency relevant to the F-35 is already resident,” said Loren B. Thompson, a senior defense analyst with the Virginia-based Lexington Institute and a defense industry consultant. RELATED: Spending plan could give boost toÃâà...
Dayton Daily News
April 19, 2018
Wright-Patterson could add 400 jobs if Air Force leaders are persuaded by Ohio's congressional delegation to locate a F-35 stealth fighter office to the Miami Valley base. The Defense Department and the Air Force have not said how many bases are in contention for the F-35 Product Hybrid SupportÃâà...
WHIO
April 19, 2018
“Wright-Patt is probably the only base in the entire Air Force where every single skill and competency relevant to the F-35 is already resident,” said Loren B. Thompson, a senior defense analyst with the Virginia-based Lexington Institute and a defense industry consultant. RELATED: Spending plan could give boost toÃâà...
WFMYNews2.com
April 18, 2018
Loren Thompson, a military analyst at the Lexington Institute and a defense industry consultant, said intercepting the new missiles would be an "unlikely feat" by the Russians or Syrians. The extended-range version can travel 575 miles, compared with 230 miles on the older missile, Thompson said.
Dayton Daily News
April 13, 2018
“Anybody who has flown on an airline recently can see that the civilian air traffic system is operating at close to capacity, so there is a lot of demand for pilots,” said Loren B. Thompson, a senior defense analyst with the Lexington Institute in Arlington, Va. “The airlines have traditionally recruited many of theirÃâà...
The Jamestown Foundation
April 10, 2018
Dr. Theodore Karasik is currently a Senior Advisor to Gulf State Analytics and an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Lexington Institute, both located in Washington, DC ... A former analyst for a US military contractor in Afghanistan, she has also served as communications director at the American Islamic Congress.
Dayton Daily News
April 7, 2018
It's not clear yet what Wright-Patt will receive in the budget, but analysts say the base's major employers — the Air Force Material Command, the Air Force ... and in the surrounding community,” said Loren B. Thompson, a senior defense analyst with the Lexington Institute and a defense industry consultant.
WHIO
March 22, 2018
“For the Air Force, the higher level of spending in the budget bill offers an opportunity to fix nagging readiness problems while moving forward with long delayed plans to replace Cold War aircraft,” Loren B. Thompson, a senior defense analyst with the Virginia-based Lexington Institute and a defense industry consultant, saidÃâà...
Roanoke Times
March 17, 2018
Other analysts have said the current push for hypersonics could be an attempt to discourage other countries from considering hypersonic missile attacks. ... 2035 if the research “comes to fruition in real weapons programs,” said Loren Thompson, an aerospace analyst with the Lexington Institute think tank,Ãâà...
War Is Boring
March 9, 2018
In explaining the flood of funding that enables a company such as Lockheed to reap $35 billion per year in government dollars, defense analyst Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group noted that “diplomacy is out; air strikes ... His think tank, the Lexington Institute, also gets contributions from the arms industry.
Press Herald
March 7, 2018
Bath Iron Works, the state's largest consumer of both metals, is required to buy from U.S. sources for its Defense Department work, and costs will definitely increase, said defense analyst Loren Thompson, chief operating officer of the Lexington Institute in Arlington, Virginia, but not in a way that is likely toÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
February 23, 2018
"It's not that other people can't make [the parts being sold under the contract awarded Wednesday], but United Technologies holds patents that mean others are not allowed to make them," said Loren Thompson, an aerospace analyst with the nonprofit Lexington Institute, which gets some funding fromÃâà...
CNBC
November 3, 2017
Russia's still touting Turkey buying its S-400 air-defense system for more than $2 billion, but analysts are growing skeptical the deal will happen. ... "Don't be surprised if that deal for the S-400 system never actually sees the full light of day," said Richard Safran, a defense analyst at Buckingham Research inÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
September 18, 2017
In a call with analysts Monday morning, Northrop Chief Executive Wes Bush described Orbital's capabilities as "very complementary. ... would be used to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles, and liquid-fuel rocket engines, said Loren Thompson, aerospace analyst at the Lexington Institute think tank.
DefenseNews.com
August 31, 2017
Analysts told Defense News that the merger is probably motivated by hopes of growing the companies' commercial business — particularly in the ... a need to balance their portfolios in the same way that the first company did,” said Loren Thompson, a Lexington Institute analyst with close ties to industry.
