Month: May 2011

President Barack Obama said he was “confident” that White House defense secretary nominee Leon Panetta would continue with efforts to trim the Pentagon’s bottom line, while ensuring that U.S. national […]

The United States and Romania said they jointly selected the Deveselu Air Base near Caracal, Romania to host a U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) that employs the SM- 3 […]

The Defense Department’s acquisition shop hopes to have a set of recommended changes to the current slate of rules governing the export of U.S. military hardware overseas complete by this […]

By Carlo Munoz The Army will transfer all 10 of its Joint High Speed Vessels to the Navy, along with an anticipated total of $604.8 million in research, development and […]

By Calvin Biesecker With growth driven by its work supporting C4ISR and business systems combined with its ability to boost its workforce to support additional work, CACI International [CACI] yesterday […]

By Marina Malenic The Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps have each submitted a list of unfunded requirements to Congress totaling more than $1 billion, with $124 million of that […]

By Ann Roosevelt Three weeks into the job as the 37th Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey offered some insight into how he’s approaching what the service should be […]

By Marina Malenic The first satellite in the Air Force’s next-generation early missile warning constellation is set to launch this afternoon, officials said yesterday. The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman announced a plan yesterday he hopes will prevent his colleagues from quashing the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter second engine next […]

By Calvin Biesecker Alliant Techsystems [ATK] yesterday reported strong fourth quarter earnings amid modest sales growth as earnings a year ago were hurt by a large charge but the company […]