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House Members Call For Preservation of Abrams Industrial Base
By Ann Roosevelt More than 130 members of the House wrote to Army Secretary John McHugh May 6 calling for the “prudent” continuation of Abrams tank production to preserve the […]
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SpaceNew Long-Range Navy Missile To Begin Operational Testing, Deployments This Summer
The Navy’s newest long-range, anti-aircraft missile is ready to begin operational testing, as well as a small number of deployments aboard service warships by July, a senior industry official overseeing […]
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Space
U.S., Romania, Select Base To Host U.S. BMD System With SM-3 Interceptor
The United States and Romania last week said they jointly selected the Deveselu Air Base near Caracal, Romania to host a U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) that employs the […]
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Space
NASA, Firms See Robust Market For Nascent Commercial Space Industry
NASA and the four companies it tapped to further develop a commercial space transportation industry expressed confidence recently that a market exists beyond the U.S. government for the crew-transport vehicles […]
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Space
Launch Preparations For GPS IIF SV-2 Begin
Officials from Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center have announced the delivery of the second in the series of 12 GPS IIF space vehicles to Cape Canaveral […]
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Space
White House ‘Confident’ Panetta Will Continue Gates Reform Agenda At DoD
President Barack Obama said he was “confident” that White House defense secretary nominee Leon Panetta would continue with efforts to trim the Pentagon’s bottom line, while ensuring that U.S. national […]
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InternationalLibya Ops Displays Need For Better Coordination, Communication
ST. LOUIS –Recent U.S. and NATO operations to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya, while fairly successful, also exemplified the need for improved communication and coordination between American military forces […]
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McKeon Touts Plan For GE-Rolls To Self-Fund Final Alternate Engine Development
By Emelie Rutherford The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman announced a plan yesterday he hopes will prevent his colleagues from quashing the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter second engine next […]
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International
Gripen Eliminated From India Fighter Contest
Swedish aerospace giant Saab recently said its Gripen fighter aircraft is no longer in the running for India’s medium multi-role combat aircraft contract. “Saab has received information from the Indian […]
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ATK Ends Fiscal Year Strong But Outlook Soft
By Calvin Biesecker Alliant Techsystems [ATK] yesterday reported strong fourth quarter earnings amid modest sales growth as earnings a year ago were hurt by a large charge but the company […]