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Tag Archives: Boeing
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Defense Roundup: UAVs and JLTVs, Boeing has a bad week, #VAEndedTheBacklog nigh, TIME Magazine misses an opportunity to put Jake Wood on its cover
U.S. Probes Firm That Vetted NSA Leaker Dion Nissenbaum, (@dionnissenbaum) Wall Street Journal. The hits just keep on coming with the continuing saga of former Booz Allen Hamilton contractor Edward Snowden and his massive theft and subsequent leaking of NSA secret programs. Amon… more
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Defense Roundup: NSA Whistleblower Fallout, Military Personnel Spared Cuts, F-35 Finds Some Loose Change Between the Couch Cushions
The Outsourcing of U.S. Intelligence Raises Risks Among the Benefits Robert O’Harrow, Jr., Washington Post. It was a rough week for the National Security Agency with a first leak in the Guardian that the agency has been collecting all of the meta-data on calls over its syste… more
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December 17 Weekly Defense Industry Roundup
Drone-Makers Push Feds on Test Flights Kevin Bogardus and Keith Laing, The Hill (Hat tip to Mike Reilly at Edelman). Lobbyists for the Association of Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) are ramping up their pressure on the Federal Aviation Administration to select … more
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November 26 Weekly Defense Industry Roundup
As Cyberwarfare Heats Up, Allies Turn to U.S. Companies for Expertise Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post. The United States is acknowledged as the clear leader in cyber defense capabilities so increasingly foreign nations are turning to U.S. companies for help developing their o… more
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February 6 Weekly Defense Industry Roundup
UK Surveillance Drone Industry Plans PR Effort to Counter Negative Image Ryan Gallagher, The Guardian UK. The UK’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Association is said to be launching a campaign to improve the image of UAV’s in the country in hopes of distancing the peacefu… more