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BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 Stan Crock	Less Bang For The Big Guns The defense biz is hot, but the most profitable contractors are the little guys. While the primes want to emphasize their improved return on investment, the subs are beating them at that game, too.
BusinessWeek June 25, 2007 Stanley Holmes	High-Tech Weapons: A Loss Of Control? The Pentagon may be ceding too much power to Boeing and other contractors.
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BusinessWeek October 29, 2009 Elgin & Epstein	It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Pork! Boeing's C-17 cargo aircraft cost $250 million apiece. The Pentagon says it has plenty. But it's nearly impossible for Obama to kill a project that provides jobs in 43 states.
The Motley Fool August 27, 2010 Rich Smith	America, Defenseless? Some of the nation's biggest defense contractors have begun receiving "Dear John" letters from the Pentagon.
The Motley Fool April 4, 2008 Rich Smith	Washington Post Indicts Military-Industrial Complex The Washington Post prints a seething report about over-expenditures in the military defense contracting business.
National Defense July 2006	It Does Not Pay to Be `Too Relevant' Skyrocketing War Costs Are Putting Pressure on the Pentagon... Politicians Should Help the Troops... Military Must Learn to Live With Contractors... Navy Making Tough Calls in Aviation...
National Defense November 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Industry Fortune Tellers See a Mix of Boom and Bust For the defense industry, depending on whom you talk to, these are the best of times, and the worst of times.
National Defense October 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Why Is Congress Launching Yet Another Roles-and-Missions Probe? Congress may have the power of the purse, but it has been largely powerless in just about every attempt to influence the course of the war in Iraq and to substantially reshape military spending priorities.
National Defense December 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	For Contractors in War Zones, Business Will Keep Growing The constant sniping in Washington about military contractors ignores the inescapable conclusion that the privatization of government functions not only is here to stay, but is going to get bigger.
National Defense January 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Pentagon Must Avert 'Points of Failure' in Supplier Base, Says Industrial Policy Chief With the U.S. military still involved in two major conflicts, the Defense Department must ensure that certain sectors of the defense industry remain financially healthy.
The Motley Fool May 25, 2005 Jeremy MacNealy	Uncle Sam's Shopping Spree Defense stocks are in a sweet spot, but how long will it last?
BusinessWeek July 31, 2006 Dawn Kopecki	When Outsourcing Turns Outrageous The U.S. Military has lost billions to fraud and mismanagement by private contractors in Iraq who do everything from cooking soldiers' meals to building hospitals to providing security. That raises a question: Does Pentagon outsourcing make sense?
The Motley Fool March 23, 2005 Brian Gorman	Lockheed's Embattled Fighter? The F-35's toughest enemies might be a key ally and the growing capability of unmanned systems.
IEEE Spectrum November 2008 Robert N. Charette	What's Wrong with Weapons Acquisitions? Escalating complexity, a shortage of trained workers, and crass politicization mean that most programs to develop new military systems fail to meet expectations.
National Defense November 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Managing the Defense Industry: Stalinism or Smart Business? America's arms manufacturers are asking the Pentagon to step up and protect the industry from an imminent collapse.
National Defense May 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Weapons Budget: The More You Spend, The Less You Buy A hyperinflation tsunami now threatens to sink the Defense Department's purchasing power so dramatically that a weapons budget that currently funds 95 programs will pay for just a handful of big-ticket programs
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BusinessWeek January 12, 2004	Defense & Aerospace: More Plane Pain, But Help From Uncle Sam Sales of civilian aircraft will be flat, though the worst of the slump may be over. High-tech weaponry will be a bright spot for defense contractors.
National Defense December 2010 Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr.	Military Spending: How Much Defense Will the American People Support? The American public must become better educated about the budget process and national security. Citizens should be aware that the current trends of government spending can be ruinous and unsustainable.
National Defense February 2016 Sandra I. Erwin	CEOs Not Yet Ready to Take a Gamble Defense executives don't have clear answers as they weigh investment choices in an uncertain market.
National Defense November 2013 Valerie Insinna	International Sales Unlikely To Offset U.S. Budget Cuts With little hope of growth in the Pentagon's budget, U.S. defense contractors are seeking to broaden their international customer base and increase worldwide sales.
National Defense January 2011 Scott Hamilton	Outsourcing U.S. Defense: National Security Implications Politicians and labor unions demand that the Defense Department buy American when, in fact, the reliance on foreign suppliers has increased sharply in the last decade and is likely to do so even more in the future.
National Defense June 2015 Sandra I. Erwin	Industry Tees Up Policy Issues for 2016 The Beltway establishment is looking to a new administration to take on issues that have long been festering among defense contractors.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2004 Bill Mann	Comanche Cancellation Hits Hard The Pentagon may halt a $38 billion Boeing-United Technologies contract.
National Defense August 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Soon to Be Added to List of Pentagon's Unaffordable Luxuries: People in Uniform The all-volunteer military force has become so expensive that, compared to a decade ago, the Pentagon is paying twice as much for the same number of people.
National Defense September 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Reform Agenda Targets Acquisition Workforce The Pentagon's cadre of "professional shoppers" could see a wave of reforms in the coming years, as the Defense Department remains under unrelenting pressure to fix its buying practices.
National Defense April 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Pentagon, Contractors Clash Over Profits The pressure is on at the Pentagon to bring down the cost of military hardware. The dictum from acquisitions chief Frank Kendall is that "unaffordable" programs will be axed.
National Defense August 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Five Key Questions About the Defense Budget Here are some of the key questions that policymakers should bear in mind when it comes to the defense budget.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2011 Robert Eberhard	3 Aerospace and Defense Stocks Near Lows and Paying Dividends A Foolish veteran who served in Iraq likes the dividends of these aerospace and defense stocks.
National Defense January 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Bigger Budgets Disguise Larger Fiscal Dilemmas Nowhere is the financial outlook for the Defense Department more uncertain than in the procurement budget.
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004	Phil Condit His seven-year reign at Boeing was marked by a flawed strategy, questionable acquisitions, manufacturing controversies, and the ethical lapses at the company that jeopardized important contracts with the government.
National Defense May 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Industry Recalibrating Strategies For a Declining Defense Market The defense market is shaping up to become a Darwinian world where winning contracts will be a matter of life or death for many companies.
National Defense January 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense, Industry Upheaval Defined By 10 Key Moments Here's a look back at 10 key moments that defined the decade for the military and the defense industry.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004 John Keller	What President Reagan Meant to the Military The passing of former President Ronald Reagan and the solemn ceremonies marking the event are pivotal milestones in our nation's recent history -- particularly for the U.S. military forces.
National Defense March 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	The Coming Decade: A Slowdown In Spending, but No 'Procurement Holiday' Even under the worst-case scenario, defense budgets in the coming decade will be larger than they were in the last year of the Bush administration.
Parameters Autumn 2008 Steven L. Schooner	Why Contractor Fatalities Matter Apprising the American public that the true human cost associated with military operations includes contractors and exceeds 6,000 is critical to making informed decisions for the future.
National Defense August 2015 Craig R. McKinley	Realities of the Defense Industrial Base Pentagon policymakers need to give clear-eyed consideration to factors that encourage companies to enter rather than exit the defense marketplace. With the growing challenges in the strategic environment, it is imperative that they do so.
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National Defense July 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Stifles Innovation Despite Urgent War Needs The Defense Department has been a leading developer of cutting-edge technology. But at the same time, it has created self-defeating mechanisms that quash innovation and fail to capitalize on available opportunities.
National Defense November 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	More Than Money, Defense Needs Compelling Narrative Pentagon watchers already are warning that this is no time for business as usual, considering the domestic political climate and the fiscal crunch that could put defense spending in the cross hairs of a future deficit-reduction deal.
National Defense August 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Looming Budget Cutbacks Underpin Defense Strategy How long the fighting in Iraq will last is anyone's guess. It seems quite certain, however, that mounting war costs will be wreaking financial havoc on many of the military's prized weapon systems. Are decision makers at the Pentagon guilty of shortsightedness?
The Motley Fool September 29, 2010 Rich Smith	Boeing Bets on Black The nation's second largest defense contractor announced a deal that could preserve its place as a profitable producer of fighter aircraft -- or put it deeply in the red.
National Defense October 2009 Sandra i. Erwin	New Business Model Needed To Replace the Status Quo In the weapons-acquisition world, the "normal" ways of doing business are frowned upon around the E-ring these days.
National Defense July 2015 Jon Harper	Military Retirement Reform Moves Forward In recent weeks, the congressional armed services committees voted to make major alterations to the U.S. military's retirement system, as the Pentagon seeks to control personnel costs that threaten to crowd out future spending on modernization and readiness.
National Defense January 2006 Lawrence P. Farrell	We Must Prepare for Defense Budget Crunch Substantial growth in defense spending after 9/11 gave the Pentagon's budget a reprieve. The day of financial reckoning, however, may fast be approaching if the current state of the nation's balance sheet offers any clues.
National Defense January 2015 Sandra I. Erwin	Military Challenged to Maintain Decades-Old Aircraft The U.S. military operates fleets of Cold War-era aircraft that will not be replaced any time soon. For the Pentagon, this creates daunting challenges, experts warn. Airplanes will have to fly much longer than planned and, at a time of tight budgets, the cost of maintaining aging equipment is projected to soar.
National Defense March 2014 Sandra I. Erwin	In '15 Budget, Red Flags for Contractors If defense industry CEOs can draw any conclusion from the Pentagon's 2015 budget proposal it is that, except for the too-big-to-fail joint strike fighter, most of the military's modernization plan is on shaky ground.
Popular Mechanics April 7, 2009	7 Military Tech Winners and Losers Under Gates's Proposed Defense Budget Defense Secretary Robert Gates proposed a budget that would be the first Defense Department overhaul by the Obama administration. The plan has winners and losers as Gates tries to streamline defense procurement.