Tony Capaccio

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Name: Tony Capaccio

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Lockheed Martin F-35 Cost Declines $4.5 Billion, Pentagon Says

The development and production cost of Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT)The decrease to $391.2 billion from $395.7 billion includes the aircraft and the engines produced by United Technologies Corp. (UTX)The latest F-35 projection is included in a report on ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 23 2013]

Entities: Lockheed Martin F-35, Lockheed Martin Corp, Tony Capaccio, Michael Sullivan, United Technologies Corporation

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Robert Cone

Army Suspends Training Center Commander on Alleged Adultery (1)

The commander of the U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Jackson in South Carolina was suspended today on allegations including adultery and a physical altercation, the Army said.The suspension of Brigadier General Bryan Roberts is the latest in a string ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 22 2013]

Entities: Bryan Roberts, Adultery, Military/Armed Forces, Robert Cone

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Gerald Ford

Aircraft Carrier’s Cost Increase Draws U.S. Lawmakers’ Concern

A House panel expressed concern that costs for the U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier continue to increase, even as lawmakers accepted the service’s request for a $1.1 billion increase in a cost cap imposed by Congress.The House Armed Services Committee’s ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 21 2013]

Entities: Gerald Ford, Aircraft Carrier, Randy Forbes, John McCain, Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 3 reports

Apple Inc

Apple mobile devices cleared for U.S. military network use

By Nick Taborek and Tony CapaccioBloomberg NewsWASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Friday it has cleared Apple devices for use on its networks, setting the stage for the maker of iPhones and iPads to compete with Samsung Electronics and BlackBerry for military ... [Published North Jersey.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: BlackBerry, Apple Inc, Military/Armed Forces, Tony Capaccio, Trudy Muller

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

American President Lines

Pentagon Said to Seek $80 Billion for Wars as Troops Come Home

The Pentagon will request that Congress approve a budget for combat operations of about $79.5 billion, the least since 2005, as U.S. troops withdraw from Afghanistan, according to administration officials.The proposal for war operations, which aren’t ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 16 2013]

Entities: Afghanistan, United States, Iraq, American President Lines, Tony Capaccio

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Defense Information Systems Agency

Pentagon Renews Lease for Chinese Communications Satellite

The Pentagon will continue for another year the lease of a Chinese commercial satellite to provide communications for its Africa Command.The use of China’s Apstar-7 satellite will continue in a $10.7 million lease through the government solutions unit ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 15 2013]

Entities: Communications Satellite, Tony Capaccio, Defense Information Systems Agency

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

F-16 Fighting Falcon

U.S. automatic cuts send Pentagon contract awards down 52 percent

Pentagon contracts tumbled 52 percent in April from a month earlier as across-the-board federal budget cuts took hold.The Defense Department announced awards with a maximum value of $19 billion in April, about 22 percent lower than a year earlier, according ... [Published Washington Post - May 12 2013]

Entities: Larry Allen, F-16 Fighting Falcon, Military/Armed Forces, General Dynamics Corporation

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Missile Defense Agency Progress Cited in Fixing Warhead’s Flaws

The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency has pursued a rigorous process to investigate and solve a guidance flaw in the latest model of Raytheon Co. (RTN)Since two interceptors failed in 2010, the agency has convened an independent review board and "conducted ... [Published BusinessWeek - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Warhead, Missile Defense Agency, Interceptor, Raytheon Company, Missile Defense

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Pentagon: Iran Seeks to “Force a Diplomatic Solution to Hostilities”

Pentagon: Iran Seeks to “Force a Diplomatic Solution to Hostilities” from Secrecy News by Steven AftergoodIrancontinues to develop its military capabilities, including ballisticmissiles, nuclear weapons-related technologies, and unconventionalforces, ... [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Iran, Tony Capaccio, Steven Aftergood

First reported Apr 08 2013 - Updated Apr 08 2013 - 1 reports

Dangerous Disconnect

The U.S. will be spending less, in the coming months and years, on defending itself from missile attacks. As Tony Capaccio of Bloomberg reports:The Pentagon will request $9.16 billion for missile defense programs for the 2014 fiscal year that begins ... [Published The Weekly Standard Blog - Apr 08 2013]

Entities: Tony Capaccio, missile, Missile Defense

First reported Mar 18 2013 - Updated Mar 18 2013 - 1 reports

Still Carrying the Load

A contemporary bit of saber rattling, a United States Air Force long range bomber flew over South Korea earlier this month as part of war games. There was more to it, however, than the usual readiness exercise, as Bloomberg's Tony Capaccio reports, the ... [Published The Weekly Standard Blog - Mar 18 2013]

Entities: Tony Capaccio, US Air Force, Bomber, Cambodia

First reported Mar 05 2013 - Updated Mar 05 2013 - 1 reports

Pentagon Announces Orders for Four New LCS’

SAN DIEGO (March 1, 2013) The littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) departs San Diego Bay for a deployment to the Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class John Grandin/Released) Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) ... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Mar 05 2013]

Entities: Austal Ltd, Marinette (United States), Lockheed Martin Corp

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