The Air Force’s decision late last month to award the long-contested, $35 billion aerial refueling tanker program to Boeing ended a competition that had been fraught with controversy. But analysts…
Monthly Archives: March, 2011
Now ‘Good Enough’ Wins The Defense Contract
March 14, 2011 • In the News • Original: Washington Post
DoD Flummoxed As 2013 Planning Begins
March 14, 2011 • In the News • Original: Defense News
Five-and-a-half months after the start of the fiscal year, Congress has yet to pass a 2011 defense budget. Instead, lawmakers have passed a continuing resolution (CR), which forces DoD to…
No-Fly Zone, No Problem
March 10, 2011 • By Jim Thomas and Zack Cooper • Analysis
How to do it without putting a single coalition plane directly over Libyan territory. The U.S. and its allies successfully implemented no-fly zones against Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein in…
Northrop, Lockheed Martin Caught In Defense Program Freeze
March 8, 2011 • In the News • Original: Bloomberg Government
“There are all sorts of ripple effects on the programs,” said Todd Harrison, an analyst with CSBA.
The Cost of a No-Fly Zone
March 7, 2011 • In the News • Original: CNBC Street Signs
Airtime: Mon. Mar. 7 2011 | 2:12 PM ET Breaking down how much it will cost taxpayers to enforce a no-fly zone in Libya, with Todd Harrison, Defense Budget Studies,…