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ArmyMRAP Simulators On Order From Oshkosh Specialty Vehicles, FAAC Inc.
Oshkosh Corp.’s [OSK] Oshkosh Specialty Vehicles (OSV), and FAAC Incorporated of Ann Arbor, Mich., yesterday announced they have received an $6.8 million order for 13 Common Driver Trainer (CDT) mobile […]
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Business/FinancialGriffin, Scolese, Warn Against Volatile Cuts In NASA Budget; Predictability Needed; Vital To Preserve Vision For Space Goals
Griffin Says NASA Needs $3 Billion More Annually; Expresses ‘Great Concern’ Over Gap In U.S. Manned Spaceflight Capability NASA Now On ‘Proper Path’ — Griffin; New Administrator Will Need Direct […]
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Gates Asserts His Budget Plan Doesn’t Kill Airborne Laser, Ground-based Midcourse Defense System By Barring Further Purchases
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates denied he killed the Airborne Laser (ABL) and Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor rocket programs, when he unveiled his budget proposal for President Obama to […]
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Missile Defense Backers Open Lobbying Fight To Rescue Imperiled Missile Defense Programs
A pro-missile-defense group has swung into action to defend imperiled missile defense programs. The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) reacted to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates proposing to cut, freeze […]
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KEI Ground Systems Pass Test Leading Toward Booster Flight
Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) missile defense system ground operations passed a dry-run test to reduce risks in a planned KEI booster flight later this year, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) […]
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Lockheed To Build Comms Satellite For Japanese Firm; Launch In 2013
Arianespace To Launch Satellite Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] will build a communications satellite for a Japanese firm, and Arianespace will launch it into orbit. Lockheed will provide JCSAT-13 for SKY […]
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Raytheon Teams With Narus On Real-Time Network Intelligence
By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] has partnered with California-based Narus to embed the network security company’s NarusInsight to monitor Internet traffic and help manage and protect government networks. "We have […]
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Navy Cancels Boeing’s Harpoon Block III Due To Cost, Schedule
The Navy on Friday canceled Boeing‘s [BA] Harpoon Block III weapon system Program due to cost overruns and a delay in the testing schedule, the service said. The Block III, […]
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Harris Acquires Small Cyber Security Firm
Harris Corp. [HRS] last week said it has acquired Crucial Security, Inc., a small information technology firm that has offensive and defensive capabilities in cyber warfare. Terms of the deal […]
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Special Issue: Multiple Reports Warn NASA Challenged; Space Agency Needs $4.7 Billion A Year More Than The $19.1 Billion Yearly It Has Estimated: CBO
If NASA Funding Isn’t Increased, Moon Mission Slips Three Years To 2023; First Orion Manned Mission Slips A Year To 2016; Chinese Likely Would Beat U.S. Effort To Return To […]