A new analysis shows that a “large portion” of Pentagon contracts in recent years have gone to just five companies: Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman. Up to half of the estimated $14 trillion that the Pentagon has spent in the two decades since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan has gone to private […]
JAKARTA, INDONESIA – Indonesian aviation authorities said Sunday they had located the two black boxes from the Sriwijaya Air passenger plane that crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta Saturday. Speaking to reporters, Soerjanto Tjahjanto, head of Indonesia’s transport safety agency said that divers would look for them, hoping to retrieve them soon. The devices […]
Shanahan worked at Boeing, one of the world’s largest defense contractors, for more than 30 years before joining the Trump administration The White House announced Thursday that President Donald Trump will nominate acting Defense Secretary and former Boeing executive as Pentagon chief. (Photo: United States Air Force) In a move critics warned could further deepen […]
WHITE HOUSE —The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is resisting growing domestic and international calls for it to ground a new American-made jetliner which has crashed twice in six months, killing nearly 350 people. The president is engaged in discussions about the Boeing 737 Max-8 aircraft, according to White House officials who did […]