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Air ForceAir Force Acquisition Deputy Dies In Apparent Suicide
By Michael Sirak Charles Riechers, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition since January, was found dead in his Virginia home this past weekend, the victim of […]
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Defense Watch
The Latest Word On Trends And Developements In Aerospace And Defense Sticker Price. The Cost Analysis Improvement Group (CAIG) last week reported out an initial estimate of $7.2 billion for […]
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Small Precision Munition, Mini Sensors Among SOCOM’s Aircraft-Related Needs
By Michael Sirak FT. WALTON BEACH, Fla.–A small-sized, air-delivered precision munition weighing only about 30 pounds that could be carried by many classes of manned and unmanned aircraft is of […]
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Retired 4-Star Admiral Joins Giuliani’s Staff of Advisers
By Jen DiMascio Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani (R) last week beefed up his team of experts with the addition of retired Adm. Robert Natter as his senior military adviser. Giuliani […]
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Israel Commits To Civil Airliner Protection Systems
By B.C. Kessner TEL AVIV, Israel–Israel will become the first nation in the world to try to safeguard its commercial airline fleet against missile attacks after the Security Cabinet met […]
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Lockheed Martin Integrates COMBATSS-21, LCS Mine Warfare Package Software
By Geoff Fein MOORESTOWN, N.J.—Lockheed Martin [LMT] last week reached a significant milestone in its Littoral Combat Ship program (LCS) when it successfully integrated the LCS mine warfare (MIW) package […]
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SpaceGlobal Space Industry Revenue Soared 18 Percent To $220 Billion Last Year
Space Agencies Worldwide See Budgets Up, Except In Japan The worldwide space industry saw blistering 18 percent growth to a total $220 billion revenues last year, compared to 2005, the […]
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Space
Putin Hostile To Gates, Rice Over European Missile Defense Plan
U.S. Concedes Nothing To Russians On Hot Issue After Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice journeyed all the way to suburban Moscow, Russian President Vladimir […]
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Space
Space Shuttle Discovery Heat Shielding Degraded; Long Flight Delay Possible
Mission Delay Of Weeks, Months Possible If Shields Replaced With the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery little more than a week away, NASA experts have recommended replacing three heat-shielding panels […]