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Business/FinancialObama Touts Defense Acquisition ‘Reform’ While Lashing Acquisition Cost Overruns; But He Says Outlays On Veterans To Rise
President Poised To Whack $40 Billion From Defense Procurement Programs President Obama flailed defense procurement programs afflicted by soaring costs, and said it is time for defense acquisition reform, echoing […]
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Czech Government Falls, Raising Questions About Missile Defense
Panel Writes Measure That Asserts United States Sill Committee To NATO The Czech Republic government fell, creating uncertainty as to the future of the European Missile Defense (EMD) system. Last […]
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CongressPentagon Acquisition Czar Nominee Pledges Program Reviews, Defends Experience
By Emelie Rutherford Ashton Carter, President Obama’s nominee for Pentagon acquisition czar, told lawmakers yesterday he has sufficient weapons-acquisition experience and is primed to launch a "program-by-program" review of current […]
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Witnesses Question Navy’s Ability To Reach 300-Ship Fleet, Throw Support Behind LCS
By Geoff Fein A panel of defense analysts and authors acknowledged yesterday before the House Armed Services Committee Seapower Subcommittee that the Navy will have difficulty reaching a 300-ship fleet, […]
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Air ForceMurtha Stands By Tanker Dual Buy Plan, Eyes Hawkeye Funds For Delayed Supp
By Emelie Rutherford A chief defense appropriator said yesterday he is not backing down from trying to compel a split buy of the Air Force tanker in the upcoming supplemental […]
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ArmyArmy Will Be Absent For FCS Hill Hearing
By Ann Roosevelt Due to ongoing budget discussions the Army will not attend a House Armed Services Committee panel on Air and Land forces this afternoon about the status of […]
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Lieberman, Taylor Eye VH-71 Changes But Wait For Obama Admin’s Verdict
By Emelie Rutherford Two lawmakers who oversee the VH-71 presidential helicopter program said they have concerns about the over-budget replacement effort and are ready to seek changes after hearing how […]
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Deepwater Asset Costs Exceed $24 Billion Program Baseline By $2 Billion, Rep. Cummings Says
By Calvin Biesecker The total combined estimated costs of all the assets that make up the Coast Guard’s Deepwater modernization program are more than $2 billion higher than the projected […]
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Levin, Tauscher: Boost Theater Missile Defense, Further Test GMD
By Emelie Rutherford Two senior lawmakers told Missile Defense Agency stakeholders yesterday more anti-missile capabilities are needed for protecting forward-deployed troops, yet said they will insist on thorough testing before […]
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Business/Financial
Commander Says Nothing Could Have Prevented Iridium-Cosmos Collision
Northing could have been done to prevent the collision of an Iridium Satellites LLC bird with a dead Russian Cosmos intel satellite, a senior U.S. military officer said. "There was […]