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Category Archives: defense industry

• Defense Roundup: Defense Contractors Tapping New Talent to Lead Into an Uncertain Future, Veteran Unemployment Down

  US Plans Radical Upgrade of Stryker Brigades Paul McLeary (@paulmcleary), Defense News. The Army is planning on upgrading all nine of its existing Stryker equipped infantry brigades to the modernized and heavily armored “double V-hull” configuration as funding is available… more

• Defense Roundup: Fallujah Back in the Headlines, Contractors Facing Uncertain Times

  Majority of US MRAPs to Be Scrapped or Stored Paul McLeary (@paulmcleary), Defense News. The vagaries of war and how we must buy equipment and dispose of it is always fascinating. Today the U.S. military is struggling with what to do with thousands of massive Mine Resistant Am… more

• Defense Roundup: Budget Deal Breaks Faith with Service Members and Retirees, Contractors Report High PTSD Rates, Little Care

  Ryan-Murray Deal Hits Younger, Future Military Retirees Tom Philpott, Stars and Stripes. The shocking news last week was that in a bizarre twist, Republicans and Democrats came together and actually agreed to something. Congressman Paul Ryan and Senator Patty Murray announced … more

• Defense Roundup: Cool Army helo pilots may become less cool Blackhawk pilots, PTSD in focus in Canada, job skills programs expand

  Budget Negotiators Looking at Military Pensions David Rogers, Politico. It’s hard to keep track of the super committees, special negotiators, and platinum-sponsored-deluxe-Congressional-top-level meetings that have been proposed and subsequently failed to come up with soluti… more

• Defense Roundup: Pentagon Budget Cuts, Scammers Targeting VA, Navy Scandals

  Cuts to AFN, Closing Stars and Stripes on Pentagon Budget Table Stars and Stripes. As the Pentagon looks to trim its budget, all options are on the table. That includes the venerable Stars and Stripes, not only a ScoutComms favorite for its veterans coverage but also the paper… more