Defense Department lawyers are finalizing a policy that would declare anti-war activists who serve as "human shields" in Iraq as enemy combatants if war were to break out, DOD officials tell InsideDefense.com.
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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.
Defense Department lawyers are finalizing a policy that would declare anti-war activists who serve as "human shields" in Iraq as enemy combatants if war were to break out, DOD officials tell InsideDefense.com.
The Army's Communications-Electronics Command late last month awarded eight potential multibillion-dollar contracts for support of its Rapid Response to Critical Systems Requirements program.
Northrop Grumman's board of directors has elected company President and Chief Operating Officer Ronald Sugar as its next chief executive officer, the company announced today.
The Air Force has awarded Raytheon and Lockheed Martin a contract worth up to $2 billion to provide Paveway II laser-guided bomb kits, the Pentagon announced today.
Failing to look into the development of weapons -- even nuclear weapons -- capable of destroying hardened or deeply buried targets would encourage potential enemies to accelerate the building of such bunkers, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today.
Citing the ongoing war on terrorism and the possibility of war in Iraq, a group of Republican senators is calling on the Pentagon to reevaluate its permanent troop deployments in Europe and Asia.
The defense industry consolidation that took place during the 1990s following the fall of the Soviet Union may not last, according to a new Pentagon report.
With the Navy's increased interest in building ships that can fight along coastlines, the Thales Group's experience in supplying equipment optimized for smaller naval combatants around the world is getting increased attention from U.S. companies, according to Thales North America's chief executive officer.
Industry leaders this week voiced guarded optimism towards the imminent signing of a new Pentagon acquisition policy that emphasizes flexibility for program managers and calls for innovative and efficient business operations.
The Pentagon might want to rethink establishing taxpayer-funded venture capital funds, according to a senior merchant banker.
Boeing is confident it will be able to lease up to 100 767 mid-air refueling tankers to the Air Force despite congressional opposition to the deal, the company's chairman and chief executive officer said today.
NEW YORK -- Lockheed Martin, prime contractor on the Air Force's F/A-22 fighter aircraft, plans to seek a multiyear production contract for the aircraft once it solves problems with the fighter's avionics software, the company's president and chief operating officer said this week.
The mission of a Pentagon group that vets military service requirements is beginning to expand, a senior Defense Department official said yesterday.
General Dynamics' $1.1 billion acquisition of General Motors' GM Defense business unit last December will not slow the company's search for more acquisitions, GD Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Chabraja said today.
The National Imagery and Mapping Agency has awarded $192 million in contracts to two companies to provide commercial satellite imagery, the Pentagon announced today.
Lockheed Martin will lead an industry team to compete for the battle management component contract of the Air Force's next-generation intelligence collecting aircraft, the company announced yesterday.
Rockwell Collins' chief executive officer said today that defense contracts helped offset the company's slumping commercial aviation business.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) today unveiled plans to reorganize the panel to better address and support the Pentagon's missions and capabilities.
Defense spending could continue to grow for the next 20 years, according to a newly released Congressional Budget Office report.
The United States has no need or desire to reinstate the military draft, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today.