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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 ForceMissile 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 […]
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InternationalDHS Launching International Registered Traveler Pilot For ‘Trusted’ Fliers
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) last Friday evening said it will begin a fee-based pilot program this summer for international “trusted” travelers entering the United States at three airports to […]
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International
Canada Rebuffs ATK’s Attempt To Acquire MDA’s Space Business
Alliant Techsystems’ [ATK] plans to bolster its capabilities and offerings for the space market took a hit recently when Canada rejected the company’s pending $1.3 billion acquisition of the space […]