Congress
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Air ForceDoD Tries To Ease Hill Anxiety Over Tac Air Industrial Base
By Emelie Rutherford Military officials sought to alleviate congressional concerns yesterday about the Pentagon relying in the future on one main contractor for tactical aircraft, pointing to planning for future […]
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CongressNapolitano: Cuts To Cyber Security Budget Reflect Completed Efforts
By Calvin Biesecker A $19 million planned reduction in FY ’11 for cyber security spending stems from new organizational efficiencies on managing cyber within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]
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Business/FinancialNavy Works To Meet Monday Deadline For New F/A-18 Multi-Year Buy
By Geoff Fein The Navy is working to meet a Monday deadline to inform Congress of plans to pursue a multi-year buy of Boeing [BA] F/A-18E/F Super Hornets that could […]
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Air Force
Air Force Tanker RFP To Be Unveiled Today
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon will release the long-awaited solicitation for the Air Force tanker today, when observers will wait to hear if Northrop Grumman [NOC]- European Aeronautic Defence and […]
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Air Force
Air Force: ‘Close Call’ To Not Back Alternate F-35 Engine
By Emelie Rutherford A top Air Force official told lawmakers who support continuing a disputed jet engine yesterday that military officials’ opposition results from a "close call" made after weighing […]
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Congress
Navy Seeks $532 Million For Maintenance In FY ’11 Unfunded Needs Submission
By Geoff Fein For FY ’11, the Navy has outlined three unfunded requests totaling $532 million for aviation spares, and aviation and ship maintenance. "Although these unfunded requirements are not […]
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Business/Financial
Defense Sector Bolstering Pennsylvania, Other Mid-Term Congressional Races
By Emelie Rutherford The defense industry is making healthy investments in this fall’s mid-term elections, boosting the campaign coffers of Democrats in Pennsylvania and congressional heavyweights, including the Senate majority […]
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Air Force
Dicks Would Bring Boeing Support, Intelligence Acumen To HAC-D
By Emelie Rutherford If Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) becomes the next chairman of the House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D), he would advocate vigorously for Boeing [BA] and exhibit a shrewdness […]
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Business/Financial
Murtha, Powerful Defense Budget Writer, Dies At 77
By Emelie Rutherford Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), the all-powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D) who swayed much of the Pentagon’s spending, died yesterday in Arlington, Va., from […]
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Air Force
Hill Seeks Data On F-35 Second-Engine Business Case
By Emelie Rutherford With the military services’ fiscal year 2011 budget hearings set to kick off this week, lawmakers are sorting through claims and data regarding whether there is a […]