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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 U.S. military must maintain a balanced fleet of short- and long-range strike aircraft to give it the flexibility to undertake a variety of missions, the commander-in-chief of U.S. forces fighting in Afghanistan told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee today.
The United States and Canada will sign an agreement tomorrow committing Canada to participate in the Joint Strike Fighter System development and demonstration phase, the Pentagon announced today.
The Missile Defense Agency should increase the amount of research and development money available for small businesses, a pair of senators has told the Pentagon.
Lockheed Martin remains atop the list of the Pentagon's largest contractors, a Defense Department official told InsideDefense.com today.
The State Department is asking lawmakers for a $457 million antiterrorism increase to its fiscal year 2003 foreign military financing account, senior department officials said yesterday.
The Bush administration should move some of the $7.8 billion it has requested for missile defense to other, more needy defense programs, the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee said today.
The Air Force has awarded ITT Industries a contract potentially worth $959 million to sustain and modernize ground-based missile defense sensors, the service announced today.
Raytheon announced today the launch of a venture capital-backed start-up company that will develop advanced semiconductors for the commercial wireless industry.
Lockheed Martin's president and chief operating officer is confident the company will be able to keep development of the Joint Strike Fighter stable and within budget.
A new report by the Congressional Budget Office estimates that a national missile defense system capable of countering significant numbers of ballistic missiles employing complex countermeasures could cost between $58 billion and $64 billion through 2015.
Northrop Grumman's expansion strategy has been "validated" by the new defense budget concerns brought on by the war on terrorism, the company's chairman and chief executive officer said today.
Oshkosh Truck Corp. announced today that its overall sales increased by 28 percent during the previous quarter, backed by sales from the Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement program to the Marine Corps.
Lockheed Martin President and Chief Operating Officer Robert Stevens late last week said he is confident the company's C-130J program could become profitable.
NEW YORK -- The Defense Department is due to release a study of the "less-traditional" industrial supplier base within the next few weeks, a senior Pentagon official said today.
Lockheed Martin's efforts to secure assistance from the Bush administration to prop up its ailing rocket launcher program is part of an "ongoing dialogue" the company has maintained with the government for some time, a senior Lockheed Martin official said today.
The Defense Department is slowly moving toward non-traditional contracting practices as part of broader acquisition reform efforts, a senior Lockheed Martin executive said today.
Following two years of shedding pieces of the company that did not fit its focus on key areas, Raytheon is ready to start shopping again, its chairman and chief executive officer said today.
Alliant Techsystems Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Paul David Miller said today that a proposed joint venture between his company and German ammunition maker GIWS to manufacture a sensor-fused munition in the United States "makes sense" on more than one level.
General Dynamics today reported earnings of $246 million for the fourth quarter of 2001, up 11 percent from the same quarter the previous year.
With European rival Airbus making noise about competing for a multibillion-dollar Air Force contract to replace the service's aging fleet of airborne refueler aircraft, top Boeing executives today argued their 767 variant is the best aircraft for the job.