Congress
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Business/FinancialNPOESS Has More Than $1 Billion Added Cost Overrun; Pentagon Threatens Funds Freeze If Paperwork Undone; Screws On VIIRS Sensor Break, Must Be Replaced
Cost Of NPOESS, Once Seen At $6.5 Billion, Now Is $13.6 Billion, Headed For $14 Billion The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) that once was estimated to cost […]
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CongressSenate Panel Approves $17.8 Billion For NASA, Including $200 Million Increase; $3 Billion For Space Shuttle, $2 Billion For Space Station
Measure Also Includes $1.1 Billion For NOAA Satellites The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a sweeping appropriations bill that includes $17.8 billion for NASA, some $200 million more than President Bush […]
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Business/Financial
House Passes $20.21 Billion NASA Authorization Bill For Fiscal 2009, Including $1 Billion To Reduce U.S. Spaceflight Gap By A Year To Liftoff In 2014
The House, on a lopsided and veto-proof 409 to 15 vote, passed a $20.21 billion authorization bill to support NASA in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, including an […]
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Air ForceObering Says Interceptors Can Be Deployed In Poland On Time In 2013, If Congress Provides Needed Funds
Interceptors in the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system can be deployed on time in 2013 if Congress provides sufficient funding, though any requirement that a test- article interceptor be […]
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Business/Financial
Bartlett Hits Multi-Agency Setup For Delaying NPOESS; He Says System Rewards Contractors For Cost Overruns
The unending woes of the over-budget, under-performing, behind-schedule National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) may have been inevitable even before the program began, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) indicated. Not […]
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Congress
House To Vote Last Night On $161.8 Billion In War Funding, Less Than In Previous Bills
By Emelie Rutherford The House was slated to consider last night $161.8 billion in war funding within a larger $186.5 billion supplemental spending bill that had been negotiated with the […]
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Air Force
As Tanker Questions Swirl, Details On Confirmation of New Air Force Leaders Not Clear
By Emelie Rutherford While the departure of the Air Force’s two top leaders begins today, the schedule for the confirmation of the pair’s recommended replacements remained unclear yesterday, just as […]
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Congress
House Approves Several Homeland Security Bills
By Calvin Biesecker The House on Wednesday approved seven new homeland security bills covering areas such as covert bomb testing, bomb prevention and respond, and biometrics, that the chairman of […]
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Congress
Senate Security Panel Boosts First Responders, DHS Budget
By Calvin Biesecker The Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee yesterday approved a $41.3 billion budget for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in FY ’09, a nearly 7 percent increase […]
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Air Force
Boeing’s Hill Backers Demand Air Force Rebid Tanker Contract Or Give To Boeing
By Emelie Rutherford Boeing supporters in Congress warned yesterday if the Air Force does not heed the Government Accountability Office’s call to reopen the tanker contract competition between Boeing [BA] […]