CSBA hosted its 28th annual pre-budget press conference today. Since 1984, CSBA has conducted briefings every January to set the stage for the release of the annual defense budget by…
Monthly Archives: February, 2011
CSBA Hosts 28th Annual Pre-Budget Press Conference
February 10, 2011 • By Natalya Anfilofyeva • Events, Press Releases
2012 Defense Budget Marks a Shift to Conventional Weaponry
February 10, 2011 • In the News • Original: National Defense Magazine
The defense budget proposal that the Obama administration will send to Congress next week shows signs that the Pentagon is concerned about asserting its dominance in aerial and naval warfare,…
Pentagon Budget Request For Weapons Will Be $7 Billion Less Than Forecast
February 10, 2011 • In the News • Original: Bloomberg
Still, the weapons request is $7 billion less than the $120.3 billion in base budget procurement the Pentagon had forecast last year for fiscal 2012. The reductions were part of…
Military Spending Will Thwart Earmark Ban, Experts Predict
February 8, 2011 • In the News • Original: The Hill
The F-35 alternative engine raises a question that experts say will be central to the earmarks ban battle: What is an earmark? “It is hard to specifically define what is…
Drone Will Call Aircraft Carriers Home
February 8, 2011 • In the News • Original: Wall Street Journal
A 2008 report by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a Washington think tank that studies military technology, said that long-range pilotless aircraft had potential to transform carriers “from…