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Tag Archives: AUSA
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Defense Roundup: Army Has Only Two Combat-Ready Brigades, GCV and Helo Programs in Doubt
Amid AUSA Spectacle, Stark Reminders of an Army in Crisis Paul McLeary (@paulmcleary), Defense News. We covered the AUSA show this year pretty thoroughly for issues of interest to our readers and new angles from the organizers, but the news from the Army itself wasn’t terr… more
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Defense Roundup: The shutdown is dead, the government is alive–until February; AUSA begins
Facing Reality at the Pentagon Gordon Adams, Foreign Policy. The shutdown is over, at least for now, and reality is settling back on the defense establishment. That reality is that the chance of the sequestration defense cuts being lifted is almost zero at this point. We hav… more
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Defense Roundup: The Sky is Falling and the Sea is Rising–the Navy and Air Force Get Serious About Sequester Fears
With Syria Debate Paused, It’s ‘Back to Business’ for US Congress John T. Bennett (@BennettJohnT), Defense News. It seems that the debate over attacking Syria has taken an unexpected detour and so Congress will be forced to address annoying issues like funding the gove… more
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February 19 Defense Industry Weekly Roundup
UAE Signs $1.4 Billion Defense Contracts, Including Drones Stanley Carvalho, Reuters. The United Arab Emirates provided some good news to the beleaguered defense industry with orders totaling over $1.4 billion this week that included 750 MRAP’s from Oshkosh Defense and an un… more
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Weekly Defense Industry Roundup, Halloween Edition
Special Report: Worldwide Spending and Priorities Staff, Defense News. Defense News is out with their big annual special look at worldwide defense spending and unsurprisingly…its mostly going down. The big four in Europe; Britain, France, Germany and Italy all have cut spend… more