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Homeland Security
DHS Selects Three Firms For HSPD-12 Implementation
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week awarded Blanket Purchase Agreements to Bearing Point [BE], EDS Corp. [EDS] and XTec Inc. to compete for task orders […]
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SpaceNavy Uses Aegis/SM-3 To Take Down Dead Intel Satellite
Tank With Toxic Hydrazine Fuel Likely Destroyed Skeptics Question Whether Shootdown Was Necessary Bullseye. The Navy obliterated a nonfunctional intelligence satellite using the Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] Aegis weapon control […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Begin Fire Scout OPEVAL On Ship Other Than LCS
By Geoff Fein The Navy will restructure Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) program to allow the drone to conduct shipboard […]
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Space
Space Shuttle Atlantis Lands; Little Damage Seen On Clean Orbiter
Ambitious Shuttle Missions Schedule Now Set For 2008 Space Shuttle Atlantis glided down to a perfect landing at Kennedy Space Center, where little damage was spotted on the orbiter vehicle […]
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InternationalBoeing Delivers First of Four Tanker Aircraft To Japan
Boeing [BA] yesterday delivered the first of four KC-767 aerial refueling tankers to Japan. "The KC-767 will have an immediate impact and significantly increase Japan’s capabilities," said Jim Albaugh, president […]
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Space
Orion-Ares Thrust Oscillation Problem Being Resolved
Going Directly To Mars, Without Moon Base, Would Be a Strategic Mistake, NASA Official Says Engineers are moving toward a solution for the thrust oscillation problems that threaten to cause […]
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Homeland Security
NAS Urges Phase-Out of Cesium Sources Due To Dirty Bomb Risks
By George Lobsenz A National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel has urged the U.S. government to develop policies to phase out radioactive cesium chloride sources now widely used for medical […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman, Oshkosh Add Plasan To JLTV Effort
By Ann Roosevelt Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Oshkosh Corp. [OSK] Feb. 20 announced they have selected Israel’s Plasan, a leading developer and manufacturer of add-on armor systems for the military […]