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Joint Strike Fighter: We Were Told This Would Happen

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ashton Carter, Cost Growth, Defense Spending, Pentagon, Lockheed Martin, Cost Overrun, F-35, Joint Strike Fighter, Politics News
Winslow T. Wheeler

As the Pentagon's $300 billion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program continues to unravel, it is useful to remind ourselves who told us all of this would happen, and who might now be making foolish prognostications.

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To the Dems Who Voted to 'Defund ACORN': Where is the Defund Blackwater Act?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, AT&T, Erik Prince, Mercenaries, Lockheed Martin, Project on Oversight and Government Reform, Dell, Blackwater, Acorn, Boeing, Fedex, Hurricane Katrina, Republicans, Pogo, Democrats, Politics News
Jeremy Scahill

Democrats have joined Republicans in voting to "Defund ACORN," yet they have done nothing to stop Blackwater's ongoing taxpayer-funded crusade in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Obama Administration Policies Will Divert Funds From Middle Class Economy

Chris Gunn | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Small, General Electric, Raytheon, Fortune 500, 3m, Abuse, Lockheed Martin, Small Busniess, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Economy, Rolls-Royce, Middle Class, Textron, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Business, General Dynamics, Fraud, AT&T, Fortune 1000, Barack Obama, Office Depot, Xerox, British Aerospace (BAE), American Small Business League, Dell Computer, Business News
Chris Gunn

We project that by counting big businesses in the United States and Europe as small businesses the Obama Administration may be shortchanging middle class firms out of as much as $100 billion a year in contracts.

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Obama Officials Avoided Questions from Press on Misleading Contracting Data

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Small, General Electric, Raytheon, Fortune 500, 3m, Abuse, Lockheed Martin, Small Busniess, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Economy, Rolls-Royce, Middle Class, Textron, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Business, General Dynamics, Fraud, AT&T, Fortune 1000, Barack Obama, Office Depot, Xerox, British Aerospace (BAE), American Small Business League, Dell Computer, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

According to information in the Federal Procurement Data System, eight of the top ten recipients of federal small business contracts were actually large businesses or divisions of large businesses.

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Obama Spouts Pro Small Business Rhetoric, But Gives Small Business Billions to Corporate Giants

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Raytheon, Lack of Oversight, Small Business, L-3 Communications, Gtsi, Abuse, Lockheed Martin, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Economy, Middle Class, Obama Administration, Asbl, Loopholes, General Dynamics, Staples, 3M Company, Fraud, AT&T, Northrop Grumman, Small Business Administration, Booz Allen Hamilton, Barack Obama, Office Depot, Xerox, American Small Business League, Dell Computer, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

When you look closely at Obama's policies towards small businesses you start to think its just a matter of time before he loads small business owners into crowded train cars headed for prison camps.

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Fighting Over Fighter Jets: Obama, Gates and the F-22

Lawrence Korb | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Michael B Donley, Unmanned Aerial Systems, Lockheed Martin, Robert Gates, Jon Soltz, Afghanistan, F22, Obama F22, Norton A. Schwartz, Iraq, Air Force, Department of Defense, Politics News
Lawrence Korb

The F-22 issue has become an entirely politicized debate, when what we need is thoughtful analysis based on risk assessment and the overall best interest of national security.

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Sahil Kapur

Defense Contractors Lobby For More F-22s, Obama Threatens Veto

HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Budget, Lockheed Martin, Military-Industrial Complex, Boeing, F-22 Raptor, Saxby Chambliss, Defense Budget, Barack Obama, Transparency, Politics News

The F-22 stealth fighter jets may no longer be needed, but its manufacturers, Lockheed Martin and Boeing, are lobbying aggressively to keep them in th...

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Lockheed Martin Fights Obama's Defense Budget

Sunlight Foundation. | Sunlight Foundation | Posted 08.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Transparency, Fighter Jet, F-22, Lockheed Martin, Military Industrial Complex, Military Spending, Home News

All eyes will be on the Sotomayor hearings in the Judicairy Committee this week, but legislative action in the Senate continues to go on. The Senate i...

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War Contractor Funds Peace Institute

William Hartung | Posted 07.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Military, U.S. Institute of Peace, Lockheed Martin, Taxpayers, Budget, Business News
William Hartung

Lockheed Martin, the world's largest weapons contractor, made a $1 million donation to the United States Institute of Peace.

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Its Official! Pentagon Cyber Command Gets Ready to "Stand Up"

Frida Berrigan | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boeing, Pentagon, Cybersecurity, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Cyberwar, Politics News
Frida Berrigan

It seems to me that the Pentagon, the administration and the military industrial complex are all treating cyberspace like any other battle domain.

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Weapons Makers Look Overseas As Pentagon Cuts Back

AP | STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 07.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lockheed Martin, Weapons Makers, Boeing, Defense Companies, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Foreign governments looking to kick the tires of fighter jets and cargo planes at this week's air show in Paris will likely hear a ...

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Military Companies Vying For Billions Of Dollars In Cyberwarfare Defense Contracts

New York Times | CHRISTOPHER DREW and JOHN MARKOFF | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Defense Contracts, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Cyberwarfare, Politics News

The government's urgent push into cyberwarfare has set off a rush among the biggest military companies for billions of dollars in new defense contract...

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Lockheed Beats Boeing In Defense Budget

bloomberg.com | Lee J. Miller | Posted 05.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Boeing, Lockheed, Lockheed Martin, Defense Spending Lockheed Martin, Boeing Lockheed Martin, Defense Lockheed Martin, Defense Spending, Defense Budget, Lockheed Martin Boeing, Defense Spending Boeing, Business News

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

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Obama Urged Not To Scrap Presidential Helicopter Altogether

The Hill | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Murtha, Lockheed, Lockheed Martin, Maurice Hinchey, Obama Helicopter, Michael Arcuri, Marine One, Barack Obama, Politics News

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

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Is the Next Defense Budget a Stimulus Package?

Frida Berrigan | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boeing, Economic Stimulus Package, Lockheed Martin, Budget, Defense Contractors, Obama Budget, Iraq Contractors, Great Depression, Politics News
Frida Berrigan

Is each weapons system or program provided for in our budget actually needed for American security? Or are the defense contractors shoveling a load of shovel-ready bull?

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Save the Pitiful F-22

Chris Kelly | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fighter Jet, Defense Spending, Lockheed Martin, Raptor, F-22, F-22 Raptor, F22, Politics News
Chris Kelly

The F-22 Raptor is a plane designed in the early 90s to fight the planes the Soviet Union didn't build in the late 80s. The reason we've never used the Raptor in Iraq is it doesn't work in places where there are wars.

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Obama To Face Challenges With Space Weapons Ban

Reuters | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, President Obama, Northrop Grumman Corp, Space Weapons Ban, Obama, Barack Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics News

President Barack Obama's pledge to seek a worldwide ban on weapons in space marks a dramatic shift in U.S. policy while posing the tricky issue of def...

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Obama Drops Campaign Promise to End Contracting Abuses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Fortune 1000, Raytheon, Small Business, Lockheed Martin, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Economy, Fortune 500, Windfall Profits, Middle Class, Home Depot, General Dynamics, Dell Computers, Rolls-Royce, Barack Obama, Small Business Administration, Xerox, John Deere, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The surprisingly low priority Obama has given small business issues on his websites is a clear indication this is not going to be a pro small business administration.

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Bush Administration Ignores Investigations and Claims Billions In Contracting Abuses are a "Myth"

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Small Business Administration, Lockheed Martin, Jovita Carranza, Eric Thorson, Bush Administration and Corporate Cronyism, Office of Inspector General, BAE Systems, George Bush, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Despite a growing mountain of evidence, the Bush Administration is still refusing to admit they diverted billions of dollars in federal small business contracts to a long list of corporate giants.

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