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GPS III Source Selection Pushed Off To May
By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force has delayed the contract award decision for the Global Positioning System Block IIIA satellites until next month, leaving competitors Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Boeing […]
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Air ForcePentagon’s Acquisition Chief Taking Steps To Improve Program Execution
By Geoff Fein The Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer is looking to a number of efforts such as competitive prototyping to improve program execution and help deliver systems and technologies to […]
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CongressSmall, Primitive Nuclear Weapon Detonated In Washington Would Wreak Destruction Over Wide Area, Two Studies Show
Total Destruction Of Buildings Near Blast Would Be Followed By Widespread Fatalities In Radioactive Fallout Over Many Miles Even a small, primitive nuclear bomb detonated on the National Mall in […]
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Air Force
Missile Defense Makes War Less Likely, Rather Than Precipitating Conflict: General
Another Minuteman Overhaul May Be Needed U.S. moves to form a multi-layered ballistic missile defense (BMD) shield help to avert conflict, much as the vast U.S. arsenal of nuclear weapons […]
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Air Force
Congress Short-Changes Defense; Huge Funding Increases Needed To Support Existing, Future Programs Including Procurement Of Major Weapons Platforms: AIA Report
The federal government needs to step up to the challenge and fully fund myriad defense programs, specifically including procurement of ships, tanks, planes, missiles and more, the Aerospace Industries Association […]
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Business/FinancialLaunches
Lockheed Satellite Launched Into Orbit By Ariane-5 For Vietnam The Vinasat-1 communications satellite was launched into orbit by an Ariane 5-ECA rocket provided by Arianespace, with the satellite poised to […]
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Business/Financial
Contracts
Northrop To Vie For GOES-R Contract Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] will compete for the Geostationary Environmental Operational Satellite — Series R GOES-R contract. Northrop submitted a proposal to NASA to […]
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SpaceNASA Extends Saturn-Circling Cassini-Huygens Satellite Tour By Two Years
NASA extended the tour of the international Cassini-Huygens mission scoping out Saturn and its exotic moons by two years, and yet another extension eventually may be in the cards. Cassini’s […]
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NNSA Eyeing Moving Y-12 Plant Operations In Downsizing Plan
By George Lobsenz With a big nudge from the White House, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is looking at moving operations from its Y-12 uranium processing site in Tennessee […]
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Business/Financial
Raytheon Adds To Information Security Capabilities With New Acquisition
Raytheon [RTN] on Friday said it has acquired SI Government Solutions, a small company that does vulnerability assessments and provides recommended fixes for network security, in a deal that adds […]