Budget
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BudgetKuwait Joins PAC-3 Club With $308 Million U.S. Army Contract To Lockheed Martin
Kuwait became the sixth and latest nation to procure Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile segment program as the company last month was awarded a $308 million Army […]
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Air ForceAir Force Cites ‘Chafed Electrical Wire’ For November F-22 Crash
The Air Force blamed a chafed electrical wire for causing an F-22 fighter jet to crash Nov. 15 at Tyndall AFB, Fla., according to the service’s accident investigation board (AIB) […]
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BudgetLevin Calls For Tax Changes To Thwart Sequester
Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said he is working on a plan to close tax loopholes to reduce sequestration budget cuts. Levin told members of the […]
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Air ForceAir Force Successfully Launches Sixth Wideband Global Satcom Satellite
The Air Force successfully launched its sixth Wideband Global Satcom satellite (WGS-6) Wednesday at 8:29 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The Boeing– [BA] developed satellite will […]
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BudgetAerojet Rocketdyne Executive Optimistic About Persevering Through Sequestration
A key Aerojet Rocketdyne executive is optimistic about his business unit and company not only maintaining through sequestration-related federal budget cuts, but even growing. “We see growth in all areas […]
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Air ForceHAC Recommends Air Force Add Eight MQ-9 Reapers To FY ’14 Budget Request
A key House panel recommends the Air Force add eight MQ-9 Reapers to its fiscal year 2014 budget request as the panel is not happy with the service’s plan for […]
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Air ForceSixth Wideband Global Satcom Satellite Set To Launch Wednesday Evening
The Air Force is set to launch its sixth Wideband Global Satcom satellite (WGS-6) tonight between 8:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral […]
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Air ForceF-35 Key In Light Of Upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review, Kwast Says
A key Air Force official yesterday emphasized the importance of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to the United States in light of the Defense Department’s quadrennial review of strategies and […]
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BudgetDoD Reduces Civilian Furlough Days
The Pentagon is reducing the number of furlough days civilian employees must take, thanks to savings in other areas of its budget and permission it received from Congress to reprogram […]
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BudgetONR Helps Develop Convenient Water Purifier
A new, easy-to-carry freshwater purifier that could give Marines and first responders access to clean water wherever they go successfully completed its first operational test recently. Funded by the Office […]