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Arms Industry: Trumped Up Jobs Claims, Pumped Up Profits

William Hartung | Posted 01.02.2012

William Hartung

The ultimate form of mismanagement involves a failure to set priorities. The Pentagon needs to pare back its missions to those that are essential for defending the country.

New Zealander Sucked Into Plane Engine, Killed

AP | Posted 10.07.2011

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A 51-year-old engineer working at an airplane testing facility has been sucked into an engine and killed. Domestic carrier...

What Now, Icarus? Is Western Combat Aviation Falling Out of the Sky?

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 05.25.2011

Winslow T. Wheeler

The future of Western combat aviation today rests largely on one airplane: The Pentagon's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Can $1.4 Million Buy the President of the United States?

Beau Friedlander | Posted 05.25.2011

Beau Friedlander

The prize came at a crucial juncture in the war in Afghanistan, and it seems clear why Obama was selected to be the next Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The folks in Oslo wanted to force him to make the "right" choice.

Lockheed Beats Boeing In Defense Budget

bloomberg.com | Lee J. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

April 9 (Bloomberg) -- Lockheed Martin Corp. had the "best outcome" from the U.S. Defense Department's proposed budget announced this week, with Boein...

Obama Urged Not To Scrap Presidential Helicopter Altogether

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Thirteen House lawmakers are pressing President Obama to buy a cheaper, less sophisticated version of the controversial new presidential helicopter....

Northrop Grumman Bids To Build Humvees For U.S. Military

Wall Street Journal | August Cole | Posted 05.25.2011

Northrop Grumman Corp. is seeking a contract potentially valued at billions of dollars to build vehicles to replace the Humvees that now provide basic...