The Military Industrial Complex 12-MAY-08 en-us Washington (UPI) May 8, 2008 - In weapons procurement, demanding only the best is usually a recipe for disastrous defeat.]]> ]]> Newtown CT (SPX) May 07, 2008 - In 10 years, Russia's national defense spending has risen by more than 965 percent as its military renews strategic air patrols, reasserts its interests throughout the former Soviet space, and actively pushes back against competing security interests from the U.S. and Europe.]]> Arlington, Va. (UPI) May 6, 2008 - It is now nearly 20 years since the Berlin Wall was breached, providing a powerful symbol of communism's impending collapse. That event also marked the end of an era in American defense planning, because the military challenge posed by the Soviet Union had taken most of the guesswork out of what kind of defense posture the nation needed.]]> Chester Township PA (SPX) May 07, 2008 - Alloy Surfaces was awarded a $30 Million Contact from the United States Air Force for MJU-50/B Infrared Special Material Decoys. This news comes the same week that Alloy Surfaces announced receiving the largest IDIQ contract to date. Alloy Surfaces received a five year IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery - Indefinite Quantity) contract from the United States Army with the maximum value of $347.9 Million.]]> ]]> Washington (AFP) May 6, 2008 - The Pentagon warned Tuesday the US Army will not be able to pay its soldiers beyond June 15 unless Congress acts soon on a stalled request from the administration for war funding.]]> Washington (UPI) May 2, 2008 - Life in Iraq for private military contractors is dangerous. If they get killed their dependents in theory get insurance but there will be no letters from a military commander of the president, commending them for their service to the country. No chaplain shows up at their door to offer consolation. ]]> Moscow (UPI) May 2, 2008 - Earlier this year reports appeared in the media that China had copied Russia's Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker fighter and that its J-11 version, now manufactured in China, would be sold to third countries, undermining Russia's positions on the global arms market. ]]> ]]> Washington DC (SPX) May 05, 2008 - The U.S. Air Force found Northrop Grumman's bid to build the next generation of aerial refueling tankers superior to Boeing's in four of the five most important selection criteria. Despite this fact, the losing bidder wants the Government Accountability Office to overturn the Air Force decision to award the contract to Northrop Grumman even though the Air Force conducted what even Boeing described as a fair, open and transparent bidding process.]]> Arlington, Va., April 29, 2008 - If you want to understand how former allies end up going to war -- or former lovers end up getting divorced -- take a look at how Boeing and the U.S. Air Force are treating each other in their angry confrontation over the award of a next-generation tanker program to Northrop Grumman. ]]> Taipei (AFP) April 29, 2008 - Washington will continue to back Taiwan militarily while it pushes for peace talks with China, the de facto US envoy here assured incoming president Ma Ying-jeou Tuesday.]]> SPECIAL ADVERTISING FEATURE
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