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CongressJIEDDO Scrambling For Cash Without Supplemental Funding
By Jen DiMascio As of Dec. 1, the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) will have no more funding for new contracts and will only sustain current contracts and […]
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ArmyContractors On Battlefield For Foreseeable Future
By Ann Roosevelt The Army is likely to have contractors on the battlefield into the future, according to the top service acquisition official. "Is it going to change significantly in […]
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Air ForceNew Sales of F-16s Important Bridge To F-35, Says USAFE Head
By Michael Sirak RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany–For several nations in Europe and the vicinity, the acquisition of F-16 fighter jets, whether new or used, is still an attractive interim option […]
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SpaceNASA Reported Losing $1 Billion To Pay For Columbia Recovery
Cost Of Flying Orion Manned Mission Two Years Earlier $2 Billion A House-Senate conference committee killed a $1 billion addition to the NASA budget to help the space agency recoup […]
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Space
General Sees Need To Develop New, Lower-Cost Lifter, Plus Sats Protection Plan
Hamel Sees Six-Month Delay In AEHF Launch Budget Cut May Delay GPS III The United States needs to develop a new lower-cost satellite launcher, Lt. Gen. Michael A. Hamel, commander […]
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Space
Atlantis Set To Fly At 4:31 P.M. ET Dec. 6; Little Debate On Go-Fly Decision
Helium Valve Problem Still In Review; Space Station Crew Spacewalk Set Tomorrow Space Shuttle Atlantis is set to launch at 4:31 p.m. ET Dec. 6 from launch pad 39A at […]
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Space
Commission Sees China Gaining Ability To Confront U.S. Forces
As China wields hundreds of land-based missiles and builds two ballistic missile submarines, it is gaining the ability to tackle U.S. forces in combat, an American commission reported to Congress. […]
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Space
Key Lawmaker Hails Report That Iran Operates Huge Nuclear Production Works
A new report shows that Iran clearly is pressing ahead with a massive nuclear materials enrichment operation, and should be stopped, Rep. Duncan Hunter of California, ranking Republican on the […]