Two House lawmakers are calling on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to make fixing the Pentagon's accounting problems his top priority.
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Saturday, May 11, 2024
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.
Two House lawmakers are calling on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to make fixing the Pentagon's accounting problems his top priority.
This week's announcement by Northrop Grumman of a $2.6 billion offer to buy Newport News Shipbuilding has prompted Virginia's senior senator to request a meeting with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
The United States' heavy airlift capability is at risk because of spare parts shortages, Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) said yesterday.
At their confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee today, President Bush's three service secretary nominees withstood intense questioning about potential conflicts of interest related to the companies they are leaving.
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-MS) has come out in favor of Northrop Grumman's offer to buy Newport News Shipbuilding for $2.6 billion in cash and debt, placing him at odds with Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner (R-VA), who supports General Dynamics' buyout offer.
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The Air Force has approved the system design of the second industry team competing for a multibillion-dollar contract to build the low-earth component of the Space-Based Infrared System, the team announced today.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will announce major changes to improve the leadership, management and organization of the nation's defense and intelligence space program Tuesday (May 8), the Pentagon said today.
The Defense Department's inspector general says the Pentagon and Air Force have not properly managed the development of a database system designed to streamline the security clearance adjudication process.
L-3 Communications has acquired KDI Precision Products for approximately $67.5 million, L-3 announced today.
The Senate yesterday evening reached a unanimous consent agreement to vote next Tuesday on the nomination of John Bolton to be under secretary of state for arms control.
The Army has signed a $219.7 million research, development, test and evaluation contract with Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., launching the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter upgrade program, the company announced yesterday.
EDO Corporation is on the lookout for more companies to acquire, Chief Executive Officer James Smith said earlier this week.
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Barry Watts has assumed the post of director of program analysis and evaluation within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon announced yesterday.
A House lawmaker said today that he plans to introduce legislation next week that would require the president to ask foreign allies to contribute to the cost of developing the U.S. National Missile Defense system.
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The Defense Department has begun the process of evaluating the proposed merger between General Dynamics and Newport News Shipbuilding, a Pentagon spokesman said today.
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A decrease in revenues from ITT's defense products and services segment kept overall revenues flat during the first quarter of 2001, the company announced yesterday.