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Business/FinancialGates Open To Buying 44 GMD Interceptors Eventually, Or At Least To Buying More Than 30 Of The GMD Missiles; GMD Effective To Kill Incoming North Korean Missiles
European Missile Defense Still Alive, Perhaps With Russia As Partner: Gates Lawmakers: Missile Defense Cuts Unwise; Huge Weapons Cuts Challenged In Congress, But Gates Presses For Fiscal 2010 Budget Secretary […]
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Using Aegis To Defend Europe From Iranian Missiles Far More Costly Than EMD System: Franks
Uphill Fight Seen To Reverse Gates Missile Defense Cutbacks Attempting to use Navy ships with Aegis weapon control systems and Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptors to defend allied nations from Iranian […]
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Analyst Says Gates Errs In Killing KEI
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has uttered multiple erroneous statements about the Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) missile defense system that he wants to abolish, a noted military analyst said. Gates […]
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Democratic, GOP Lawmakers Worried Obama Has No Plan For Rising Crises In Pakistan, Afghanistan, As Turmoil Persists
Lawmakers in both political parties are highly worried about the stability of the Pakistani government, and skeptical of President Obama’s plan to pour an annual $1.5 billion in aid into […]
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NPOESS Hits Milestones, Showing Progress, Company Says
VIIRS Thermal Vacuum Tests Among Advances NASA Gives Northrop CERES Sensor Contract Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] completed the initial step toward the critical design review (CDR) for the National Polar-orbiting […]
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Boeing Moves Missile Defense Headquarters To Alabama
The Boeing Co. [BA] is moving its Missile Defense Systems (MDS) division headquarters from Arlington, Va., to Huntsville, Ala. Initially, Boeing will shift division management and support functions, such as […]
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Raytheon Recruits Northrop To Integrated Battle Command Program
Raytheon Co. [RTN] has brought Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] into its team for the Army Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) program. Northrop joins others in the IBCS team including Raytheon, […]
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Obama Condemns Iranian Nuclear Ambitions, Warns Any Talks With Iran Must Show Progress By End Of Year, Not Give Iran Time On Nukes
Iranian Nukes Would Threaten Both Israel And United States, Obama Says; No Steps Are Off Table; Netanyahu In Agreement Obama, Netanyahu Meet At White House; Netanyahu Says All Options Must […]
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Air Force‘No Major Change In Demand Signal’ For Airlift, Schwartz Says
By Marina Malenic The Air Force’s top officer does not expect a forthcoming study on the Defense Department’s airlift capacity to indicate any changes in the overall need for the […]
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Incoming GD Chief Johnson Sees No Change To Business Model
By Calvin Biesecker Jay Johnson, soon to be the CEO at General Dynamics [GD], told an investment conference yesterday the company’s core management, its business model and strong focus on […]