With many defense experts concluding that the Air Force’s B-1 bomber fleet should be retired to save money (for a newer, better bomber, of course), the B-1’s backers aren’t giving…
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Pentagon Should Set Priorities for Industrial Base, Says Analyst
September 18, 2013 • In the News • Original: Defense One
Shrinking Defense budgets and strategic uncertainty combine to risk depleting the national security industrial base to the point where key contractors might no longer be counted on as vital links…
DOD Urged To Improve Long-Term Program Planning
September 18, 2013 • In the News • Original: Law360
The U.S. Department of Defense must take a long-term view when deciding what programs to adjust or prune as a result of the federal sequester and other budget cuts or…
Analyst: Pentagon Should Move to Protect ‘Core’ Industries Before Budgets Collapse
September 17, 2013 • In the News • Original: National Defense Magazine
It is the same debate that resurfaces after every post-war defense downturn: Should the Pentagon take preemptive action to protect select companies from economic collapse? The question again is being…
VA Budget Skyrockets Despite Federal Spending Cuts
September 9, 2013 • In the News • Original: Military.com
In 1947, two years after the end of World War II, the VA spent a post-war high of $87 billion, according to a Congressional Research Service report released last year….