Read more Lockheed Martin stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10232/lockheed-martin.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:02:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/55542/gates-pentagon-budget-overhaul-hits-heavy-resistance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDefense Secretary Robert Gates talked tough yesterday in proposing to cut six major weapons systems from the Pentagon budget, and members of Congress wasted no time in talking tough right back, suggesting that the battle to refocus spending could meet major resistance. “This budget represents an opportunity, one of those...http://www.newser.com/story/55542/gates-pentagon-budget-overhaul-hits-heavy-resistance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Apr 2009 12:28:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50919/obama-faces-costly-choice-on-11b-marine-one-fleet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama has to decide whether to continue a Pentagon contract that pits wartime security against his principles of government accountability and frugality, the New York Times reports. The 2003 project to replace the decades-old Marine One fleet has nearly doubled in price to $11 billion, pushing the cost of...http://www.newser.com/story/50919/obama-faces-costly-choice-on-11b-marine-one-fleet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Feb 2009 5:02:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43773/pentagon-aims-for-target-seeking-bullet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Pentagon wants to develop a bullet that can change course in midflight to seek its target, Wired reports. The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency yesterday committed $22 million to producing the superbullet—"an actively controlled .50 caliber projectile that uses information for real time directional flight control"—which would...http://www.newser.com/story/43773/pentagon-aims-for-target-seeking-bullet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Nov 2008 11:52:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38814/pentagon-seeks-152b-fighter-sale-to-israel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Defense Department said today it wants to sell up to 75 fighter jets to Israel in a $15.2 billion deal for the aircraft expected to be the mainstay of air power in the US and several other nations for decades. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said it notified...http://www.newser.com/story/38814/pentagon-seeks-152b-fighter-sale-to-israel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Sep 2008 18:15:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37410/us-arms-sales-skyrocket.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSeeking to arm allies and contain countries like Iran and North Korea, the Bush Administration has significantly stepped up international weapons sales, the New York Times reports. The Defense Department will sell or transfer $32 billion in arms this year, particularly in the Middle East, compared to $12 billion two...http://www.newser.com/story/37410/us-arms-sales-skyrocket.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Sep 2008 8:26:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36679/iraq-looks-to-buy-f-16s-from-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIraq’s military wants to buy 36 F-16 fighter planes from the US in an effort to cut its dependence on American air power, the Wall Street Journal reports. The multi-billion-dollar purchase could speed the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, but neighboring nations may worry about the presence of such...http://www.newser.com/story/36679/iraq-looks-to-buy-f-16s-from-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Sep 2008 8:36:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23121/pentagon-big-guns-late-way-over-budget.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome 95 of the Pentagon's biggest weapons systems are a total of $295 billion over budget and arrive an average of 2 years late, according to the Government Accountability Office. But GAO auditors say the Pentagon is getting sloppier, not better, reports the Washington Post . "It's taking longer and costing...http://www.newser.com/story/23121/pentagon-big-guns-late-way-over-budget.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Apr 2008 12:46:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21333/mccain-sucked-into-boeing-battle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn McCain is being dragged into the feud between Boeing and the Air Force, reports AP . A firm headed by McCain's campaign finance chairman, Tom Loeffler, was paid $220,000 to lobby on behalf of the Airbus, the successful European rival to Boeing's 767 fuel tanker. McCain had helped block...http://www.newser.com/story/21333/mccain-sucked-into-boeing-battle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Mar 2008 4:30:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/13547/nasa-sees-minivan-for-moon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEngineers are busy at work building America's next spacecraft, the long overdue replacement of the 33-year-old shuttle, and NASA has this advice for those who can't wait to see the finished product: Think minivan, not Ferrari. Fast Company explores the work at Lockheed and finds the Orion to be utilitarian...http://www.newser.com/story/13547/nasa-sees-minivan-for-moon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Dec 2007 11:30:02 CST