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The Motley Fool December 7, 2005 Brian Gorman |
Is Defense Safe? Recent news from the Pentagon looks positive for the industry, but investors shouldn't be quick to assume they've dodged a bullet.  |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2005 Rich Smith |
The Best Offense All the talk of defense spending cuts has taken its toll on General Dynamics' stock over the past few weeks, knocking it down about 4% since the beginning of the year, and another percent or so on Friday.  |
National Defense January 2008 Sandra I. Erwin |
Bigger Budgets Disguise Larger Fiscal Dilemmas Nowhere is the financial outlook for the Defense Department more uncertain than in the procurement budget.  |
The Motley Fool September 19, 2011 Rich Smith |
Military Intelligence: No Longer a Misnomer Congress cuts funding for the poorly conceived plan to replace the Army's fleet of 140,000 Humvees with monstrous, heavily armored, gas-guzzling Joint Light Tactical Vehicles.  |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2007 Stanley Holmes |
High-Tech Weapons: A Loss Of Control? The Pentagon may be ceding too much power to Boeing and other contractors.  |
National Defense March 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Army, Marine Corps Face Pitfalls When it Comes to Modernizing Equipment As budgets tighten and the military reduces ground forces, the Marine Corps' failed attempt to field the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle may serve as a case study for those hoping to modernize military equipment.  |
The Motley Fool August 27, 2010 Rich Smith |
America, Defenseless? Some of the nation's biggest defense contractors have begun receiving "Dear John" letters from the Pentagon.  |
National Defense January 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
While Still at War, Services Brood Over `What's Next?' The business of planning for the future indeed can be scary, especially when it comes to predicting when and where the nation will fight the next war.  |
National Defense April 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
The Next Humvee: Army, Marines Weigh Options The Army and Marine Corps may decide as early as May 2007 to begin searching for a new vehicle that would replace the ubiquitous Humvee.  |
BusinessWeek March 5, 2007 Kopecki & Holmes |
Ready To Come Back To Earth Defense is blazing hot. But most stocks are already in the stratosphere.  |
National Defense April 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Struggles to Maintain Ground Vehicle Fleet Facing a $12 billion tab to repair and replace vehicles and equipment damaged in combat operations, the Army expects to both reassess funding priorities and take a hard look at its logistics and maintenance practices.  |
Popular Mechanics September 12, 2008 Joe Pappalardo |
6 American Weapons Systems to Rearm Iraqi Army for Withdrawal This week the Wall Street Journal reported that Iraq is starting to inquire about the purchase of F-16 fighters from the United States -- another step in the process of the expected military withdrawal.  |
BusinessWeek April 25, 2005 Palmeri & Crock |
Evening The Odds In A Guerrilla War Helped by feedback from Iraq, companies are speeding up weapons design. Defense contractors are also looking to retool weapons.  |
National Defense February 2006 Lawrence P. Farrell |
Armor Innovation Needs to Stay on Fast Track Even if the administration begins what could be a limited drawdown of forces in Iraq, efforts to develop new armor capabilities -- and to ensure adequate funding and resources for armored vehicles and other force-protection equipment -- must continue.  |
The Motley Fool January 12, 2010 Rich Smith |
6 Stocks That Never Surrender In a fight to the finish versus the S&P 500, no quarter will be asked, none given by defense industry stocks.  |
National Defense June 2011 Sandra I. Erwin |
Cries of 'Hollow Military' Stifle Rational Debate on Future Spending President Obama has called for $400 billion in Pentagon cuts over the next 12 years, and to some defense officials and lawmakers, this is just the opening salvo of a campaign to tear down the U.S. military.  |
National Defense March 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army to Equip Helos With `Low Cost' Munitions The Army soon may begin arming its combat helicopters with an undersized missile that could surgically destroy targets in urban areas without killing or maiming friendly forces or innocent civilians.  |
BusinessWeek January 22, 2007 Gene G. Marcial |
Lockheed: Rocketing Up Worries that democrats in Congress may roll back defense outlays doesn't faze fans of Lockheed Martin.  |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2010 Rich Smith |
1,946 Reasons to Buy Force Protection Force reminds us: There's strength in numbers.  |
National Defense April 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Grappling With Antiquated Buying Rules Army leaders continue to squabble over how best to satisfy soldiers' immediate equipment needs and simultaneously develop futuristic weapons systems for the decades ahead.  |
National Defense January 2008 Sandra I. Erwin |
In the Army, Why Can't Soldiers Be Customers? Nowhere do companies find it more difficult to concentrate on true customer needs than in the Army procurement system.  |
National Defense July 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Marines Ponder Stinger Missile Replacement Marine Corps officials are mulling over proposals to replace the 25-year-old Stinger guided missile.  |
National Defense September 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Takes $35 Million Hit On Joint Common Missile As a result of funding cuts, the Army is unable to bring a second industry competitor into one of its largest missile programs.  |
National Defense March 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell |
Defense Budget Sets Stage for Tough Choices Ahead As Congress continues to dissect the details of the Bush administration's proposed defense budget for fiscal year 2008, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the nation's military faces a worrisome financial future.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 John Keller |
Defense budgets headed down, no matter who's in the White House In fact, fuel prices should have a much broader influence on defense spending over the next several years than who's resident in the White House.  |
National Defense April 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Spending Muscle Fueled By Emergency Funding A combination of bigger procurement accounts in this year's budget and war-emergency appropriations puts the Army on course to receive some of the largest levels of funding it has seen in decades.  |
The Motley Fool August 3, 2009 Rich Smith |
6 Stocks That Never Surrender While I'm certainly not rooting against a broad-based economic recovery, I'm convinced that my six star defense companies will perform just fine in any economy.  |
The Motley Fool April 9, 2009 Rich Smith |
Lockheed Defenseless? Boeing Busted? Maybe, but there are also winners aplenty in the Pentagon's new budget.  |
The Motley Fool May 7, 2009 Rich Smith |
M-ATV Bids: The Pentagon Picks Its Winners The Pentagon narrowed the field of contenders to just five companies, and asked each one to provide it with three prototype M-ATVs to test. Read on to see who the winners are.  |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2011 Rich Smith |
Lockheed Flies Into the Twilight Zone Iraq goes shopping. Flush with billions of dollars of oil revenues, Iraq is evolving into a major patron of America's beleaguered military-industrial complex.  |
National Defense February 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Sequestration Threatens Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Acquisition With round two of sequestration looming over the Pentagon, major weapon programs could be on the chopping block.  |
National Defense January 2012 Sandra I. Erwin |
Budget Squeeze Could Spur Defense Industry Shakeup To borrow a line from Casey at the Bat, there is no joy in Mudville. Defense industry executives, with good reason, are experiencing considerable anxiety as Pentagon budget cuts lurk around the corner.  |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2011 Rich Smith |
Australia Holds a Garage Sale And then it's going to need to buy (a lot of) planes, tanks, ships, and other military equipment.  |
National Defense August 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Washington Pulse Joint Warfare Has Its Drawbacks... Naval Aviators Told To Tighten Belt... Marines Shifting Non-Combat Jobs to Civilians... Military Training Programs Could See Cutbacks...  |
The Motley Fool July 10, 2009 Rich Smith |
Is Your Portfolio Bulletproof? Here are six defense stocks for it that are.  |
Popular Mechanics July 22, 2008 Erik Sofge |
Laser Truck Inches Closer to Iraq Battlefield: Exclusive First Look The Army is one step closer to getting what can only be described as a laser truck - one capable of disabling incoming rounds.  |
National Defense December 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Obliged to Add Troops, Army Agonizes Over Costs Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard A. Cody asserts the issue that should have been more thoroughly debated by political leaders, but has largely been ignored, is not the draft, but rather how the nation will pay for the additional troops the Army requires to keep fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.  |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2011 Rich Smith |
Danger! Budget Cuts Ahead! Congress takes an ax to defense projects. Who stands to lose their heads?  |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2010 Rich Smith |
iRobot Defeats General Dynamics iRobot is winning the autonomous navigation system war -- without even firing a shot.  |
National Defense March 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Efforts to Reorganize U.S. Army Tied to Emergency War Spending As Iraq war costs approach the $300 billion mark, the Defense Department's increasing reliance on emergency appropriations to pay for military equipment is stirring controversy on Capitol Hill.  |
National Defense April 2011 Eric Beidel |
Challenges Remain as JLTV Competition Heats Up More than any other program, the Army and Marine Corps' effort to create a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle epitomizes the challenges the military faces with its trucks.  |
The Motley Fool October 10, 2008 Rich Smith |
Neighbors Covet Lockheed's MULE Could it lose the robotic vehicle contract?  |
National Defense January 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army's Armored Force: Mix of Old and New Amid uncertainty about the prospect of its ambitious "future combat systems" program, the Army is forging ahead with plans to deploy up to 35 new armored brigades.  |
National Defense August 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Technologies Rushed to War Face an Uncertain Future In the scramble to deliver equipment requested by commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army often bypassed its own procurement bureaucracy.  |
National Defense January 2006 Lawrence P. Farrell |
We Must Prepare for Defense Budget Crunch Substantial growth in defense spending after 9/11 gave the Pentagon's budget a reprieve. The day of financial reckoning, however, may fast be approaching if the current state of the nation's balance sheet offers any clues.  |
The Motley Fool October 1, 2008 Rich Smith |
Raptors and Lightnings and F-16s. Oh, My! How will the Pentagon deal with a cash-strapped economy? How should you?  |
National Defense July 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell |
Army Meets Tough Procurement Challenge Head-On Shortages of armored vehicles, particularly, commanded considerable attention because they highlighted the challenges of predicting equipment requirements and ensuring the readiness of the industrial base. The response to the steep increase in demand for armored vehicles in fact has been a remarkable success story.  |
The Motley Fool June 29, 2011 Rich Smith |
Obama on Afghanistan The troops come out, the money stays in. For shareholders of defense contractors, one of the biggest worries today is the fear that MidEast pullouts will drain away revenues from defense contractors.  |
National Defense June 2012 Eric Beidel |
Military Provides Little Clarity For Future of Truck Fleets As wars end and budgets tighten, the Pentagon has begun trying to make sense of the spending spree that was the past decade.  |
National Defense April 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Next-Generation Humvee Faces Delays, Budget Crunch The Army and Marine Corps are expected to delay an industry competition to design and build a new family of light trucks to replace aging humvees.  |