Superpresidentialism and the military: the Russian variant.
In any type of polity, the relationship between the executive and the armed forces is a quintessential institutional link. In most democracies the control of the military is the shared responsibility of the president, his or her government, and the legislative branch. Although the presidential role may be paramount,...

OFFSETS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
The requirement that sellers of military equipment agree to "offsets" has been a feature of defense procurement contracts for almost forty years.(1) Despite numerous criticisms of the practice of offsets,(2) their use has continued and even grown.(3) Virtually any defense contractor seeking to sell a major military system to...

Plexus Announces Q1 Revenue of $381 Million and EPS of $0.32.
Initiates Q2 Revenue Guidance of $345 - $355 Million and Re-Sets Full Year Revenue Growth Target NEENAH, Wis., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Plexus Corp. today announced results for its fiscal first quarter and provided forward-looking guidance for its fiscal second quarter and its full fiscal year 2007....

Defense industry complex: current state and development prospects*.
The procedure to elaborate a state weapons program (SWP) includes three key phases: making sure how much money the state can afford toward funding the military, formulating a rational plan of developing its weapons system, and estimating the defense industry's resources in terms of whether it can cope with...

Managing DoD in fiscal crisis: at the LMI Executive Forum, senior government executives and private-sector leaders examine the hard choices that must be made when it's time to pay the bills.
By any "per-unit" measure, national defense is increasingly costly. The largest discretionary element of the federal budget, defense is on a collision course with other domestic spending priorities. The federal budget pays healthcare and retirement benefits to a steadily growing share of the population; similarly, the most rapid growth...

Aerospace & Defense News - Defense.
Jan 21, 2008 Australia hopes to attract U.S. defense firms. An Australian official will meet with executives from U.S. defense firms to encourage them to establish a presence in Australia. South Australian Deputy Premier Kevin Foley will meet with representatives from Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and BAE. Jan...

The French approach to a European defense industrial base.
As the man in charge of strategy at France's Delegation Generale de l'Armement (the French Armaments Agency), the subject of European cooperation on procurement is obviously important to me because of my responsibility for getting our troops the weapons they need. More than 25 percent of our current programs...

SRA Awarded $13.6M Contract with Department of Defense.
Company to Continue to Provide Technical and Analytical Services to DoD's TRICARE Management Activity FAIRFAX, Va., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SRA International, Inc. , a leading provider of technology and strategic consulting services and solutions to federal government organizations, announced that it has been awarded a competitive...

Communications and Electronics Manufacturing Sectors Drive Demand for General Purpose Test and Measurement Equipment in Asia Pacific.
SINGAPORE, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asia Pacific general purpose test and measurement equipment market anticipates witnessing stable growth over the forecast period, mainly due to good performance of the communications, electronic manufacturing and semiconductor sectors. While electronic exports from Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Singapore are likely to...

Military-economic fascism: how business corrupts government, and vice versa.
The business of buying weapons that takes place in the Pentagon is a corrupt business--ethically and morally corrupt from top to bottom. The process is dominated by advocacy, with few, if any, checks and balances. Most people in power like this system of doing business and do not want...