Army, Guard On Brink Of War: NGAUS Fires First Salvo

Army, Guard On Brink Of War: NGAUS Fires First Salvo
Army, Guard On Brink Of War: NGAUS Fires First Salvo

The war hasn’t started, yet. But unless the regular Army and the National Guard can resolve their differences behind closed doors before the president’s budget request is publicly submitted sometime in February — and prospects are dim — there will be open, brutal conflict on Capitol Hill on a scale not seen since the 1990s.…

Army Plays Shell Game With Unfinished Apache Helicopters: Put The Transmission In, And Pull It Out Again

WASHINGTON: The Army’s problem with its new Apache helicopters isn’t as bad as we thought when we first wrote about it last week. It’s worse. We knew that Northstar Aerospace, the subcontractor making the transmissions for lead contractor Boeing, had fallen behind on building that crucial component. We knew at least seven of the latest…

The 10 Years’ War: Army Plans For Sequestration Cuts Through 2022

FORT LAUDERDALE: As automatic cuts to the 2013 budget look increasingly unavoidable, with the deadline for a Congressional deal only a week away, Army leaders are preparing fallback positions to defend the service from a full decade of sequester cuts. That includes new guidance on cutting modernization and planning for potential cuts to personnel and…