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• Obama increases Pentagons budget by $60B

  
  Corrente — Authority: 625
  Wired : The Office of Management and Budget ” has approved a nearly $60 billion increase in the Pentagon’s base budget between fiscal years 2011 and 2015,” InsideDefense.com reports. That includes an extra $15 billion for the next fiscal year — “a 2.7 percent increase after inflation. This boost “would ...
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• Contracts for December 04, 2009

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 439
  Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.
  13 hours ago

• Picture: Boeing AH-64D Apache Block III structures test aircraft makes 1st flight

  
  PlaneTalking.com — Authority: 438
  The Boeing AH-64D Apache Block III program has completed the first flight of its structures test aircraft. The test, conducted Nov. 23 in Mesa, demonstrated flight characteristics and handling maneuvers. Tests to continue to expand the helicopters flight envelope are expected to continue for the next several weeks.
  21 hours ago

• Military Casualty Report

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 489
  The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom: Sgt. Kenneth R. Nichols Jr., 28, of Chrisman, Ill., died Dec. 1 in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit using small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fires.  ...
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• Contracts for December 04, 2009

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 439
  Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.
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• Contracts for December 03, 2009

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 439
  Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.
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• Exclusive: Bob Coleman shares what’s next for Six3 Systems

  
  ExecutiveBiz Blog — Authority: 129
  When Bob Coleman left ManTech earlier this year, many wondered about his next move. Then came news Coleman had launched Six3 Systems, a company focused on acquiring government services providers focused on national security. Six3 Systems has since acquired Harding Security Associates . Now comes its second ...
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• Northrop To Start Building Arliegh Burke Destroyers Again

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 439
  The Obama Administration restructured the new U.S. Navy destroyer program as part of their 2010 budget review. The DDG-1000 program will now end after only three ships and rather then having two sources only General Dynamics (GD) will build them. A new destroyer program will be developed. Since Northrop Grumman ...
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• Contracts for December 02, 2009

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 439
  Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.
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• Moore takes Obama to the woodshed over Afghanistan ...

  
  At-Largely — Authority: 581
  Michael Moore takes down Obama Afghanistan escalation talking points [Want to read the whole piece? Visit atlargely.com for full links, other content, and more]
  3 days ago

• “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Don’t Work – RAND Corporation Study Suports Gays in Uniform

  
  San Francisco Citizen — Authority: 509
  You know how to read, right? So have at it – I just found a nice link for you that I couldn’t find last month. Hai, doozo: Attitudes of Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans toward Gay and Lesbian Service Members So, the “unit-cohesion” rationale , the concern about risking ” the high standards of ...
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• Adaptive Imaging Technologies Voted Most Promising Security Start Up 2009

  
  VC Cafe — Authority: 469
  T he Global Security Challenge (GSC), held at London Business School last month, has revealed its 2009 winners and awarded more than $500,000 in prizes. Israel-based Adaptive Imaging Technologies has won the “ Most Promising Startup Award ” and was awarded a $100,000 cash grant provided by TSWG , US ...
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• Around The Services

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 489
  The President gets ready to unveil the way forward in Afghanistan. Plus, the DoD recognizes World AIDS Day.
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• DARPA’s Kooky $40,000 Scavenger Hunt

  
  80beats — Authority: 622
  To celebrate the Internet’s 40th anniversary, DARPA, often referred to as the mad scientist wing of the Pentagon, will award a $40,000 prize to the first person or group to find all 10 of DARPA’s big red weather balloons. But the contest is not all fun and games. DARPA is studying the participants to learn more ...
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• TacSat-4 spacecraft complete and awaiting launch

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 648
  Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) engineers have completed all environmental and performance testing on the TacSat-4 COMMx payload. This completes the entire TacSat-4 spacecraft as the spacecraft bus was completed in May 2008. The launch date was fall 2009, however it was moved to August 2010 because of Minotaur-IV ...
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• Contracts for December 01, 2009

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 439
  Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.
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• Dick Cheney - a moral vacuum

  
  At-Largely — Authority: 581
  Before I cite former VP Cheneys latest expression of his inner monstrosity, let me remind you of just some of what the Cheney administration did with Afghanistan and Iraq. I call it the "Cheney... [Want to read the whole piece? Visit atlargely.com for full links, other content, and more]
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• Israel To Buy The F-35 If Their Conditions Met

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 439
  Israel would like to buy the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to add modern, stealthy aircraft to its fleet of F-15 and F1-6 aircraft. As with the previous generation of United States aircraft they would also like the ability to integrate their own electronics and weapon systems on it. The Israelis have done this ...
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• Boeing EA-18G Growler to advance to full rate production

  
  PlaneTalking.com — Authority: 438
  The Boeing EA-18G Growler was approved to advance into Full Rate Production (FRP) by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) on Nov. 23. The St. Louis-based EA-18G program now can proceed from Low Rate Initial Production to FRP quantities of approximately 20 aircraft per year.
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• House Committee to Hold Hearing on Army Contracting Scandal

  
  The Fine Print: blog posts from OMBWatch — Authority: 133
  Back in August, I wrote a post on a WaPo article about George Raymond, a former Army official with the Communications-Electronic Command (CECOM), and allegations that Raymond steered government contracts to his friends and then broke ethics rules by taking a comfortable job in the contracting industry afterwards. ...
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