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Business/FinancialTranscript: Excerpts Of Secretary Of Defense Gates Speaking To Congress On Missile Defense; United States Is Countering Chinese Buildup
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates spoke as a witness before the Senate Armed Services Committee, and then before the House Armed Services Committee, touching on topics including missile defense. The […]
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Business/Financial
Building At Kennedy Ready For Work On Orion
After a two-year, top to bottom renovation, the High Bay Facility of the Operations & Checkout (O&C) Building at Kennedy Space Center is ready to begin preparations to build the […]
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Defense Watch
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Unmanned Uptick. Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) join Secretary Robert Gates last Wednesday in highlighting the […]
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SpaceNASA Selects Researchers To Observe Spacecraft Crashing Into Lunar Surface
NASA selected four teams to observe the impact of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, with the lunar surface during the mission’s search for water ice […]
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Business/Financial
Prototype Ground Control System Controls GPS Test Satellite: Northrop
A ground control system has shown it can control a Global Positioning System (GPS) asset, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced today. The unit demonstrated command and control of a GPS […]
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Navy/USMCDoD Acquisition Chief Calls For New Ship Based On DDG-51 Or DDG-1000 Hull Form
By Geoff Fein The Pentagon acquisition chief has issued a pre-decisional memo laying out the path forward for acquisition of DDG-51 DDG-1000 and a new guided missile destroyer referred to […]
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Space
Space Shuttle Discovery To Launch At 7:32 A.M. ET Feb. 12 From Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A
Space Shuttle Discovery is poised to launch next week on the STS-119 Mission to the International Space Station. Discovery will rise at 7:32 a.m. ET Feb. 12 (Thursday) from Launch […]
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CongressLevin: Acquisition Reform, Hill ‘Angst’ Over Defense Cuts Coming
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) plans to jump "heavily" into Pentagon acquisition reform efforts early this year, and its chairman predicts attempts will be more successful […]
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Business/Financial
NASA To Launch NOAA-N Satellite At 2:22 A.M. Wednesday Atop Delta II Rocket From Vandenberg
NASA will launch the NOAA-N weather/atmospheric scanning satellite at 2:22 a.m. PT Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., atop a Delta II rocket supplied by United Launch Alliance (ULA). […]
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DoD Report Calls For Improvements In Lift, Cyber and Irregular Warfare Capabilities
By Marina Malenic The Pentagon must improve the training of U.S. forces for irregular warfare, cyberspace warfare and intra-theater airlift, according to an internal report. The Quadrennial Roles and Missions […]