Space & Missile Defense Report
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Business/FinancialContracts
SAIC Gains $69.3 Million Contract For Support Services At Kennedy NASA selected Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] of Houston to provide project management support services at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. […]
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Homeland Security
Russia Tests Sea-Based Submarine-Launched Bulava Missile, And Plans Deploying Land-based RS-24 ICBMs To Outwit U.S. Missile Defense System Before It Is Created
RS-24 Test-Fired Successfully For Third Time An increasingly bellicose Russia test-launched a sea-based ballistic missile from a submarine, and also readied plans to deploy a land-based nuclear-tipped missile that Russians […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Awards 382 Small-Business Contracts To 271 Firms
NASA awarded contracts in response to 382 small-business proposals to meet critical research and technology needs for agency programs and projects. The awards are part of NASA’s Small Business Innovation […]
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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 […]
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CongressObama May Not Save Much Money By Switching From Iraq To Afghanistan, Because Major Investment Required To Counter Taliban Forces: Analysts
President-elect Obama’s plan to remove U.S. forces from Iraq and focus instead on Afghanistan may not save the $10 billion a month he has mentioned in campaign speeches. He is […]
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Business/Financial
Rep. Skelton Retained As House Armed Services Committee Chairman Two More Years
Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) will continue as the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman in the next two-year Congress, the 111th Congress, the House Democratic Caucus decided. Skelton became chairman […]