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SpaceNASA Tests New Spaceship ‘Engine’ Using Solar Wind Power
NASA is moving to wind power — solar wind, that is — to propel vehicles through space. The system uses sunlight to propel vehicles through space. Engineers have successfully deployed […]
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Business/FinancialBAE Names King CEO; Completes Tenix Defence Acquisition
United Kingdom-based BAE Systems last Friday named Ian King to be its next Chief Executive beginning Sept. 1 following the planned retirement of Mike Turner. King, who is currently BAE’s […]
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Business/Financial
Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite Undergoes Thermal Vacuum Tests
The first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite is in thermal vacuum testing, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced today. The military communications satellite is in tests at the Lockheed facilities […]
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Homeland Security
NAPA Cites Progress In DHS Transition Prep But Says Comprehensive Plan Lacking
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is taking "positive" steps to ready itself for its first presidential transition, a period in during which terrorists may feel that […]
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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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CongressHouse 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 […]