Posted by Publisher on November 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The 2005 BRAC process shed half of an identified 25% excess infrastructure at military installations. Pentagon officials struggling with shrinking budgets say the percentage is larger now and seek another realignment.
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Posted by Java Joe on November 21, 2013 · 1 Comment
Tricare healthcare center to close in the spring due to cost cutting effort. Face-to-face services will be replaced by toll-free phone and online access.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, BQM-34S, BQM-74, cyber security, cyber-attack, drone, EHR, electronic health record, F-35, health care, Lockheed Martin, Maritime Surveillance, Northrop Grumman, open source software, P-8 Poseidon, Pentagon, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation, Tricare
Posted by Java Joe on November 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The 2014 defense bill must pass by Dec. 12 to avoid a $50 billion cut hitting the Pentagon mid-January.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 2014 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, benefits, Boeing, budget, C-17, compensation, Congress, EA-18, F-35, F/A-18, federal contractors, Globemaster, government shutdown, iran drone, JSF, Lockheed, MAVEN, P-8 Poseidon, Pentagon, Senate, sequesration, Veterans Benefits, veterans programs
Posted by Publisher on November 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Lockheed, Boeing and Northrup have designs for NASA’s supersonic plane in 2025 and DARPA has plans for a space plane even sooner.
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Posted by Sheila Gibbons on October 28, 2013 · 1 Comment
Defense firms use multiple tactics to protect their bottom lines as shifts in funding and wish lists force rebalancing.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags B-1, B-15, BAE, Boeing, defense contractors, F-35, federal employees, Lockheed, sequestration, Taranis UCAV
Posted by Publisher on October 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Reeling with productivity losses from the shutdown and facing another sequestration hit, the Pentagon continues with plans to sell $10.8 billion in munitions to Persian Gulf allies.
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Posted by Publisher on October 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
As Senate leaders near an agreement to avert a debt crisis and re-open government, House Speaker John Boehner continues fighting for a GOP bill but fails to win the support he needs from Republican conservatives.
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Posted by Publisher on September 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Partisanship drags US toward closure while one Democrat and two Republican governors ally to strengthen their chances for an FAA drone designation..
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Posted by Sheila Gibbons on September 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment
It’s a nail-biter as decision on keeping government open is certain to go down to the wire.
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Posted by Sheila Gibbons on September 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Budget squeeze laying groundwork for strategic failures, JCS say, as cost-cutting cooperation gets under way elsewhere for F-35 program.
