Defense Industry

The Best Way for Congress to Help Small Businesses is to Not Close the Small Business Administration

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Small Business, President Obama, Ronald Reagan, Department of Commerce, Policy, Small Business Legislation, Government Contracting, Unemployment, American Small Business League, Small Businesses, SBA Merger, Federal Spending, Jobs, David Stockman, Sba Inspector General, Fraud, Small Business Administration, Defense Industry, Federal Small Business Contracts, Sba, Peggy Gustafson, Economy, Small Business Act, Small Business America, Small Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Small businesses are proven to be this nation's chief engine of economic stimulus and job creation but President Obama plans to close the only federal agency that exists to help America's 28 million small businesses.

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2012 Dreams vs. Reality

Richard Walden | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Wars, Infrastructure, Natural Disasters, Defense Industry, United Nations, Nonprofit, Afghanistan, Iraq, 2012 Elections, Haiti, Climate Change, Elections 2012, Politics News
Richard Walden

What if 2012 produced no new wars and saw existing conflicts all wind down to a negotiated peace?

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National Security Advisers To GOP Presidential Candidates Tied To $40 Billion In Federal Contracts

Bloomberg | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Newt Gingrich 2012, Defense Industry, National Security, Mitt Romney 2012, Rick Perry 2012, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, National Security Advisers, Gop, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Republicans, Politics News

National security advisers to the Republican presidential candidates have ties to defense, homeland security and energy companies that have received a...

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The Good Times May Be Over For U.S. Defense Industry

Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Business News, u.s. Defense Industry, Video, Defense Spending, Department of Defense, Defense Industry, Raytheon Aerospace, Defense Budget, Rockwell Collins, Business News

U.S. weapons makers told investors this week they are doing all they can to prepare for leaner and more uncertain U.S. defense budgets, including ...

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Curtains For The U.S. Military Industrial Base?

Ian Fletcher | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Deindustrialization, Free Trade, Defense Spending, Defense Industrial Base, Defense Industry, Defense Cuts, Business News
Ian Fletcher

The failure of the so-called super committee to agree on other spending cuts has finally brought the axe down on U.S. defense spending, and it's really going to hurt this time.

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For Defense Industry, Golden Age Is Over

AP | By JONATHAN FAHEY | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: War on Terror, Defense Industry, Military Spending, 9/11, Defense Industry Profits, Defense Spending, Defense Industry Profit Losses, Defense Budget, September 11th, Decade After 9/11 - National Security, Business News

NEW YORK (AP) -- The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are winding down, Osama bin Laden is dead, and the federal government is deeply in debt. This spells...

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Lockheed Martin Puts In Place Voluntary Layoff Program

Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: War Industry, Voluntary Layoff Program Salaried Employees, Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Layoffs, Defense Industry, Military Industrial Complex, Defense Layoffs, Lockheed Employees, Business News

Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N), the Pentagon's No. 1 defense supplier by sales, put in place a voluntary layoff program for its corporate headquarte...

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Made in America: Gates' NATO Slam Is About Selling Death & Destruction, Our Top Export

Brian Ross | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Nato, Military, Defense Industry, Robert Gates, Boeing, US Military, War, Moammar Gadhafi, Libya, Afghanistan, Libyan Rebels, Politics News
Brian Ross

NATO was the Obama Administration's answer to a long call by social liberals and fiscal libertarians to make the other countries of the world step-up to these moral imperatives and pay a bigger part of the way. It has been a spectacular failure.

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What The Hurt Locker Means for the Rest of Us

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker, National Security Strategy, Military, Nuclear Weapons, Defense Industry, Afghanistan, National Security, Mark Boal, Defense Spending, Iraq, Ieds, Civil-Military, Defense Budget, President Obama, Entertainment News
Lorelei Kelly

I know that this movie has been criticized by those who have served in the military. But beyond tactical accuracy and entertainment value, this film is significant, and it has lessons policymakers should heed.

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Sam Stein

Top Defense Contractors Spent $27 Million Lobbying At Time Of Afghan Surge Announcement

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lobbying Expenditures, Defense Lobbying Afghanistan, Defense Industry, Afghanistan Surge, Defense Lobbying, Lobbying Defense, Lobbying Totals, Afghan Surge, Politics News

With Reporting By Julian Hattem The ten largest defense contractors in the nation spent more than $27 million lobbying the federal government in the ...

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Obama Puts Defense Contractors On Notice About Crackdown On Costs

Wall Street Journal | August Cole | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Defense Contractors, Obama Administration, Defense Spending, Pentagon, Defense Industry, Politics News

President Barack Obama fired a surprise broadside at the defense industry, saying he intends to clamp down on practices that have resulted in billions...

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Report: Lawmakers Have Nearly $200M Invested In Companies Doing Defense-Related Work

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Defense Industry, Congress, US Congress, Lawmakers Defense Industry, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress have as much as $196 million collectively invested in companies doing business with the Defense Department, ear...

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