Five Production F-35s Cut
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Pentagon slices five F-35s from fifth production lot to pay for cost overruns in the fourth lot. The twisting saga of LRIP 5 continues.
Marines rush to arm the Shadow UAV.
JAGM’s fate uncertain (subscription required) as Army general doubts affordability.
Contracts: Alliant gets $54.4 million for the third production round of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM); IAP World Services gets $11.8 million to provide pool and environmental maintenance for local bases; and MIL Corp gets $7.8 million to support NAWCAD’s Integrated Battlespace Simulation and Test Division.
Debunking debt deal myths. “Weaponized Keynesian” politicians accused of hypocrisy.
Post-9/11 military modernization hasn’t been all “hollow growth.”
Defense contractors say it’s anyone’s guess what happens to the market next year.
A complicated close for U.S. in Iraq.
The beginning of the end for the USS Enterprise.
NATO chief hails successful Libyan operation. War turns out to be not so endless.
