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It is estimated that the 70 B-52 Stratofortress bombers in service may fly another 20 to 30 years or more. The Pentagon has been looking at proposals for new B-52 engines for years but has never actually added them to the budget. Vice Chief of Staff General Stephen Wilson said Tuesday that it “makes great […]
Senior defense officials spoke before the House Armed Services Committee this morning, arguing that current levels of funding will not be enough to sustain the armed forces and meet modernization needs. Army Vice Chief of Staff General Daniel Allyn, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Admiral William Moran, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff General Stephen […]
After meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower, Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson said she would increase jobs in their Fort Worth F-35 facility by 1,800 and find ways to lower the cost of the aircraft. We are going to increase our jobs in Fort Worth by 1,800 jobs and when you think about the […]
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The majority of that will come in special operations, with just $84 million planned for other projects.
We paid to resolve a diplomatic dispute that goes back right after the Iranian revolution.
You don’t have to be anything more than good with computers to get enough knowledge of chemistry to be able to create something of this type … from readily available materials, unfortunately.
The Navy via DFAS-CL went as mad as my ex-wife on payday with the checkbook and mismanaged accounting and spending across the board.
America pays more than a quarter of the total, and the top ten countries account for four-fifths between them.
Barack Obama has accused Europe of being “complacent” about defense by failing to meet the NATO two percent spending target. It came as he delivered a passionate plea for the European Union to hold together, saying it is one of the “greatest political and economic achievements of modern times.” In an address in Hanover, the […]
As the Army embarks on evaluating and testing new service pistol contestants, the Army’s top general wants to scrap the long, expensive multi-year process and just pick a gun. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley has repeatedly complained about the convoluted, slow and expensive acquisitions process, and cited the Modular Handgun System program as a glaring example. “We’re not […]
Editor’s Note: While it’s highly unlikely such a thing would come to pass, we cannot help but salivate at the notion of more Lockheed-Martin F-22A Raptors entering service with the United States Air Force. Because of the drastically reduced number of F-22s than originally intended and the reduced F-35 buy in FY 2017, the Air […]
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