EDITOR’S NOTE: Our boy Colin Clark at DoD Buzz gets the gouge… Rep. Norm Dicks, Boeing supporter extraordinaire, is the “closest thing to a sure thing you get in Washington” to ascend to chairmanship of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, says defense sage and consultant Loren Thompson. I asked Thompson, who was desperately seeking salt […]
From the monthly archives:
February 2010
I got an interesting response on my post last week about the Air Force’s 2010 OCO request for $216 million to buy 12 MQ-9 Reaper drones. Air Force officials say the money is needed to replace lost or damaged Reapers from combat operations. In my post, I noted that at least the intention was demonstrated […]
All right folks, you’ve had your “cricket” dance with Murtha’s death, now it’s time to look back at his career. I’d like our readers to list their top three most influential DEFENSE-RELATED things Murtha has done or championed in his more than three decades on The Hill. Here are mine: 1.) Beating the Soviets: Murtha […]
Just now posting a story to Military.com on the death of one of the most influential defense lawmakers on Capitol Hill ever. I’ve had my beefs with Rep. Jack Murtha in the past, but I truly am shocked and saddened by his death. He was a tireless advocate for Pentagon programs he believed in and […]
I guess it was inevitable. The Air Force has its Leer Jet-sized drones flying circles around the globe, taking snap shots of Iranian nuke plants, Chinese sub pens and Haitian wreckage. So what about the Navy, huh? Well a tipster sent us an interesting story the other day about a DARPA project looking into producing […]
