| Defense Today 2006 Dave Ahearn |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| 313-Ship fleet may be unaffordable: Cheaper options possible. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Adm. Mullen opposes Navy fleet less than 281 vessels.(Michael Mullen) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Aerospace industry continues to post trade surplus.(Industry overview) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| AIA forecast: Military plane sales growth to nosedive.(Aerospace Industry Association ) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Analyst responds to questions on down-sized destroyer.(DD(X)s)(military ships) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Analyst: weapons, defense needs yield to tax cuts. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| BAE unit wins U.K. MOD pact, shaping future procurement.(Ministry of Defence) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Before buying hugely expensive, untested sea base, think first: Analyst. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Boeing bolsters bottom line with defense, airliner strength.(company earnings) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Boeing may sell India eight multi-mission maritime aircraft.(Boeing Co. sells antisubmarine and reconnaissance aircraft to Idian Navy) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Boeing proposes P-8A sensor plane for ACS contract.(Aerial Common Sensor) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Budget leaders, analyst urge defense spending curbs. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| CBO: Defense outlays flat to up 50 percent by 2016.(Congressional Budget Office) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| CH-47F helicopter has uncorrected problems. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Chairman urges GD, Northrop to make commercial ships: Bartlett sees no major ships funding increase; seek nuke propulsion. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| CNO Mullen: Navy must build more ships, but at a lower cost.(chief of naval operations ) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| CNO's 313 ships plan would fix most fleet limitations.(chief of naval operations, Michael Mullen) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| CNO says LCS cost increase doesn't breach lawmakers' cap.(Chief of Naval Operations)(Littoral Combat Ship) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Coast Guard deepwater program advancing smartly.(Integrated Coast Guard Systems ) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Coast Guard might drop ICGS design, choose another firm for cutter.(Integrated Coast Guard Services) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Cohen sees defense outlays flattening, more links to DHS.(William Cohen) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Colonel: Osprey crash caused by system malfunction; Fix is found. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Congress returns to face planes, ships. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Contractors warned to curb costs of ships. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Credible subs force requires expanded production, money.(funds for constructing submarine)(Discussion) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Critique: QDR doesn't spell out resources needed for military.(Quadrennial Defense Review) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| CRS study: Future fleet plan doesn't reflect new-ships needs.(Congressional Research Service) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Defense outlays to tumble, reaching pre-9/11 levels. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Designing small destroyer would cost years, billions of loss. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| DHS lacks chemical plants power.(Department of Homeland Security) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| DOD weapons boast unrivaled superiority: GAO: Using new tech can mean cost overruns, delays, glitches. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| DP World won't be the last defense takeover controversy.(Dubai Ports World) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Dropping extra JSF engine by GE/Rolls Sparks Hill debate: Killing Aerial tanker lease wasted billions.(joint strike fighter) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| EADS completes development of aerial tanker.(EADS N.V.) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| EFV rides on land, sea, in $12.5 billion program.(Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| England: More C17s may be bought; tanker/transport planes needed now.(Gordon England, Deputy Secretary of Defense) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Etter sees promise in multi-year ship funding.(Delores Etter: assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Funding seen for Raptor, DD(X), others Rep. Young: Military needs more money, but hurdles loom.(Department of Defense's procurement spending plan) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| GAO: Pentagon to buy $49 billion of JSFs before testing.(Government Accountability Office) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| General Dynamics leader says firm isn't lagging in shipyards. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| General Dynamics profit up 21.5 percent in all of 2005.(General Dynamics Corp) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| General Dynamics touts new facilities as cutting subs costs. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Globalization of defense industry well advanced. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Hagee says less money needn't mean fewer ospreys.(Michael Hagee)(United States Marine Corps) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Halliburton Co. swings to profit in 2005. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Health co-payments would rise to curb soaring health costs.(Department of Defense ) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Henry: Raptor is needed, but should be cut rather than JSF. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Henry says military hardware doesn't cover all needs.(Ryan Henry) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Homeland security: Radiation, other sensors aid military, first responders. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| House panel advances budget with $2.5 trillion for defense. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| House panel slashes DD(X) program, seeks more subs. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Hunter: QDR wrongly puts costs first, ahead of threats, needs.(Quadrennial Defense Review)(Duncan Hunter) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Hunter urges rise in total defense spending: Other leaders urge full funding.(Duncan Hunter ) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Iraq war costs may hit $500 billion or more: Study. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Israel eyes U.S. Littoral craft: Lockheed edges toward global LCS marketing. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Japanese firm busted for selling UAV to China.(Yamaha Motor Company Ltd.)(unmanned aerial vehicles) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Keel laid for first General Dynamics LCS: Etter sees new missions for Littoral Combat Ships.(Littoral Combat Ship) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Key lawmaker asks about mini-aircraft carrier, diesel subs.(submarines) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Key lawmaker hits killing 2nd JSF engine.(Joint Strike Fighter) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Key senator says Navy fleet can't be allowed to shrink further. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Lawmakers' budgeting plan would squeeze weapons funding. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Lawmaker urges killing, rebidding ASDS contract.(Advanced SEAL Delivery System) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| LCS costs up 18 percent, above lawmakers' cost cap.(Littoral Combat Ship) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| LCS uses may include fire boat, vehicle transport, search-and-rescue.(Littoral Combat Ship) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Leaders see long production run for General Dynamics LCS.(Littoral Combat Ships ) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Lockheed, Boeing, Northrop still the largest contractors. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Lockheed LCS difficult for enemy to target: Company.(Littoral Combat Ship ) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Lockheed might salvage electronics from failed ACS job.(Aerial Common Sensor ) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Lockheed profits soar 52.7 percent in quarter, 44.2 percent in 2005. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| LPD, Super Hornets top Mullen's list; McCain blasts costs.(Michael Mullen)(John McCain) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Marine Corps needs: Lighter armor, day/night vision, counter-IED.(improvised explosive devices) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Missile scores two more successful tests; JASSM glitches found, fixed; Maritime version promising.(Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile)(Lockheed Martin Corporation ) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Mullen: 313-vessels fleet means $13.5 billion a year.(Michael Mullen) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Mullen open to overseas weapons platforms; Lauds Rumsfeld. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Mullen says $2 billion Virginia class price a must for two-subs goal.(Michael Mullen)(General Dynamics Corp. )(Northrop Grumman Corp.) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Mullen wary on huge Chinese military buildup.(Michael Mullen) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Multi-tasking LCS crew: Small but very busy.(Littoral Combat Ship ) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Navy clears MH-60R for full rate production.(Navy gives MH-60R production to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Navy: Shrinking subs force means risk, unfilled missions.(reduction in designing new submarines) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Northrop Grumman sees major role for laser weapons looming. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Northrop Grumman, UTC see soaring profits in quarter, full year.(United Technologies Corp.) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Osprey faulted on payload, rescue, range issues. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Pace says QDR shows major weapons systems still required: Both new and old threats loom.(Quadrennial Defense Review) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Pentagon programs yield profits: General Dynamics net up 11.3 percent in first quarter. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Plan for 313-vessel fleet raises questions: Some ship classes lacking. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Procurement crunch won't be averted by ending tax cuts.(future of military procurement) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| QDR sees raptor stretch-out, eight MPF(F) ships.(Quadrennial Defense Review)(maritime prepositioning force) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Raytheon leads contractors as 2005 profits soar.(company earnings) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Rep. Bartlett sees arguments for, against diesel subs.(Roscoe Bartlett)(diesel submarines) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Rumsfeld: DOD must fund both existing, new assets.(Donald Rumsfeld)(United States Department of Defense) | Business | Dave Ahearn, Scott Nance, Richard Mullen |
| Rumsfeld says he doesn't oppose increase in Navy fleet.(Donald Rumsfeld) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Rumsfeld says military is funded adequately.(Donald Rumsfeld ) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Schoomaker: Budget squeeze would shrink the Army.(Peter Schoomaker) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Sen. Stevens presses for joint UAV development.(Ted Stevens)(unmanned aerial vehicles) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Sikorsky soon may grasp $3 Billion CH-53K contract.(Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. to produce CH-53K for United States. Marine Corps) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Simmons: Subs would go for $2 billion starting in '09. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| United Kingdom would suffer if it rejects JSF: Analyst.(Joint Strike Fighter) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| US economy able to support defense spending, including procurement. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| U.S. sells more defense wares abroad than it buys overseas. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Vice CNO sees cost curbs on Naval aviation: Two-subs-yearly in 2012.(Chief of Naval Operations) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Wasteful security contracts rob funds from true defense programs: AEI.(American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Weapons costs seemingly soar $39.7 billion. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Weapons programs dodge bullet in FY06, but later cuts loom. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Weapons systems seen unaffordable in coming years: JSF, FCS, DD(X), V-22 challenged. | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Winter decries industry focus on near-term profit, sees downsizing.(Donald Winter) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
| Winter says riverine capability may include multiple boats.(Donald Winter) | Business | Dave Ahearn |
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