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Were there tariffs on military exports?
I don't know where else to ask this, and I've arrived here via a circuitous route so please bear with me. I've recently gone down the rabbit hole of the Australian car industry of the 60s and apart from the basic Australian manufactured models we imported Zephyrs and Crestas from the UK and...- Rule of cool
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- 1960s aerospace industry automotive history british commonwealth cold war commonwealth of australia defense industry
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MODERNIZING DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS AND SPURRING INNOVATION IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE
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Parallels between the decline of the USN and the RN
Watching the decline in size and construction problems encountered by the USN since 1991 I am reminded of the fate of the Royal Navy after WW2. At first sight the US has done rather better. It still has the world's largest force of nuclear strike carriers and its nuclear submarines remain the... -
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ARM cancelling ISA licenses to Qualcomm
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-23/arm-to-cancel-qualcomm-chip-design-license-in-escalation-of-feud Actual nuclear bomb. Probably wouldn't actually happen, since it sounds more like a big bargaining chip, but potentially a huge turning point for the chip industry, and especially... -
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Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs as losses deepen during factory strike
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Ted Colbert, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security resigns
Reuters reports that Ted Colbert, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, will be leaving the company effective immediately. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-defense-head-ted-colbert-leave-2024-09-20/ -
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"Die Deutsche Luftfahrt" is "Kaputt"
I have just been told that Bernard & Graefe, owned by the Monch Publishing Group, magazine sellers, is discontinuing definetelly its landmark book series on German aviation subjects,"Die Deusche Luftfahrt". IMHO I believe this to be a case study of mismanagement of a most respected brand, with...- Wurger
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RIP Simon Ramo 1913-2016
http://www.dailybreeze.com/obituaries/20160628/simon-ramo-1913-2016-aerospace-pioneer-and-icbm-chief-architect-was-the-r-in-trw- GeorgeA
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- 20th century aerospace industry apollo program bunker ramo corporation cold war defense industry early 21st century icbm nasa national reconnaissance office post-cold war satellite space probes space race spy sat strategic defense initiative thompson ramo wooldridge trw united states united states air force
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Critical Minerals Policy Act (US)
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/01/03/dont-belittle-congresss-attempts-to-enhance-mineral-production/- Grey Havoc
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- 21st century aerospace industry cold war ii defense industry geopolitics manufacturing ocean mining post-cold war seabed mining strategic materials supply chains united states
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Sustaining the US Defense Industrial Base Report
From the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments; http://www.csbaonline.org/publications/2013/09/sustaining-the-u-s-defense-industrial-base-as-a-strategic-asset/ Report a free download at the link. Haven't yet read the report but it should, IMHO, recommend a 'prototype' agency...