Warner Opposes DOD Cuts: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner (R-Va.) and five of his colleagues have expressed their ire over the expected $32 billion defense budget cut for 2007-11. The six on Dec. 16 sent a letter to President Bush outlining their opposition to ending the “modest” growth that, over the past few years, has helped the military recover from the “procurement holiday” of the 1990s.
The Air Force awarded matching $17.7 million contracts to Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems for the first part of a program to design an "Off Board Sensing Station," which would be an escort to extend the sensor reach of combat aircraft and carry extra munitions for…