by Joe Katzman | Dec 16, 2011 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, BAE, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Submarines
* The US Senate voted 86-13 for the FY12 defense bill which President Obama is now expected to sign. Congress is also on the verge of finding another midnight hour funding compromise to avoid a government shutdown, pending votes later today. Meanwhile Republicans and...