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How to save $1 trillion on defense spending

November 27, 2018 Eric Lofgren 1

I was recently in an interesting round-table discussion where one gentleman was talking about a plan to cut $1 trillion of defense spending over ten years. He said there was interest on this subject from both the progressive left and the deficit hawk right. But how would you do it?

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How should we react to China’s rapidly improving fighter aircraft?

November 12, 2018 Eric Lofgren 2

However, Bronk added, most Western air forces have concluded that the usage of thrust vectoring for an edge in a dogfight is generally not worth […]

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Russian Dry Dock sinks while repairing Russian Aircraft Carrier

November 10, 2018 Eric Lofgren 0

PD-50, a huge floating dry dock at the 82nd Repair Shipyard in Roslyakovo, Russia, accidentally sank on Oct. 29, 2018 while Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia’s only aircraft […]

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DOD says grow the budget, or else!

November 9, 2018 Eric Lofgren 0

Joe Gould and Aaron Mehta write: Last year, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis testified that the Pentagon needed 3 to 5 percent annual growth above inflation through 2023 to […]

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CBO finds Navy could reach Mandated 355 ships by 2034

November 7, 2018 Eric Lofgren 0

Only by arbitrarily extending the life of many ships will the Navy reach the mandated 355-ship fleet by 2034. Here’s what the CBO said: • […]

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NG Fraudulent Charges: DOD Scandal of the week

November 5, 2018 Eric Lofgren 2

Northrop Grumman will have to pay the U.S. government $30 million as a settlement for falsely billing hours to the Air Force between 2010 and […]

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Defense foreign teaming: Political, efficient, or both?

November 2, 2018 Eric Lofgren 0

While in the past, foreign bidders were longshots against their American counterparts, the Pentagon has recently picked several overseas designs. Last month, Boeing captured a […]

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Remember the days when Congress didn’t earmark defense projects?

November 1, 2018 Eric Lofgren 0

His business provided jobs in Dorsey’s district, and jobs were scarce. Pitcairn was delighted when Dorsey introduced a bill to provide $2 million to the […]

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Ratchet effect in action: Pentagon edition

November 1, 2018 Eric Lofgren 0

Though national defense spending bounded to $700 billion in fiscal 2018 and $716 billion in fiscal 2019 under the Trump administration, Pentagon officials confirmed they have […]

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Explanations for defense CEO pay jumps after 9-11

October 25, 2018 Eric Lofgren 0

CEO pay for defense contractors skyrocketed after 9-11 but before the invasion of Iraq. Lockheed Martin: $5.8M in 2000 increased to $25.3M in 2002 General […]

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Euro Shipbuilding Consolidation?

October 23, 2018 Eric Lofgren 0

DefenseNews asks of the European shipbuilding industry: “Is there enough drive to reach a unified shipbuilding enterprise?… “As European shipbuilders prepare to transform their nations’ […]

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