Reuters – The Pentagon’s chief arms buyer on Thursday said he was not seeing signs that the U.S. military services or international partners would cut their planned purchases of Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets, but acknowledged that was a risk for such a big program. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – A man shot and wounded two security officers at an entrance to the Pentagon near a busy commuter rail station on Thursday before being fatally wounded in a shootout, officials and media reports said. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Boeing said Thursday it would bid for a 35-billion-dollar contract to supply aerial refueling tankers to the US Air Force, insisting its planes would be cheaper than the ones by rival Airbus. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Thursday that his government would decide by the end of March on a basic plan of where to move a contentious US military base on the island of Okinawa. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Boeing said Thursday it would bid for a 35-billion-dollar contract to supply aerial refueling aircraft to the US Air Force, saying its planes would be cheaper than the ones by rival Airbus. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The chairman of the House oversight committee has told Defense Secretary Robert Gates he’s upset that defense giant KBR Inc. was awarded a contract potentially worth $2.8 billion for work in Iraq. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Pushing back against Pentagon opposition, lawmakers said on Wednesday they would forge ahead with legislation to lift restrictions on homosexuals in the armed forces before a year-long military review is completed. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The US Air Force announced Tuesday a two-year delay in the production of its new F-35 stealth fighter, touted as the future of the American air fleet. Read the rest of this entry »
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