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Business/FinancialL-1 Tops SAFRAN’s Offer For Digimarc’s ID Business
By Calvin Biesecker Determined to secure the stronghold on the nation’s driver’s license credentialing market, L-1 Identity Solutions [ID] yesterday boosted its offering price for Digimarc Corp. [DMRC] by nearly […]
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CongressGAO Sees Some Progress In DHS SBI Spend Plans
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is doing a better job justifying some of its expenditures under the Secure Border Initiative (SBI) but its spending plan is still lacking in […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Board Reviewing Delayed Marine Personnel Carrier
By Emelie Rutherford A Marine Corps board is expected to sign off this month on a new plan for the future Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC), a medium-weight armored vehicle program […]
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Defense Watch
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Tanker Legislation Standoff. As expected, Boeing backers and Kansas Republicans Sen. Pat Roberts and Rep. Todd Tiahrt introduced legislation […]
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‘Thin’ Industrial Base Lends Urgency To ABL Development Timeline, Air Force PM Says
By Marina Malenic Air Force program managers are carefully balancing budget constraints with the need to support their industrial base in the development of the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense […]
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Business/Financial
Airborne Laser $1 Billion Per-Plane Cost Can Be Cut By Moving Swiftly To Purchase A Fleet Of Planes
If Seven Planes Cost $7 Billion, That Is 9 Percent Of 9/11 Damage In New York City Alone; $50,000-70,000 Per Missile Hit By ABL A Fraction Of Interceptor Cost Will […]
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Business/Financial
Senate Committee Approves $20.21 Billion NASA Authorization For Fiscal 2009 Including $1 Billion Extra To Hasten Orion-Ares
Measure Reaffirms Vision Of Manned Exploration Of Moon, Mars; Study Ordered On Extending Shuttle Flights From 2010 To 2015; Added Shuttle Mission Provided For Flying AMS To Space Station Commercial […]
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Congress
House Appropriator Urges Continuing Resolution That Would Freeze NASA Funding For Half A Year
Congress should counter veto threats from a stingy President Bush by passing a continuing budget resolution freezing NASA funding for half a year, and then pass a budget with spending […]
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Homeland Security
Bush Lifts Sanctions, Terror Label From North Korea; Observers Ask Why Trust Pyongyang, Given Its Record
President Bush is lifting sanctions on North Korea, even though he remains "deeply concerned" about the rogue nation as a bad actor. But some observers asked why a treacherous nation […]
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SpacePentagon Aide Declines To Say U.S. Would Defend Taiwan If China Launches Invasion; General Questions How Chinese Assets Such As Aircraft Carrier Can Be Merely Defensive
Chinese Missiles Threaten U.S. Navy Ships U.S. Fails To Match Chinese Arms Buildup: Witness The immense Chinese military buildup continues to run at a breakneck pace, and it is difficult […]