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Monthly Archives: March, 2011

Now ‘Good Enough’ Wins The Defense Contract

March 14, 2011 • In the News • Original: Washington Post

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…

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 CooperAnalysis

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,…