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Yearly Archives: 2011

Affect on Dyess Unclear If Military Spending Reductions Kick In

September 28, 2011 • In the News • Original: Abilene Reporter-News

The number of Air Force bombers and transport planes will shrink dramatically, military families will suffer, and Texas will especially feel the pain if Congress doesn’t agree on overall budget…

Warplanes’ Cost-Per-Pound Steadily Rising

September 27, 2011 • In the News • Original: Time Magazine

Here’s another gem from that recent study on the defense industrial base — or rather the prospective lack of it — by the independent Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments….

Defense Leaders Make The Case Against Budget Cuts

September 24, 2011 • In the News • Original: NPR

The congressional supercommittee has two months to come up with a way to slash more than a trillion dollars from the federal deficit or risk deeper cuts that would be…

Navy Trims Lockheed Role In Largest Missile Launcher System

September 22, 2011 • In the News • Original: Bloomberg Government

The Navy is taking over management control and reducing Lockheed Martin Corp.’s role in a bid to cut costs on the sea service’s largest missile launching system/…/ A shift toward…

Report: DOD Needs Industrial Strategy To Preserve ‘Critical’ Sectors

September 21, 2011 • In the News • Original: InsideDefense.com

The Pentagon should take an active role in managing the defense industrial base by identifying a handful of “critical” sectors that produce must-have capabilities, funding them with money shifted from…