The Pentagon is speeding up life-saving military gear to troops in Afghanistan under a new “fast lane” system run a by a small group of senior Defense officials and put…
Monthly Archives: July, 2011
U.S. Air Force’s Bomber Will Be One Aircraft, Not Many
July 18, 2011 • In the News • Original: Defense News
The U.S. Air Force’s new Long Range Strike (LRS) family of systems will not consist of multiple aircraft types, as widely believed. Instead, the service will most likely develop a…
Special Report: DoD’s Budget Quandary
July 18, 2011 • In the News • Original: DoD Buzz
There’s no end in sight to the apocalyptic tenor of Beltway defense news and, if anything, it could keep getting worse. Todd Harrison, a defense budget analyst at the Center…
U.S. Pays A Third More For Defense As In 2001: Analyst
July 18, 2011 • In the News • Original: Reuters
The U.S. military has essentially the same size, force structure and capabilities as it did a decade ago but costs 35 percent more, an independent public policy think tank said…
Can the Air Force Afford the New Bomber?
July 18, 2011 • In the News • Original: Defense Tech
If the Pentagon holds to its current plans to chop hundreds billions of dollars from defense spending over the next decade the U.S. Air Force may need to rethink it’s…