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wired.com » Wired: Danger Room - Oct 8, 2008
The whole hand-money-to-the-defense-contractor thing wasn't working out. So, last year, the Pentagon set up a million-dollar prize for lightweight, long-lasting wearable power. The idea was to get the entrepreneur, the …
Also tagged: gadgets and gear, cash rules everything around me
wired.com » Wired: Danger Room - Oct 3, 2008
Last week, a key Congressman predicted that the mega-expensive Wall Street bailout would naturally force the government to cut back defense spending. Well, not if the Pentagon has anything to do with it. The Defense …
Also tagged: cash rules everything around me
wired.com » Wired: Danger Room - Oct 3, 2008
Ask an Air Force general why he needs so many new stealth fighters, and he'll warn of sophisticated "peer competitors," like China and Russia. Both countries are building up their air defenses. Both countries are …
Also tagged: strategery, planes copters blimps, cash rules everything around me, paper pushers and powerpoint rangers
wired.com » Wired: Danger Room - Sep 25, 2008
Washington's leaders have just agreed to a plan that will dump hundreds of billions of dollars on Wall Street. Does that mean defense budgets are going to have to be cut, to help make up this difference? Next year's …
Also tagged: politricks, cash rules everything around me
wired.com » Wired: Danger Room - Sep 25, 2008
Washington's leaders have just agreed to a plan that will dump hundreds of billions of dollars on Wall Street. Does that mean defense budgets are going to have to be cut, to help make up this difference? Next year's …
Also tagged: politricks, cash rules everything around me
wired.com » Wired: Danger Room - Sep 17, 2008
The Navy's program to build next-generation stealth destroyers has been taking on water for a while. Now, it may be on the verge of sinking. The DDG-1000 Zumwalt program has been slashed from seven ships to two, and …
Also tagged: ships and subs, politricks, cash rules everything around me, paper pushers and powerpoint rangers
wired.com » Wired: Danger Room - Sep 15, 2008
The Pentagon's $800 million hypersonic airplane project may be on the verge of crashing and burning. Congressional appropriators have all-but-eliminated funding for the so-called "Blackswift" program, after a series of …
Also tagged: planes copters blimps, darpawatch, cash rules everything around me
wired.com » Wired: Danger Room - Sep 5, 2008
Critics have blasted Iraq's government, for not spending more of its $79 billion surplus on rebuilding the country, while the U.S. continues to pour $10 billion a month into operations there. But Baghdad is finally …
Also tagged: planes copters blimps, cash rules everything around me, iraq s insanity
wired.com » Wired: Danger Room - Sep 5, 2008
Critics have blasted Iraq's government, for not spending more of its $79 billion surplus on rebuilding the country, while the U.S. continues to pour $10 billion a month into operations there. But Baghdad is finally …
Also tagged: planes copters blimps, cash rules everything around me, iraq s insanity
wired.com » Wired: Danger Room - Sep 2, 2008
Outside contractors were supposed to save the federal government money. But, in the U.S. intelligence community, at least, that's not how things have panned out. A typical contract worker in the spy agencies rakes in …
Also tagged: cloak and dagger, mercs, cash rules everything around me, paper pushers and powerpoint rangers