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Business/FinancialLarry Prior Leaving SAIC To Be ManTech’s New President And COO
By Calvin Biesecker ManTech International [MANT] yesterday said that Larry Prior, who is currently the chief operating officer (COO) at SAIC [SAI], will be joining the company in July as […]
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Business/FinancialGD, Austal USA Wrap Up Testing of LCS-2’s Main Propulsion System
General Dynamics‘ [GD] Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the Independence (LCS-2), completed testing of her main propulsion system in advance of builder’s trials planned for this summer, the company reported. All […]
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Business/FinancialSpace Forum New York: Air Force Space Buyer Says Contract Protests Can Be Avoided By Making Requirements Precise, Measureable
Payton Says If GPS III Contract Award Had Been Protested, Air Force Still Was Set To Let Winner Commence Work On Critically Needed Satellites NEW YORK — The Department of […]
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Business/FinancialMissile Defense Conference: O’Reilly Says High Cost Of Targets A Hurdle; Mass-Produced Lower-Cost Targets Needed
Proposal For More Targets Seen This Summer; MDA Seeks New Sources Of Target Missiles The U.S. missile defense program has a cost problem, not so much with the high-speed interceptors […]
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Business/FinancialMissile Defense Conference: Obama Missile Defense Cuts Will Harm Industrial Base, Eliminate Boost-Phase Programs
Deep cuts in some missile defense programs will eliminate development of systems to kill enemy missiles in their most vulnerable stage of flight trajectory, while also harming the defense industrial […]
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Business/FinancialMissile Defense Conference: Critic Of Missile Defense Favors Research, But Doesn’t Back Programs, Systems
A frequent critic of U.S. ballistic missile defense programs said he would favor research and development of those programs, but didn’t endorse any of them as effective in taking down […]
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Business/FinancialMissile Defense Conference: Burgeoning North Korean, Iranian Missile Threats Rise, Even As United States Cuts Missile Defense
North Korea and Iran are developing more advanced missile capabilities, along with nuclear programs, even as the United States is cutting funds for missile defense programs, a missile defense expert […]
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Business/FinancialIAEA Report Says Iran Increases Number Of Centrifuges; Tracking Iranian Nuclear Production Program More Difficult
Iran rapidly is increasing the number of its centrifuges producing nuclear materials, and it is becoming more difficult to keep track of it all, according to a new report from […]
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Business/FinancialGroup Proposes A Dozen Ways To Prevent Iran Making Nuclear Weapons Without Going To War
There are a dozen ways to pressure Iran into dropping its rush to develop nuclear arms, short of using military strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, The Israel Project, a pro-Israel […]
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Business/FinancialAfter NASA Is Grounded As Shuttles Retire, Russian Soyuz Flights To Transport American Astronauts Will Cost U.S. Taxpayers $306 Million
The United States will pay Russia $306 million to transport American astronauts to the International Space Station and back. That taxi service will be needed after NASA loses the ability […]