Negotiations between BAE Systems and EADS on a potential merger mainly centered around how the British, French and German governments would hold stakes in a combined company. According to BBC News, the
MoreThe Defense Department may ask Congress for authority to reprogram funds for high-priority contracts if sequestration cuts kick in Jan. 2, Defense News reports. Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale told reporter Marcus Weisgerber
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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, said in a Wednesday statement he has asked Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to issue a report to Congress on costs associated
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Sean Stackley, the Navy‘s acquisition chief, will succeed Air Force Secretary Michael Donley as the government’s senior acquisition executive on the F-35 program, Reuters reports. Andrea Shalal-Esa reports this move will happen
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Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has told military departments and acquisition personnel to operate under current policy without assuming sequestration cuts will occur, according to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg. According
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Navy Rear Adm. Randolph Mahr has been appointed deputy director of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, within the office of the defense under secretary for acquisitions, technology and logistics. A Monday
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French air force Gen. Jean-Paul Palomeros formally assumed leadership Friday of NATO’s command responsible for leading military transformation of alliance forces. The alliance said in a release he succeeded Stephane Abrial, another
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Over the past year, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has addressed the potential threat of sequestration cuts on the Pentagon and how he sees the cuts preventing the country from having a strong
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Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter visited the 162nd Fighter Wing at Tucson International Airport Wednesday as part of his travel itinerary in the region, American Forces Press Service reports. According to the
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China has formally commissioned the countryâs first aircraft carrier called Liaoning, according to a Bloomberg report. This move comes less than a month after pictures surfaced of a new stealth fighter, reportedly
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