How much do you want to bet that somehow money will find its way back into the final bill for GE’s engine? And, hey, I know, let’s pay Boeing for an alternate airframe too! (CAL) It probably wont mean much in the long run, but the Senate voted today to approve an amendment by Joseph […]
From the monthly archives:
July 2009
A top Pentagon official told a small group of defense reporters this morning (July 23) that the upcoming QDR will likely propose the formation of an aviation cadre devoted solely to irregular warfare. The Pentagon’s guru for special operations and low intensity conflict, the renowned Michael Vickers, told us that he believes a light strike, […]
A source passed along these briefing slides after I ran the Imminent Fury piece yesterday, and I thought I’d share them with DT readers to slice and dice. The presentation is basically an in-depth look at what the Navy’s Irregular Warfare Office has been doing since it was established in 2008 to act as a […]
This article first appeared in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report. A draft request for proposals (RFP) that will kick off the U.S. Air Force’s next attempt to procure a KC-135 aerial refueling tanker replacement could come out later than expected. “This may go into the fall because we want to make certain we get this […]
In a vote sure to be read as a sign of the Obama administrations power on defense matters, the Senate voted by a lopsided 40–58 in favor of an amendment stripping $1.75 billion for the F-22 from the defense authorization bill. You could almost hear the whoops in Defense Secretary Robert Gates offices as he […]
