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‘Magic Money’: DoD’s Overseas Contingency Budget Might Dry Up
While the US Defense Department’s Afghanistan war budget is expected to receive little resistance from lawmakers, the Pentagon is under pressure from the White House Office of Management Budget to lower, then eliminate supplemental requests, sources said.
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Base Closings Play into Campaigns
A specter is haunting Tuesday’s Senate primary in Mississippi and many other midterm races around the country: BRAC.
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In Africa Counterterror Pivot, a Focus on ISR
As the US pivots the counterterrorism mission toward Africa, Pentagon leaders are quick to point out that the size and scope of the continent provide significant challenges that will require a commitment to intelligence and surveillance technologies to give them, and their fledgling allies, a better picture of what lies over the next hill.
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How the U.S. Pays for Its Involvement in Iraq
The Obama Administration says 275 troops are deploying to Iraq to protect the U.S. Embassy and other interests. We don’t yet know the full cost of any U.S. action in Iraq, but we can lift the curtain a bit on the economics behind military intervention, and what the Pentagon gets for its half trillion dollar baseline budget.
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With Tight Budget, How Many Carriers Are Enough?
Aircraft carriers are perhaps the most powerful expression of U.S. military might. They're also expensive and potentially vulnerable. In an era of fiscal constraint, defense officials, lawmakers and the commander-in-chief must answer a question that could have enormous strategic consequences: How many are enough?
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Space Fence, FAB-T Awards Show an Emboldened DoD
On the evening of June 2, the US Air Force announced a pair of contracts worth a total of more than $1 billion. Both the Space Fence, won by Lockheed Martin, and the Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T), won by Raytheon, are major boosts for service capabilities and the business’ bottom lines.