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InternationalAnalyst Urges More Diplomacy With China, But Says It Is Credible, Growing Threat
The United States should use more diplomacy with China in matters involving space, and should ease back on the U.S. stance opposing cooperation with China, according to Gregory Kulacki, with […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Hires Tata Industries To Do $500 Million Defense Aerospace Work In India
The Boeing Co. [BA] will have Tata Industries Ltd of India produce an initial $500 million worth of defense-related aerospace goods in India for Boeing and its international customers, the […]
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ArmyReport Slams SLAMRAAM For Lack Of Criteria
The Surface-Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM) program lacks effective evaluation yardsticks because the Army has relied on a plan provided by Raytheon Co. [RTN] instead of following more […]
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CongressNavy’s $4.5 Billion In Unmet Needs Includes Ships, Aircraft And Weapon Enhancements
By Geoff Fein The Navy faces $4.5 billion in unmet funding needs for FY ’08, which includes funding for ship maintenance, weapons enhancement, and aircraft improvements, Chief of Naval Operations […]
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International
U.K. Plans Tougher Arms Controls
The U.K. plans to introduce tougher export controls on certain types of arms as a result of a government review of its export controls, a government official said Feb. 6. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Shoot Down Errant Spy Satellite With SM-3
By Geoff Fein The Navy will use a Standard Missile (SM)-3 launched from an Aegis-capable ship in the Pacific, in hopes of hitting an out of control spy satellite re-entering […]
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International
Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Lantos Dies
Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, died Feb. 12 from complications due to cancer. Lantos was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in December and announced […]
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Army
Northrop Grumman In Second Year of Next Generation ABIS Development
By Calvin Biesecker Northrop Grumman [NOC] has begun to get the computer architecture in place for the Defense Department’s new biometric database and, by the end of this year, is […]
