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Marc Selinger
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SpaceSpaceX Launches Falcon Heavy For First Time
SpaceX’s new Falcon Heavy launch vehicle lifted off for the first time Feb. 6 during a flight test from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The three-booster, 230-foot-tall rocket smoothly cleared […]
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Space
SpaceX’s Musk Says Falcon Heavy ‘Looking Good’ For First Launch Tuesday
SpaceX’s new Falcon Heavy rocket remains on track for its first flight test Feb. 6 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, according to company founder Elon Musk. “The weather’s […]
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PentagonDoD Nuclear Review Backs Existing Modernization Efforts, New Sea-Launched Capabilities
The Pentagon’s newly released nuclear posture review (NPR) reaffirms existing plans to modernize the nation’s aging nuclear arsenal, saying a robust suite of air-, ground- and sea-based systems will be […]
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Air ForceAir Force Plans Second Light-Attack Aircraft Experiment
The U.S. Air Force intends to conduct a second phase of experiments with light-attack aircraft this spring and summer, the service said Feb. 2. The Air Force said in a […]
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UncategorizedQatari Military Eyes Unmanned Systems
Qatar’s military, which has acquired a host of manned weapon systems from the United States and other countries in recent years, wants to add unmanned technology to its arsenal. Khalid […]
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Air ForceAir Force Grounds T-6A Trainers After Physiological Events
The U.S. Air Force said it will ground its fleet of T-6A Texan II trainer planes Feb. 1 so it can investigate what caused a “cluster” of recent physiological events at […]
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Air ForceAir Force Issues Final RFP For Five Launches
The U.S. Air Force released a final request for proposals Jan. 31 to launch five Air Force and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) spacecraft in the early 2020s. According to the […]
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BudgetRep. Granger To Seek House Appropriations Chair
Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), who chairs the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel, plans to vie for the helm of the full committee if Republicans keep control of the House in this fall’s […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program To Speed Up Fielding Of New Anti-Collision System
The U.S. Defense Department’s F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) has announced that it plans to accelerate the integration of the new Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS) into the fighter […]
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BudgetHouse Re-Passes FY 2018 Defense Appropriations Bill
The House of Representatives voted, 250-166, Jan. 30 to re-pass its version of the fiscal year 2018 defense appropriations bill. The $658.1-billion measure originally received House approval last year but failed […]