Space
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Business/FinancialRaytheon Gains Up To $3.3 Billion Patriot Order For UAE
The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a not-to-exceed $3.3 billion order for advanced Patriot air and missile defense capability, whole life support and training for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Protests $1.09 Billion GOES-R Contract Award Given To Rival Lockheed
For Boeing, This Is Second Recent Protest Of A Major Contract Award, After Boeing Successfully Protested Tanker Plane Contract The Boeing Co. [BA], having won an earlier protest this year […]
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Business/FinancialNASA Inks Deal For Ad Astra Rocket Co. To Develop Plasma-Based Space Transport
A Texas company may provide NASA with a new kind of propulsion system that could be attached to the International Space Station, and someday might power spacecraft through the solar […]
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Business/FinancialSierra Nevada Completes SpaceDev Acquisition
Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) yesterday said it has completed its acquisition of SpaceDev, allowing it to form an integrated space technologies business unit. SNC, when it first announced the deal […]
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SpaceNASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — December 12, 2008 – 3:45 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Jan. 30 * Mission: OCO […]
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CongressIran Is On Verge Of Going Nuclear, Lawmakers Say, But World Community Doesn’t Take Preventive Steps
An Air Strike By A Threatened Israel May Be Last Chance To Stop Iran No Chance Seen For U.S. Strike On Iranian Nuclear Facilities Iran is on the verge of […]
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Homeland Security
Giving Hezbollah What It Demands Can Make Hezbollah A Responsible Actor, Analyst Asserts
Hezbollah can be turned into a responsible player and part of the Lebanese leadership merely by acceding to demands Hezbollah has set forth, an analyst asserted. Nicholas Noe, editor-in-chief with […]
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Business/FinancialThink Tanks Provide Rationales For Democrats Seeking Major Cutbacks In Defense Spending
Center For American Progress, Center For National Policy, Center For Defense Information Urge Obama To Cut Funds Several Washington think tanks that urge deep cuts in some missile defense and […]
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Business/FinancialPaveway IV Goes In Service On U.K. Harriers
The Paveway IV weapon system completed all evaluation activities, clearing it to enter service with the U.K. Royal Navy and Royal Air Force Harrier GR9 aircraft, Raytheon Co. [RTN] reported. […]
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Business/FinancialRep. Tauscher Not Impressed By Successful Ground-based Midcourse Defense Test Killing Target, Because It Didn’t Emit Countermeasures
Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.), a key lawmaker overseeing missile defense programs, indicated she was unimpressed by the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor killing a target missile, because the target didn’t […]