NSA Euro Saga * According to El Mundo [in Spanish], the NSA proceeded in Spain to the same sort of spying denounced by France and Germany last week. * Meanwhile the Süddeutsche Zeitung claims [in German] that not only the French government knew of at least some of the...
US Budget Negotiations to Restart * Congressional leaders are signaling a more realistic stance as they’re about to restart budget negotiations next week. They are shrugging off any sort of ambitious “grand bargain” deal, and may instead be content...
Primes Under Booking Pressure * General Dynamics’ Q3 revenue was down by 1.7% to $7.8B. Information systems sales break from the trend with a 4.4% increase, but even combined with healthy aerospace gains, they can’t quite compensate for Combat Systems...
Unfunded US Shipbuilding * The Congressional Budget Office’s report [PDF] on the the Navy’s 2014-43 shipbuilding plan [PDF] notes that it is slightly less money-hungry than the previous year’s 30-year plan, but the plan remains about “one-third...
US Budgeteers to Face Tough Calls * US Army Secretary John McHugh told attendees of the AUSA annual meeting that GCV and networking count among the service’s priorities, but given the current budget trajectory, some programs will have to be delayed by 4 years or...
