Julie Samuel
Articles By Julie
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Air ForceHill Scouring DoD Budget With $18 Billion In Weapons Cuts
The Pentagon unveiled yesterday its fiscal year 2013 budget proposal–which includes a restructuring of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program–giving lawmakers details on proposed weapons changes they will challenge starting today. […]
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Business/FinancialFormer Comptroller Questions Obama Defense Industry Plans
A former Pentagon official says he “can’t figure out” the Obama administration’s plan to invest in some industrial-base capabilities on a contingency basis in case it faces unforeseen equipment needs […]
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CongressSenators Pan Shipbuilding Cuts
The Navy’s proposal to delay the purchase of a Virginia-class submarine and curtail other shipbuilding plans are being scrutinized by several Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) members. Adm. Samuel Locklear, President […]
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Business/Financial
Lawmaker Asks If Obama Plan Would Spur Unwanted Exports
A senior lawmaker questioned yesterday if the Obama administration’s proposal to loosen rules for the export of some military equipment could result in U.S. equipment unintentionally ending up in China. […]
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Air Force
SASC Leaders Question Lifting of F-35B Probation
Two powerful lawmakers sent letters to the defense secretary and government auditors yesterday decrying the Pentagon’s decision to lift a probation on the development of a variant of the F-35 Joint Strike […]
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Congress
Senate GOP Joins Sequestration Fight
Senate Republicans pitched a plan yesterday for staving off the initial defense spending cuts triggered by failed budget talks, garnering praise from House Republicans but rebukes from Senate Democrats. Sens. […]
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Business/Financial
Senate Anti-Sequestration Plan Could Seek Fed Workforce Savings
Republican senators fighting potential defense-spending reductions triggered by failed budget negotiations are finalizing legislation that may try to offset initial Pentagon cuts with savings from attrition in the federal workforce. The […]
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Air Force
‘Reversibility’ In Budget Said To Impact Industry Multiple Ways
The Pentagon is “quite serious” about applying so-called reversibility to budget decisions that impact the defense industry, a senior official said yesterday. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy said […]
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Pundits Seek Clarity On DoD’s Industrial Base Plans
Budget analysts are questioning just how the Pentagon is seeking to protect the defense industrial base in its forthcoming defense budget proposal. When Defense Secretary Leon Panetta previewed the Pentagon’s […]
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Air Force
SECDEF: F-35B Good, Industry Must Penny Pinch
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said last Friday industry has to do more to control costs with weapon systems when he formally announced work on an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter variant will […]