Space & Missile Defense Report
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Business/FinancialContracts
Draper, BAE, General Dynamics Gain $291.6 Million Trident Contracts Lockheed Earlier Gained $729 Million Of Trident Work From Navy The Navy gave Charles Stark Draper Laboratories, BAE Systems and General […]
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Business/Financial
Lawmakers From Texas Fight Feared Obama Cuts To NASA Funding
Members of Congress from Texas are rallying to fight potential devastating cuts in the NASA budget, according to a Houston Chronicle report. Fears have risen since Barack Obama won election […]
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Homeland Security
Obama Clear In Moves To Guard Nuclear Weapons, Warning Of Rogue/Terrorist Attempts To Obtain Nukes, But Less Clear On Need For Missile Defense Systems
President-elect Obama is clear that the United States faces a threat from nuclear proliferation and rogue states and terrorists acquiring nuclear weapons. But thus far, his detailed plans to respond […]
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Homeland Security
Washington Post Urges Obama Not To Be Bullied Into Dropping European Missile Defense System
President-elect Obama shouldn’t allow Russia to bully him into abandoning U.S. plans to build the European Missile Defense EMD system, The Washington Post advised in an editorial. The night election […]
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Air ForceUnited States Must Replace Nuclear Warheads Or Risk Losing Deterrent Capabilities: Chilton
The United States must replace and upgrade its nuclear warheads or risk seeing the U.S. nuclear deterrent deteriorate and fail, according to Gen. Kevin Chilton, commander of the strategic command. […]
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Homeland Security
U.N. Weapons Inspectors Stymied In Attempt To Disarm Iranian Nuclear Materials Program
Iran Now Has Half The Nuclear Material Required To Produce An Atomic Weapon United Nations inspectors with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have reached an impasse in their attempts […]
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SpaceHubble Space Telescope Spots Two Gigantic Stars: ESA
The Hubble Space Telescope has gained a clear image of two immense stars that until recently were partially obscured, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced. Actually, what seems to be […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Seeks Comment On Ares V Rocket Request For Proposals Set For Next Month
Pre-Solicitation Conference Set For Wednesday At Marshall In Huntsville NASA released a draft request for proposals, or RFP, for Phase I of its Ares V heavy lifter rocket that will […]
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Business/Financial
L-3 To Repurchase Up To $1 Billion Stock Over Two Years
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. [LLL] will repurchase up to $1 billion worth of its stock over the next two years, the company announced. This is the third L-3 repurchase. "This […]
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Business/Financial
Falcon 9 Static Test Firing Successful
The Falcon 9 rocket aced a static fire test that lasted almost three minutes, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced Sunday. That full mission-length firing in a vertical test stand […]