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CongressDepartment Of Defense Lacks Funds Required For Adequate Performance
Even before the baby boom generation retires and begins using expensive Social Security and medical programs, the Department of Defense is sorely underfunded, according to a report from The Heritage […]
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SpaceHuge Surge In Sunspots To Begin In March, Peak In 2012
A huge surge in highly charged sun spots eruptions could begin in just half a year and persist from next March until a peak in 2012, according to a Wall […]
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Congress
AIA Backs U.S./U.K. Defense Trade Treaty
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) executive committee urged the Senate to approve the U.S./U.K. Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty that would ease controls on trade in defense technology goods between the […]
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Space
NASA Names Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-126 Mission Crew
NASA assigned the crew for the Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-126 mission that is targeted for launch in September next year. The flight will deliver equipment to the International Space Station […]
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Congress
Defense Watch
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Smooth Sailing. SASC Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Sen. John Warner (R.-Va.) said last week they made a special […]
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Air ForceGMD Missile Defense System Succeeds In Test
By Dave Ahearn The Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) system aced a test Friday against a long-range ballistic missile target, just as Congress is poised to decide the financial fate […]
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Congress
GMD Missile Defense System Succeeds In Test, As Congress Mulls European Site
The Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) system aced a test against a long-range ballistic missile target, just as Congress is poised to decide the financial fate of plans to extend […]
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Air Force
Payton: Air Force Expects First C-5 RERP Production Contract In Early 2008
By Michael Sirak The Air Force expects that the forthcoming process of recertifying the C-5 Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP) for continuation will conclude by the end of January, […]
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Space
The Space Age At 50: Does American Glory Lie Ahead, Or Mainly In The Past?
Moon Mission Not Until End Of Next Decade; Mars Is Three Decades Away The space age reaches the half-century mark Thursday surrounded by the same questions that marked its beginning: […]