The Obama Administration's FY 2012 Defense Budget
While most of the attention devoted to the Obama administration’s budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2012 has focused on its apparent...
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Nov 18, 20101 min read
FBI Seeks to Expand Wiretapping Statute
In 1994, Congress passed the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, which required phone and broadband providers to...
Nov 11, 20101 min read
AG Indicates Decision is Near on 9/11 Trial Location
On Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder spoke to reporters about the progress being made in determining the trial locations for Khalid...
Nov 4, 20101 min read
Insiders Analyze Election's Potential Effect on Defense Spending
Republicans historically support increased defense spending, but most defense analysts predict that the current economic climate and...
Oct 28, 20101 min read
Defense Contractor Profits Rise as Sector Prepares for Midterm House Flip
Defense contractors continue to reap in significant profits despite industry-wide concern that government defense spending will decrease...
Oct 21, 20101 min read
Appeals Court Stalls DADT Injunction
In San Francisco on Wednesday, a three-judge panel on the Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, issued a one-page order allowing the military...
Oct 16, 20101 min read
White House Hedges on DADT Ruling, DOJ May Appeal
Despite support for Judge Virginia A. Phillips’ calling for the military to “suspend and discontinue” enforcement of the Don’t Ask, Don’t...
Oct 7, 20101 min read
GAO Denies Tanker Bid Protest
In the latest in what has been a string of high profile developments associated with the U.S. Air Force KC-X Tanker program, the...
Apr 30, 20101 min read
Mehsud Reportedly Alive
Despite earlier reports to the contrary, Pakistani intelligence now believes that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud survived a...
Apr 23, 20101 min read
EADS Submits Tanker Bid, Battle Lines Drawn
Late Tuesday night, European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS) announced that it would submit a bid proposal for the roughly...
Apr 15, 20101 min read
House Bill Pushes Acquisition Reform
On Wednesday, a House panel set up last year to study Defense acquisition reform unveiled a new bill that lawmakers believe will save...
Apr 8, 20101 min read
Brown Backs F-35 Alternate Engine, Draws Scrutiny
Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) has pledged his support for the F-35 Alternate Engine, an embattled multi-billion dollar program that Congress...
Apr 1, 20101 min read
DOD To Extend Tanker Bid Deadline to Accommodate EADS?
The Department of Defense announced yesterday that it would possibly extend the deadline for bidding on the $40B KC-X Tanker program, in...
Mar 18, 20101 min read
U.S. Counterterrorism Official Claims Drone Strike Kills Key Al Qaeda Operative
American officials claim that a March 8 drone strike in North Waziristan killed an al-Qaeda commander, Hussein al-Yemeni, who is believed...
Mar 11, 20101 min read
House Limits Earmarks
In a move that surely sent shock waves across the Defense industry, House leadership decided on Tuesday to ban the awarding of earmarks...
Mar 4, 20101 min read
China Announces 7.5% Increase in Defense Spending, Lowest in Years
While the United States has announced this year that it is requesting from Congressional appropriators the largest Defense budget in...
Feb 25, 20101 min read
Secretary Clinton Requests $3.2B for Pakistan
While testifying to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton requested $3.2B for State...
Feb 25, 20101 min read
Air Force Tanker Program: The Saga Continues
Almost two years ago, the Department of Defense shocked the defense aerospace world when it announced that a partnership between...
Feb 18, 20101 min read
Secretary Clinton Cites Increased Pakistani-U.S. Cooperation
In the wake of Mullah Baradar’s capture, Secretary of State Clinton described the operation’s success as being illustrative of a new...
Feb 18, 20102 min read
DOD Weapons Buyer Talks Budget, Targets F-35 Alternate Engine and C-17
The Obama administration Department of Defense made a splash last year by either cutting or heavily restructuring several big ticket...
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