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Defense contractors
Lessons learned from the Humvee
Jun 16, 2015
Three contractors are bidding to build a lighter, faster replacement vehicle.
There's more than money in the Army's handgun contract
Mar 24, 2015
The Pentagon is searching for a new official supplier. Will Beretta keep the job?
Blackberry plans self-destructing phone
Dec 26, 2014
The smartphone maker partners with Boeing on an ultra-secure phone
The local economics of fighter jets
Dec 23, 2013
Earlier this month, the Air Force announced that it’s going to base 18 of its brand-new Joint Strike Fighter jets in Burlington, Vermont. For some Vermonters, the news was cause for celebration. For others, it was a wrenching defeat.
Sequester hits government contractors unevenly
Apr 2, 2013
Some government contractors take cuts in stride, others struggle.
Lockheed Martin moves beyond weapons to clean water with graphene
by
Molly Wood
Mar 18, 2013
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin has discovered a way to make desalination 100 times more efficient. And that could have a big impact on bringing clean drinking water to the developing world and war zones.
Sequester could cut jobs outside U.S. borders
Feb 21, 2013
Cuts in defense spending as part of the sequester could ripple to suppliers outside the U.S.
For public good, not for profit.
D.C.'s economy expects hit from defense cutbacks
by
Scott Tong
Jan 24, 2013
Three big employers dependent on defense spending, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamic all expect cuts to their contracting services.
Pentagon prepares for cuts -- cliff or no cliff
Dec 31, 2012
Defense contractors are already cutting back as the war in Afghanistan winds down.
Defense layoffs or bluff?
by
Scott Tong
Sep 27, 2012
Contractors say 'fiscal cliff' could force layoffs; legal deadline for pink slips looms