By ANTONIE BOESSENKOOL
The U.S. Defense Department will renew its focus on the strength of the industrial base that supplies it, paying special attention to companies below the prime contracting level, the Pentagon's industrial policy director said last week. That focus will take place in what he and others describe as a likely end to the robust defense spending of the past six years. ... full story
By WENDELL MINNICK
TAIPEI - An aluminum deal between China and Russia is raising questions after China North Industries Corp. (NORINCO), one of China's biggest defense companies, announced plans to import 1.68 million tons of aluminum from Russian-based United Company (UC) RUSAL from 2010 to 2016. ... full story
By JOHN T. BENNETT
OMAHA, Neb. - There was a time when U.S. defense and aerospace firms were lukewarm on the Pentagon's Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) effort. Now, several years later, executives use words like "excited" and "focused" to describe ORS, saying it could bring them new business - and give the American military industrial base a needed lifeline. ... full story
By CHRISTOPHER P. CAVAS
A small group of officers at the Pentagon is in the early stages of work on a new concept to combine the capabilities of the U.S. Air Force and Navy, offset their vulnerabilities and better use their assets to deter or defeat future enemies. ... full story
The Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program is ready to test a few components that soldiers may have in their hands by 2010.
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