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  Defense Contractors Stare into the Abyss

  Posted by Joe Anselmo 9:37 PM on Mar 16, 2012

  Robert J. Stevens, the CEO of Lockheed Martin, went to Capitol Hill on March  14 with a message for lawmakers: You’re making my life hell. At issue are automatic cuts to... Read More >>

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  Defense Disconnect: Lean Times, Fat Profits

  Posted by Joe Anselmo 7:34 PM on Feb 06, 2012

   Are defense contractors earning too much money in an era of budget austerity? That question is being asked at the Pentagon after earnings results showed the industry managed ... Read More >>

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  Defense Cuts: An Inconvenient Truth

  Posted by Joe Anselmo 8:18 PM on Jan 20, 2012

  Michael J. McCord, the U.S. Defense Department’s comptroller, warns of dire consequences if more than $1 trillion in approved cuts to military spending over 10 years are allo... Read More >>

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  Congress's Super Failure Has Contractors On Edge

  Posted by Joe Anselmo 9:09 PM on Nov 23, 2011

  Fred Strader, president and CEO of defense contractor Textron Systems, held out hope to the end that a congressional Super Committee would strike a bipartisan deal on how to cut ... Read More >>

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  For A&D, A Simplified Tax Code Is Not So Simple

  Posted by Joe Anselmo 4:13 PM on Nov 14, 2011

  As a Nov. 23 deadline bears down on a congressional “Super Committee” tasked with agreeing on how to cut another $1.2 trillion from the U.S. budget deficit during the n... Read More >>

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  Time To Buy Defense Stocks?

  Posted by Joe Anselmo 2:39 PM on Sep 13, 2011

  The remnants of a tropical storm were parked over Washington for much of last week, providing a fitting backdrop of rain and gloomy skies as the U.S. Congress returned from its sum... Read More >>

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  A Case for Top-Tier Consolidation In Defense

  Posted by Joe Anselmo 6:18 PM on Aug 19, 2011

  In Washington, it is now widely accepted that cuts to U.S. security spending will go well beyond the $330 billion, 10-year haircut approved by Congress early this month. If bitte... Read More >>

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  In Washington, There Is No Shame

  Posted by Joe Anselmo 8:58 PM on Aug 05, 2011

  U.S. President Harry S. Truman campaigned in 1948 against a “Do Nothing Congress.” One wonders what he would think of today’s lawmakers. A dispute on Capitol Hill... Read More >>

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  The New L-3: It's Smaller, But Better

  Posted by Joe Anselmo 9:37 PM on Aug 01, 2011

  As defense budget cutbacks in the U.S. and Europe begin to bite into corporate sales and profits, military contractors have a choice of two paths. They can seek new avenues of grow... Read More >>

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  Bell Braces For Looming Helo Downturn

  Posted by Joe Anselmo 9:18 PM on May 18, 2011

  John L. Garrison has a unique resume for an aerospace CEO—active duty airborne ranger, college instructor, general manager at an agricultural systems company, chairman of a c... Read More >>

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