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Marc Selinger
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Air Force
Air Force, Army To Hold Joint Exercises On Multi-Domain Battle
The U.S. Air Force and Army plan to conduct a series of joint table-top exercises over the next year to refine ideas for fighting seamlessly across multiple domains, an Air […]
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Congress
Top HASC Democrat Blasts Trump’s Nuclear Buildup Proposal
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) criticized the Trump administration’s nearly completed nuclear posture review (NPR) Jan. 24, saying its call for more weapons is unaffordable […]
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Congress
SASC OKs Griffin For DoD Research Post, Roper For Air Force Acquisition Chief
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Jan. 24 approved the nomination of former NASA Administrator Michael Griffin to lead the Department of Defense’s new research and engineering shop. The […]
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Space
SpaceX Conducts Falcon Heavy’s First Static Fire Test
SpaceX fired the Falcon Heavy’s engines on a launch pad for the first time Jan. 24, moving the new rocket closer to its long-awaited first flight test. The company tweeted […]
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Space
Rocket Lab Tests New Kick Stage On Electron Rocket
Rocket Lab, whose new Electron launch vehicle recently reached orbit for the first time, revealed Jan. 23 that the rocket included a previously undisclosed kick stage designed to increase orbital […]
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Budget
Trump Signs Fourth CR For FY 2018 Into Law
President Trump signed into law late Jan. 22 a continuing resolution (CR) that funds the government through Feb. 8 and ends a three-day federal shutdown. Earlier that evening, the Senate […]
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Budget
Trump Signs Fourth CR For FY 2018 Into Law
President Trump signed into law late Jan. 22 a continuing resolution (CR) that funds the government through Feb. 8 and ends a three-day federal shutdown. Earlier that evening, the Senate […]
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Budget
Senate Votes To Reopen Government
The Senate approved a continuing resolution (CR) late Jan. 22 that would fund the government through Feb. 8 and end a three-day federal shutdown. The Senate passed the measure by […]
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Budget
Senate Votes To Reopen Government
The Senate approved a continuing resolution (CR) late Jan. 22 that would fund the government through Feb. 8 and end a three-day federal shutdown. The Senate passed the measure by […]
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Air Force
ULA Launches Air Force’s Fourth SBIRS Missile-Warning Satellite
The U.S. Air Force’s fourth Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO-4) missile-warning satellite lifted off late Jan. 19 on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket […]