Defense and aerospace companies launched an all-out offensive yesterday against any additional Pentagon budget cuts by a committee charged with reducing the federal deficit. Marion Blakey, president and chief executive officer of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) trade group, told reporters in Washington yesterday the new Second to None campaign won’t be a “typical...high-on-advertising, short-on-substance, short-term, inside-the-Beltway blitz which you often see…is often followed by a deafening silence after one piece of legislation or another is filed.” Rolling out the…
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The Pentagon is bargain shopping for Group 1 drones, as other countries, including Ukraine and China, have taken advantage of consumer electronics-level prices to bolster their stables. “In last spring’s […]
Amid Questions On Weapons Stockpiles, Caine Says U.S. Has ‘Sufficient’ Munitions For Iran Operation
Pentagon leaders on Wednesday sought to quell concerns over the rate at which the U.S. is employing critical munitions in its military strike campaign against Iran, with lawmakers also pressing […]
SASC Leaders Criticize Trump’s Defense Strategy, Press Colby On Policy Shifts
Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) leadership on Tuesday criticized the Trump administration’s new National Defense Strategy (NDS) and pressed the Pentagon’s top policy official to explain the document’s priorities. SASC […]
Wicker Wants Legislation On DoD’s Equity Investments In Minerals Supply Chain
Legislation regarding equity investments by the Defense Department in critical mineral supply chains is needed to strengthen the larger defense industrial base and demonstrate to the “free market” that the […]