Budget
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BudgetPentagon Contractor Jobs Will Be Hardest Hit, Hagel Says
Detailing his plans to lower costs by 20 percent at senior levels of the Pentagon by the end of the decade, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Wednesday he expects that […]
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Budget
Christine Fox Named Acting Deputy Defense Secretary
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Tuesday that Christine Fox, former director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, would serve as the acting deputy secretary of defense until a permanent successor […]
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Budget
SpaceX Schedules Tuesday For Third SES-8 Launch Attempt
The Air Force scheduled today for Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (SpaceX) third attempt to launch the SES-8 communications satellite into orbit, according to a service spokeswoman. The company said Monday […]
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Air ForceEmbraer To Start Light Air Support Assembly In January
Embraer [ERJ] will start assembling its A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft for the Air Force’s Light Air Support (LAS) program in January, according to a Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) […]
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Air Force
Northrop Grumman Helps Demonstrate Virtual Air Refueling Across Multiple Locations
Northrop Grumman [NOC] successfully conducted a high-fidelity virtual aerial refueling demonstration, networking geographically-dispersed flight simulators and providing a realistic simulation of an air-to-air refueling process, according to a company statement. […]
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Budget
Wes Bush: Cuts to R&D Will Hinder Economic Growth, Rendering Sequester Pointless
Industry and academia came together Monday morning to reinforce their message that sequestration’s impact on government-funded research and development is harmful to all sectors now and in the future, and […]
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Budget
Force-shaping Special Pays, Bonuses to Expire Dec. 31 if Congress Cannot Pass NDAA
The Senate has just a one-week window to pass a defense authorization bill and confer with the House if lawmakers are to get the bill signed into law by the […]
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ArmyAir Force Awards Northrop Grumman $219 Million For Joint Threat Emitter Follow-On Work
The Air Force recently awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] $219 million for the Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) follow-on production program, according to a company statement. The contract includes a $44 million […]
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Budget
White House Releases New National Space Transportation Policy
The White House last week released a new National Space Transportation Policy, much of which is consistent with the last policy released in 2004. Goals of the policy include promoting […]
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Air Force
Boeing Tests Validate FAB-T Performance, Company Says
Boeing’s [BA] Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) development program has completed the functional qualification testing phase for the protected wideband satellite communications system, according to a company statement. […]