John Liang

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.

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Daily News | April 11, 2001

The Defense Department should improve its use of integrated product teams on new weapon system programs, the General Accounting Office recommends in a report released today.

Daily News | April 10, 2001

Kaman Corp. said its first-quarter profits fell 9 percent from a year ago because of a slowing economy, according to a statement released today.

Daily News | April 9, 2001

Lockheed Martin today defended its valuation of real estate property in California that it intends to sell, a sale a senior lawmaker has characterized as a "giant rip-off" of U.S. taxpayers.

Daily News | April 9, 2001

The Air Force has approved the system design for the low-earth orbit component of the Space-Based Infrared System developed by an industry team led by TRW and Raytheon, the two companies announced today.

Daily News | April 6, 2001

The Navy plans to award two contracts this October worth up to $20 million each for work on defining its next-generation narrowband satellite communications architecture, a senior service official told InsideDefense.com yesterday.

Daily News | April 6, 2001

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner (R-VA) said today that arms sales to Taiwan should not be linked to the outcome of talks aimed at freeing the crew of a Navy EP-3 surveillance aircraft that collided with a Chinese fighter last weekend.

Daily News | April 6, 2001

Raytheon has agreed to sell a majority stake in its aviation support business unit to the Veritas Capital Fund for approximately $270 million in cash, equity and receivables, the two companies announced today.

Daily News | April 5, 2001

The Navy has awarded Boeing subsidiary McDonnell Douglas a five-year, $381 million contract to supply parts for the F/A-18 and AV-8 aircraft, the Pentagon announced today.

Daily News | April 5, 2001

Alliant Techsystems yesterday announced it is in the home stretch of its pending $685 million purchase of Alcoa's Thiokol Propulsion business unit.

Daily News | April 5, 2001

The Senate last night rejected an amendment to the fiscal year 2002 budget resolution that would have increased the defense budget by $100 billion over the next decade.

Daily News | April 4, 2001

Lockheed Martin has won a $180 million follow-on subcontract to build components for nine additional Japanese F-2 fighter aircraft, the company announced yesterday.

Daily News | April 4, 2001

Boeing announced yesterday that it delivered 17 military aircraft in the first quarter of 2001, down from 24 in the same quarter of last year.

Daily News | April 4, 2001

The Energy Department should develop better procedures for erasing sensitive data from computers before they are disposed of, the General Accounting Office contends in a report released today.

Daily News | April 3, 2001

Orbital Sciences Corp. today announced that it will delay the filing of its annual report until April 16, citing a need for more time to analyze the impact of NASA's recent decision to cancel an $85 million contract for the X-34 reusable launch vehicle.

Daily News | April 3, 2001

Defense contractors should not have to spend their own money when developing weapon systems for the Defense Department, a former Pentagon chief tester said today.

Daily News | April 3, 2001

The team of defense contractors developing the Air Force's Space-Based Laser Integrated Flight Experiment (SBL-IFX) has successfully completed a system requirements review, the joint venture announced today.

Daily News | April 2, 2001

The Army should halt production of its high-tech combat identification system until it can prove the program is affordable, the Defense Department inspector general recommends in a new report.

Daily News | April 2, 2001

The Army's Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems a $741 million, multiyear contract to deliver 307 upgraded M1A2 Abrams tanks, the company announced today.

Daily News | March 30, 2001

Federal Trade Commission officials have given the green light to Northrop Grumman's merger with Litton Corp., Northrop Grumman announced today.

Daily News | March 30, 2001

Lockheed Martin Space Systems today announced the successful test of a component of the Airborne Laser's Beam Control/Fire Control system.

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