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Business/FinancialU.S. Leaders Need To Discuss Why U.S. Procurement Is Open To Overseas Wares, While Some Foreign Acquisition Programs Are Closed To U.S. Products: Aide
The United States needs to begin a national dialogue on just how open it should be to procuring military and space wares from abroad, and what the proper role of […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing Space Competing For $14 Billion Of Contracts; Backlog Of Existing Work $6 Billion To $7 Billion; Boeing Consulting Lawmakers On GOES-R Funding
The Boeing Co. [BA] currently is competing for about $14 billion worth of additional satellite/space-related business, an area that already generates $3.2 billion of annual revenues, according to Craig Cooning, […]
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InternationalCosmonauts Complete Spacewalk To Trouble-Shoot Soyuz Spacecraft, Removing Suspect Pyro Bolt
Cosmonauts Sergei Volkov, the International Space Station commander, and Oleg Kononenko, flight engineer, ventured outside the space station to remove an explosive bolt from their docked Soyuz space vehicle. The […]
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RAND: Restarting F-22 Production After A Stop Likely Would Cost $450 Million
Closing Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] F-22 Raptor production line outright and then reactivating the dormant line at a later time would cost the Air Force between $225 million and $720 million, […]
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Business/Financial
Wedgetail Delays To Hit Boeing’s Second Quarter Earnings But 2008 Guidance Intact
Boeing [BA] yesterday said it would take a $250 million pre-tax charge in its second quarter earnings results due to previously acknowledged delays on an aircraft program it is developing […]
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Business/Financial
DRS Wraps Up Successful Permanent Magnet Motor Testing
DRS Technologies [DRS] has successfully completed full-power testing, as required by the Navy, of its power-dense Permanent Magnet Motor (PMM) and drive at the Navy’s Integrated Power System (IPS) Land-Based […]
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CongressHope For FY ’09 Defense Approps Bill Dims, Hill Increases Talk of A Continuing Resolution
By Emelie Rutherford Legislative leaders cast doubt this week on Congress passing a fiscal year 2009 defense appropriations bill before a new president arrives next year, potentially freezing funding at […]
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Business/Financial
DDG-1000 Hull Can’t Support Most Capable Radar Planned For CG(X), Pentagon Official Says
By Geoff Fein While there is agreement among industry and Navy officials that the most prudent path forward for CG(X) is a mod repeat of the DDG-1000 hull, a question […]
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International
BAE Gets $226 Million For MRAP Upgrade Orders
BAE Systems said last week it has received four delivery orders totaling $226 million from the Marine Corps for engineering changes and spare parts to support Mine Resistant Ambush Protected […]
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International
Saab Offers Gripen To Swiss, Cooperating With Rheinmetall And Pilatus
Saab said last week it has signed Memorandums of Understanding regarding industrial cooperation with Rheinmetall Schweiz AG and Pilatus Aircraft, with both agreements connected to a possible Swiss acquisition of […]