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Lawmakers Threaten Opposition To Sale of JDAMs To Saudi Arabia
By Jen DiMascio Members of Congress are threatening to oppose the proposed sale of precision-guided missiles to Saudi Arabia unless the Bush administration can guarantee that those weapons will not […]
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Domenici Announces Retirement From Senate
Sen. Peter Domenici (R-N.M.) last week announced he will not seek another term in office but will stay through the remainder of this Congress. Domenici has been a member of […]
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UncategorizedMarco Pistoni Named Business Management Director For MEADS
Marco Pistoni has been named Business Management Director for MEADS International (MI) and the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program. The multinational joint venture MI made the announcement Oct. […]
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CongressSenate Adds $1 Billion To $17.5 Billion NASA Funding
Bush Threatens Veto Of Spending Measure The Senate added $1 billion to the roughly $17.5 billion NASA portion of a funding bill for fiscal year 2008 that began a week […]
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DoD Authorizes New Defense Intelligence Operations Coordination Center
The Defense Department last week authorized the creation of the Defense Intelligence Operations Coordination Center (DIOCC). DIOCC will strengthen the ability of defense intelligence to synchronize intelligence operations and collection […]
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SpaceObering Says $85 Million Cut Won’t Severely Damage European BMD Program
Moves in Congress to cut $85 million in funding won’t greatly delay a planned Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) program that would be installed in Europe, Lt. Gen. Henry “Trey” […]
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InternationalObering Says $85 Million Cut Won’t Severely Damage European BMD Program
Moves in Congress to cut $85 million in funding won’t greatly delay a planned Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) program that would be installed in Europe, Lt. Gen. Trey Obering, […]
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Congress
Senate Likely To OK Nomination For Pentagon’s Top Weapons-Buying Position
By Jen DiMascio Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) yesterday gave every indication that it would support the nomination of John Young to be the Pentagon’s next top […]
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Air ForcePayton: Air Force Will Set Level Playing Field In New Round of CSAR-X Bidding
By Michael Sirak The Air Force is committed to ensuring that none of the three of the industry teams vying to supply its next-generation rescue helicopter will view itself at […]
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BAE Testing Remote Controlled V-22 Defensive Weapon
By Geoff Fein BAE SYSTEMS this week unveiled a new internally funded effort to develop a defensive weapon that will provide 360 degrees of suppressive fire for the V-22 Osprey. […]