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John Liang is managing editor of InsideDefense and Inside Missile Defense. He has been with the IWP Defense Group since 1997. He holds a master's degree in international policy studies from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a bachelor's degree in languages from Georgetown University.
The Russian Duma's decision to use ratification of the START II Treaty as a tool to force the United States to back away from the deployment of a limited National Missile Defense system is "unacceptable," Defense Secretary William Cohen told lawmakers today.
A software glitch caused a Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle to accelerate and veer off the main runway following a test flight over Edwards AFB, CA, last December, an Air Force accident investigation board has concluded.
The Pentagon is leaning toward procuring additional C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft to make up for shortcomings in Air Mobility Command's ability to deliver oversize cargo, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Henry Shelton told lawmakers today.
The Pentagon has received a $210 million request from the United Kingdom for a possible sale of C-17A Globemaster support equipment.
In the wake of alleged thefts of classified documents from the State Department, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has launched a comprehensive investigation of the agency's security and counterintelligence programs, Committee Chairman Porter Goss (R-RL) announced yesterday.
U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded Raytheon a four-year contract for multiband multimission radio systems, the company announced yesterday.
A bipartisan group of five senior House lawmakers yesterday told Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-MS) they oppose his plan to fold the $12.8 billion fiscal year 2000 supplemental spending bill into the FY-01 defense appropriations bill, arguing such a strategy will negative impact U.S. military readiness.
The White House yesterday blasted Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-MS) for delaying consideration of the $12.7 billion fiscal year 2000 supplemental appropriations bill, saying it would harm military readiness.
The United States has approved for sale to Egypt a surface-to-air version of Raytheon's Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, Defense Secretary William Cohen announced today in Cairo.
A Raytheon surface-to-air ship self-defense missile shot down a target drone earlier this month over New Mexico during its first guided flight test, the company announced yesterday.
The House and Senate versions of the congressional budget resolution include only a "small increase" to the Clinton administration's fiscal year 2001 defense spending request and could "severely constrain" funding for defense over the next 10 years, according to an analysis released yesterday by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
Air Force investigators say pilot error was the cause of a C-130 aircraft crash in Kuwait last December that killed three people and injured seven.
By a vote of 263-146, House lawmakers today approved a $12.7 billion supplemental spending bill for Kosovo, flood relief, and counternarcotics activities in Colombia and other source countries.
Four of the world's largest defense contractors today announced they are creating an online marketplace from which they will conduct all of their subcontracting.
Defense Secretary William Cohen today ordered the formation of a working group of senior service leaders to draft an action plan to reduce the harassment of homosexual service members.
The Defense Department yesterday formally announced 11 new advanced concept technology demonstrations for fiscal year 2000.
In a deal worth more than $400 million, the United Arab Emirates has selected a new derivative of General Electric's F110 fighter engine to propel its new fleet of F-16 Block 60 aircraft, GE announced yesterday.
The Pentagon yesterday announced plans for a potential $402 million in foreign military sales.
The National Defense University has established a new Chinese military affairs study center at Ft. McNair in Washington, DC, the Pentagon announced yesterday.
Lockheed Martin today announced the leadership team for its recently consolidated aeronautical systems unit.