Weapons costs seemingly soar $39.7 billion

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The Department of Defense (DOD) report shows an increase in costs of $39.723 billion for major weapons programs from the end of September to December 2005. Some of the reasons for the cost increase include using different base cost estimates in calculating cost increases of each program, engineering changes to hardware and software and increase in procurement and development schedules.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Commodity & service prices, National Security, Defense Procurement, Prices and rates, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Weapons, Military procurement, Company pricing policy, Defence buying

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Rumsfeld on increasing fleet size: Capabilities, not numbers, count

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The US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld does not believe in increasing the Navy fleet size as he thinks that it is the capabilities that count, not the numbers of ships. Rumsfeld wants the Navy to focus more on agility and speed of weapons platforms instead of the fleet size and numbers of units in a force.

General services, Executive changes & profiles, Purchasing, Officials and employees, Military aspects, Ships, Rumsfeld, Donald H.

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