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Business/FinancialDHS Renews Bid To Consolidate Disparate Financial Systems
By Calvin Biesecker Following one failed attempt and another that never really got far, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has renewed its efforts to find help from industry in […]
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InternationalLocal Plumber Can’t Help When Broken Toilet Is 200 Miles Above Earth
Crew members on the International Space Station (ISS) may be unusually happy today to greet the crew members of Space Shuttle Discovery: they are bringing a part to fix the […]
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International
Netherlands MoD Selects AeroVironment’s Raven UAS
AeroVironment(AV) [AVAV] May 30 announced it has won a $7.7 million contract from the Netherlands Ministry of Defence for the RQ-11B (Raven) small unmanned aircraft systems. "We performed a thorough […]
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Homeland Security
Progress Reported For Multiple Kill Vehicle-L Missile Defense System
The Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) missile defense program saw progress as its algorithms were tested, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. MKV-L is designed to counter multiple targets, such as an […]
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Business/Financial
ICx Acquires Small Firm With Expertise In Bio-Aerosol Collection, Analysis
By Calvin Biesecker ICx Technologies [ICXT] said last week that it has acquired S3I, LLC, a small firm that will bolster its capabilities in biological threat detection, for $5.3 million […]
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Marine Corps’ Joint Strike Fighter Expected To Make First Flight This Month
By Emelie Rutehrford The Marine Corps’ Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) variant should fly for the first time in conventional mode this month and make its maiden short-take-off-and-vertical-landing (STOVL) flight around […]
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Business/Financial
Griffin: Commercial Crew Transportation Is Unlikely During Five Years When NASA Is Grounded, So Americans Must Depend On Russian Soyuz Spacecraft
Even With Extra Funds, First Flight Of Orion-Ares Next-Generation Spaceship May Be Only One Year Earlier, In 2014, Rather Than In 2013, Griffin Indicates Continuing Shuttle Flights Could Prevent Orion-Ares […]
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SpaceSpace Shuttle Discovery Docks With Space Station After Flawless Countdown; Ascent To Orbit Saw Few Chunks Of Foam Insulation; No Danger To Orbiter
Only Problem Is Shutdown In Backup Electronic Unit For Second Left Orbital Maneuvering System; Primary Unit Works, So No Loss Of Capability Faces Mission Space Shuttle Discovery docked this afternoon […]
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Homeland Security
Aegis Missile Defense Test Set For Thursday In Pacific
The Aegis ballistic missile defense system will be tested Thursday in the Pacific, with two interceptor missiles attempting to annihilate the short-range target missile in the terminal phase of its […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Seeks Ideas This Week For Lunar Surface Systems; Industry, Academia, Institutions Invited To Conference
NASA will release details of a broad agency announcement seeking ideas for buildings to be constructed on the moon, with those details being provided in a meeting in Washington, D.C., […]