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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 House and Senate versions of the congressional budget resolution include only a "small increase" to the Clinton administration's fiscal year 2001 defense spending request and could "severely constrain" funding for defense over the next 10 years, according to an analysis released yesterday by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
Air Force investigators say pilot error was the cause of a C-130 aircraft crash in Kuwait last December that killed three people and injured seven.
By a vote of 263-146, House lawmakers today approved a $12.7 billion supplemental spending bill for Kosovo, flood relief, and counternarcotics activities in Colombia and other source countries.
Four of the world's largest defense contractors today announced they are creating an online marketplace from which they will conduct all of their subcontracting.
Defense Secretary William Cohen today ordered the formation of a working group of senior service leaders to draft an action plan to reduce the harassment of homosexual service members.
The Defense Department yesterday formally announced 11 new advanced concept technology demonstrations for fiscal year 2000.
In a deal worth more than $400 million, the United Arab Emirates has selected a new derivative of General Electric's F110 fighter engine to propel its new fleet of F-16 Block 60 aircraft, GE announced yesterday.
The Pentagon yesterday announced plans for a potential $402 million in foreign military sales.
The National Defense University has established a new Chinese military affairs study center at Ft. McNair in Washington, DC, the Pentagon announced yesterday.
Lockheed Martin today announced the leadership team for its recently consolidated aeronautical systems unit.
Deidre Lee, the current administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), has been selected as the new director of defense procurement, the Pentagon announced today.
An intergovernmental information systems security forum has issued new guidance for acquiring commercially available security products for national security information systems across the U.S. government, the Pentagon announced today.
The Energy Department's congressionally mandated National Nuclear Security Administration formally entered into operation today, on the eve of a House Armed Services Committee hearing tomorrow where lawmakers are expected to grill Energy Secretary Bill Richardson on his department's organizational plan for the new agency.
The Boeing Company announced yesterday that Israel has agreed to upgrade 12 of its approximately 40 AH-64A Apache attack helicopters to the new AH-64D Longbow configuration.
A prominent Senate Democrat yesterday broke ranks with some of his colleagues by urging that the White House not delay the National Missile Defense deployment readiness review until after next November's presidential elections.
The Navy has awarded a contract worth up to $325 million to a Boeing-led industry team to support the first phase of the service's fiscal year 2000 Navy Training Systems Contract, the company announced yesterday.
President Bill Clinton has nominated Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Lester Lyles to become commander-in-chief of Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, the Pentagon announced today.
The Pentagon yesterday announced possible foreign military sales to Israel, the Netherlands and Finland totaling $645 million.
Computer Sciences Corporation has formed a 64-member alliance to go after the multibillion-dollar Navy/Marine Corps Intranet contract, the company announced today.
The Air Force yesterday awarded a range services contract potentially worth $425 million over six years to a joint venture of Computer Sciences Corporation and Raytheon, according to a CSC announcement.