Defense Secretary Robert Gates in January proposed a five- year spending plan with $78 billion of net savings from canceling some programs, reducing troop numbers and cutting overhead. Republicans backed…
Monthly Archives: May, 2011
Defense Spending No ‘Sacred Cow’ As Republicans Look For Cuts
May 31, 2011 • In the News • Original: Bloomberg
Pentagon’s Drone Surge Includes $5.3 Billion For General Atomics
May 31, 2011 • In the News • Original: Bloomberg Government
The number of aerial drones with combined strike and surveillance capabilities, such as General Atomics’ Reaper, will more than triple over the next decade, according to the U.S. Defense Department’s…
Deadline Passes for Army Humvee Recapitalization RFI Responses
May 30, 2011 • In the News • Original: Inside Defense
Last week was the deadline for industry to respond to the Army’s request for information regarding humvee recapitalization proposals/…/ Dakota Wood, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and…
Army Targets Battle Damage and Orders More Armor-Kitted M-ATVs
May 30, 2011 • In the News • Original: Inside the Army
The Army recently ordered 177 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles with additional underbody armor kits from Oshkosh Defense to address the number of vehicles that have been damaged in…
Satellite Firms See Opportunity in Pentagon
May 29, 2011 • In the News • Original: Washington Post
Commercial satellite and space firms are hoping the Pentagon’s increasingly tight budgets will translate into more business as military officials seek faster and cheaper options. Traditional military satellite programs have…