Congress
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ArmyWar Supplemental Shows Reduced Funds For Tracked Vehicles
By Emelie Rutherford Army tactical-wheeled vehicles received ample funding in President Obama’s $75.5 billion war-funding request, while procurement monies for items including tracked-combat vehicles dipped compared to recent years, a […]
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Air ForceAbercrombie Predicts Hill Scrutiny of Gates’ F-22, Tanker Plans
By Emelie Rutherford Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) said while he agrees with many of Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ recommended program changes, he will scrutinize Gates’ proposals for the Air Force […]
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Air Force
Billions For MRAPs, Armored Vehicles In Obama War Funding Plan
By Emelie Rutherford The Obama administration released last Thursday night its request to Congress for $75.5 billion in supplemental-war funding, including $2.7 billion for mine-resistant vehicles, $9.8 billion for armored […]
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Business/FinancialU.S. Leaders Using World Economic Collapse To Justify Deep Defense Weapons Cuts, But China Slowdown Doesn’t Affect PLA Buying Spree
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army is rocketing ahead in its immense military procurement spending spree despite a cooling economy, but officials in the United States are using the economic slowdown […]
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Business/Financial
Advocacy Group To Hold Obmama To His Word When He And Gates Say Ballistic Missile Defense Is Needed Against Threat
Proponents of ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs are poised to hold President Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to their words when they say that BMD systems are required […]
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Business/Financial
Gates Errs In Downplaying Conventional Wars, Near-Peer Foes By Cutting Weapons Programs, Analyst Says; Dumping Systems Is Dangerous
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is leading the Department of Defense in a wrong and dangerous direction by cutting or killing major weapons acquisition programs, a military analyst said in […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Awards Contract To ITT Despite House Committee Request To Delay Award Pending Reviews
A powerful House committee chairman blasted NASA for awarding a new $1 billion-plus contract for the Space Communications Networks Services (SCNS) despite the committee asking NASA to delay the award […]
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CongressDNDO Hopes Next-Generation Radiation Screener Ready For Certification
By Calvin Biesecker By the end of FY ’09 the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) hopes to have successfully developed one company’s next-generation radiation portal monitor for certification by Homeland […]
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Congress
Taylor Happy Gates Wants DDG-1000 End, Awaits Hill Budget Vetting
By Emelie Rutherford The head of a naval panel in Congress said yesterday in an interview he is pleased Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to end the DDG-1000 destroyer line, […]
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Air Force
Lawmakers Balk At Proposed Hits To Missile Defense, F-22, FCS
By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle launched immediate campaigns yesterday to reverse Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ proposed reduction in missile-defense funding, termination of the F-22 jet’s […]