The State Department must improve the efficiency of its arms export license evaluation process, the General Accounting Office concludes in a new report.
Sunday, June 15, 2025
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The State Department must improve the efficiency of its arms export license evaluation process, the General Accounting Office concludes in a new report.
Proceeds generated by United Defense Industries' initial public offering late last year helped the company reduce its debt and garnered an improved debt rating, the debt rating agency Fitch Inc. said today.
The Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program should be expanded to include not only Russia and the former Soviet states, but also India and Pakistan, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) said today.
Boeing announced yesterday that it delivered 22 military aircraft in the fourth quarter of 2001, six more than in the same quarter of last year.
U.S. troops searching al Qaeda bases and caves in Afghanistan have not found any evidence that the terrorist organization has actually built weapons of mass destruction, a senior Defense Department official said today.
The Pentagon will try to release a declassified version of its upcoming Nuclear Posture Review, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today.
The Aerospace Industries Association today applauded the Bush administration's repeal of a Clinton administration rule that directed contracting officers to consider a company's record of business ethics and integrity in award decisions.
The Air Force has given the go-ahead for the Joint Air- to-Surface Standoff Missile to enter low-rate initial production, the service announced late last week.
Northrop Grumman has reached a settlement agreement on antitrust and patent infringement lawsuits filed against Honeywell, which will pay Northrop $440 million in cash, the two companies said today.
The congressionally mandated Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry today recommended that the administration conduct a comprehensive analysis of the federal aerospace budget.
The war on terrorism should not stop the military from continuing its efforts to transform itself into a 21st-century fighting force, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today.
Raytheon's shares have slumped in the wake of the Pentagon's cancellation of the Navy Area missile defense program.
Honeywell Technology Solutions has won a $552 million contract to upgrade the Air Force's Satellite Control Network, the Pentagon announced today.
House and Senate conferees today approved a $317.5 billion fiscal year 2002 defense appropriations bill.
The Navy has not justified the number of vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicles it says it needs, according to a report by the Defense Department's inspector general.
Lockheed Martin today unveiled the members of a team that will compete for a $337 million, 16-year program to develop and maintain a next-generation system to manage and control the transport of military assets.
House and Senate lawmakers from Pennsylvania and New Jersey today decried Boeing's decision to reduce the work force at its Ridley Township helicopter factory outside of Philadelphia.
Senate Democrats are weighing their options now that the Bush administration appears ready to withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) said today.
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger yesterday expressed doubts about giving Russia full membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
House and Senate lawmakers are calling on the Defense Department to conduct audits to search for errors made in its purchasing processes, according to a summary of the fiscal year 2002 Defense Authorization conference report released today.