There is no doubt that the ending of any major acquisition program if it either in production or development is difficult. Companies lose a great deal of future money, people lose their jobs, the services feel like they lose capabilities no other system can provide and politicians look weak or strong. There has been a long history since World War II of systems ending earlier then some want....
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June 2009
Recovery.org is a private website that is doing an excellent job of tracking the spending associated with the “Stimulus” bill of earlier this year. Their front page shows a map of the U.S. illustrating how much money each state has received to date. As you would expect the larger states — California, Florida, Texas and New York — seem to be getting the most money. One...
Some nations and regions are blessed with possessing valuable natural resources like oil or natural gas. This has led to those areas to use the revenue to prop up and balance their budget. In the United Kingdom Scotland is the main production area for oil thanks to the deposits in the North Sea. In America it is Alaska that benefits from this. Other states such as those that border the Gulf...
BAE announced that with the House Armed Services Committee marking up the 2010 Defense Authorization bill without sparing the Future Combat System (FCS) that they will have to cut jobs at their Fridley, MN plant. This is where the actual gun for the Non-Line-of-Sight-Cannon (N-LOSC) part of FCS is made. This is the most advanced of all the many types of vehicles to be built as part of the...
In their mark up of the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) added over $300 million to buy long lead items for a further twelve F-22 Raptor aircraft. This was added by a vote of 31-30 by the Committee. With the last six aircraft ordered this year the plan is to by 187 of the fighter. There have been different estimates of how many are needed with some in...
The House of Representatives passed the 2009 wartime supplemental bill on Tuesday. Now it will go to the Senate for approval. If there are substantial differences then there will be a conference with a new round of voting. Lastly it needs to be signed by President Obama. There is no real chance that he will not sign it despite its myriad problems. As previously discussed the main issue with...
When people think of lobbyists they see men with big cigars taking legislators out to fancy restaurants and whispering in their ear about a favored company or project. While lobbyists have been throughout the history of the U.S. a key part of the government process they are seen as something negative and bad. They seemingly taint the process of passing laws perhaps illustrated best by the...
The Paris Air Show is ongoing which requires all defense contractors to exhibit and talk up their current and future programs. Boeing was able to disrupt the U.S. Air Force’s, Northorp’s and EADS’ attempt to build a new tanker aircraft as their protest was upheld. Now with a new set of requirements and new contract about to be released Boeing is letting people know it is...
This press release at Defenselink.mil states that the Army will “host a workshop June 15, 2009 to bring together knowledgeable individuals to offer information and opinions on a way ahead for the Army to develop a new ground combat vehicle. The Army is moving aggressively toward developing a new ground combat vehicle as part of its modernization.” This new program is to replace...
If haven’t realized yet the Federal Government budgets in a way nobody else does. There is currently a debate going on with Congress and the White House about reforming the U.S. health care system. A big part of this is how to pay for it all. Within their proposed 2010 budget the Obama Administration has found about $600 billion in “savings” that will be used to start...
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