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Marc Selinger
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UncategorizedAir Force’s Aging Nuclear Cruise Missile Has Become Hard to Maintain, General Says
The U.S. Air Force’s aging, nuclear-armed, air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) is experiencing “significant reliability challenges,” underscoring the need to develop a replacement, a key general said June 20. All elements […]
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HASC Votes To Keep Proposal For New Space Corps
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has rejected an attempt to derail its proposal to create a space corps in the Air Force Department. During a late-night debate June 28 […]
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BudgetSenators Question Nixing Of NASA’s Satellite Servicing Mission
Three members of the Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) have expressed skepticism over NASA’s decision to scrap its Restore-L satellite-servicing mission. Restore-L was slated to launch in 2020 to refuel the […]
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CongressHASC Votes To Keep Proposal For New Space Corps
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has rejected an attempt to derail its proposal to create a space corps in the Air Force Department. During a late-night debate June 28 […]
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Air ForceHASC Votes To Keep Proposal For New Space Corps
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has rejected an attempt to derail its proposal to create a space corps in the Air Force Department. During a late-night debate June 28 […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Propose $28.6 Billion ‘Defense Restoration Fund’
The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) is proposing to set up a $28.6 billion “national defense restoration fund” in fiscal year 2018 that the Pentagon could tap for equipment upgrades, technology […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Propose $28.6 Billion ‘Defense Restoration Fund’
The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) is proposing to set up a $28.6 billion “national defense restoration fund” in fiscal year 2018 that the Pentagon could tap for equipment upgrades, technology […]
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BudgetLawmaker Says Defense Funding Boost In Doubt Due To Budget Cap Deadlock
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee threw cold water on the panel’s plan to boost defense spending by tens of billions of dollars, saying the increase will […]
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Budget
Lawmaker Says Defense Funding Boost In Doubt Due To Budget Cap Deadlock
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee threw cold water on the panel’s plan to boost defense spending by tens of billions of dollars, saying the increase will […]
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CongressSASC Backs Shanahan For Deputy Defense Secretary
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved by voice vote June 28 the nomination of former Boeing [BA] executive Patrick Shanahan to be deputy secretary of defense. The committee’s action […]