Christopher Hellman
MILITARY POLICY FELLOW
202-546-0795
chellman AT armscontrolcenter DOT org
Hellman blogs at Security Matters
Christopher Hellman is the Military Policy Fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation where his work focuses on national security spending, military planning and policy, base closures, major weapons systems, trends in the defense industry, global military spending, and homeland security.
Prior to joining the Center, Hellman spent six years as a Senior Research Analyst at the Center for Defense Information. He also worked for two years as a military budget specialist at Physicians for Social Responsibility. Previously, Hellman spent ten years on Capitol Hill as a congressional staffer working on national security and foreign policy issues.
Hellman is a frequent media commentator on military planning, policy, and budgetary issues and is the author of numerous reports and articles.
Hellman holds a B.A. from Middlebury College in Vermont.
HELLMAN IN THE NEWS
Chris Hellman Quoted in Reuters on DDG-1000 Ship
On July 25, Chris Hellman, military fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, noted that over the past two decades only about half a dozen major weapons programs had been canceled. "Old programs never die, they just get renamed," he said.
Chris Hellman Quoted in Christian Science Monitor on Nuclear Weapons
On July 9, Chris Hellman, a policy fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, a policy group in Washington, said protecting the American nuclear arsenal "doesn't receive the kind of attention that it did 20 years ago. [Missile silo] duty in Minot, N.D., if it ever had a sexy aspect, doesn't have it any longer."
Christopher Hellman Quoted in Virginian-Pilot on Air Force Policy
On June 28, Chris Hellman, military analyst at the Center For Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said the service needs an expensive update to its fleet. It will have to compete for dollars with the Army and Marine Corps, which will also need to upgrade equipment damaged by six years at war, he said. "The pressures aren't going to go away," he said.
RECENT ARTICLES BY HELLMAN
Jul 25, 2008 Cancellation of the Navy's DDG-1000 "Zumwalt" Destroyer Program
On July 22, news broke that the Navy had decided to terminate its DDG-1000 destroyer program. Formerly known as "DD(X)," the vessel is intended to perform a land-attack/fire-support mission for the Navy. According to the Department of Defense, the total value of the program is roughly $29 billion.
Jun 18, 2008 GAO Review of the Air Force Tanker Contract Award to Northrop-Grumman
On June 18, the Government Accountability Office agreed with a protest by Boeing which argued that the Air Force made errors when it awarded a $40 billion contract to Northrop-Grumman earlier this year for the production of the new KC-45 airborne tanker aircraft. In this new fact sheet, Military Policy Fellow Christopher Hellman explains the basics of the tanker contract and GAO's review process.
Jun 12, 2008 Analysis of Senate Armed Services Committee Action on the FY2009 Defense Authorization Bill (S 3001)
The Senate Armed Services Committee released its markup of S. 3001, the Fiscal Year 2009 Defense Authorization bill, on May 1, 2008. S. 3001, as reported to the full Senate by the Armed Services Committee, fully funds the administration's $612.5 billion FY2009 National Defense request. As part of this total, the Committee authorized $70 billion in additional funding for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
May 21, 2008 Analysis of Senate May 2008 Iraq-Afghanistan Supplemental War Funding for DOD
If the new $165.4 billion Iraq war funding supplemental is enacted into law, Congress will have approved over $860 billion in DOD, State/USAID, and VA funding for the Global War on Terror since 2001. This would cement Iraq and Afghanistan's place as the second costliest conflict in U.S. history.
May 20, 2008 Analysis of House Armed Services Committee Action on the FY2009 Defense Authorization Bill (HR 5658)
The House Armed Services Committee completed its markup of the Fiscal Year 2009 Defense Authorization bill (HR 5658) on May 15, 2008. The marked up bill recommends an overall authorization level of $601.4 billion, the amount requested by the administration.
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