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Air ForceLawmaker Floats Paying ULA To Keep Delta IV In Service
A key lawmaker Friday floated the idea of paying United Launch Alliance (ULA) to keep its Delta IV rocket available for future national security space launches, in contrast to the […]
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SpaceOmniEarth Experiences Growth Due To California Water Regulations, Executive Says
Government regulations are driving growth at analytics provider OmniEarth, including California’s ham-handed implementation of its new water use regulations, according to a company executive. California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) in […]
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CongressForbes Concerned OSD Restricting Office Of Net Assessment’s Role
A key lawmaker said Wednesday he’s concerned that the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is restricting the role of the Pentagon’s internal think tank, the Office of Net […]
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PentagonU.S. Precision Strike Advantage Waning, CSBA Says In New Report
The U.S. advantage in precision strike is waning and simply using more current generation precision guided munitions (PGM) to offset an enemy’s countermeasures could be a very costly proposition, the […]
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Air ForceNo Deadline For Enacting RD-180 National Security Waiver, Teague Says
There is no deadline for the Defense Department to enact the national security waiver that would allow it to use additional RD-180s in the future, according to a top Air […]
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Air ForceSenate Appropriators Recommend Additional $25 Million For Protected Tactical Waveform
The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) last week approved an additional $25 million in fiscal year 2016 for the Air Force’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW) mission. […]
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ArmyU.S. Sues BAE Systems, Alleging Overcharging Army For FMTV Materials
The federal government Thursday filed a lawsuit against BAE Systems, accusing the company of knowingly overcharging the Army for materials under a military truck contract. In 2008, the Army Tactical […]
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PentagonMDA’s Todorov Calls For Refocus On RDT&E
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) needs to re-focus on its “seed corn” of research, test, development and evaluation (RDT&E) while facing increasing demands for procurement, according to its deputy director. […]
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Air ForceFacing Challenges, STRATCOM Hopes to Ramp Up Installation of AEHF
U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) hopes to ramp up installation of its replacement for the Milstar satellite constellation, as reliability problems of the nuclear-survivable legacy system have slowed the follow-on’s procurement […]
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Air Force
McCain Downplays Significance Of NASA Continuing Payments To Russia For ISS Trips
The head of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Tuesday downplayed the potential national security significance of NASA continuing payments to Russia to get astronauts to and from the […]