By Geoff Fein With the defense industry facing uncertainties about the FY '10 defense budget, one question making the rounds at last week's Surface Navy Association (SNA) symposium was whether the Navy would be able to reach its proposed 313-ship fleet. While Navy officials at SNA were optimistic the 30-year shipbuilding plan would reach its target of at least 313 ships, Navy Secretary Donald Winter told reporters at a briefing last Friday that challenges remain. "I am hopeful we are…
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HASC Rejects $150 Billion Topline Cut, Iran Cost Transparency Proposals At NDAA Markup
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HASC Wants Pentagon List Of Critical F-35 Technical Data Rights And Estimate Of Cost To Buy Them For Repairs
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants the Pentagon to inform the committee of critical technical data rights for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter and how much it would […]
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The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has said that it has launched more than 200 proliferated low Earth orbit satellites in the last two years to supplement the costly high-end systems […]