Business/Financial
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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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Business/Financial
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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Business/Financial
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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Business/Financial
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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Business/Financial
Navy Stands By EMALS As Aircraft Launch System For CVN-78
By Geoff Fein Just a few weeks after the Navy acknowledged it was looking at the impact of retuning to steam catapults on CVN-78, the service has reaffirmed its commitment […]
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ArmyArmy Awards Potential $352 Million Force Protection Contract To Sim-G
The Army’s this week awarded Sim-G Technologies a potential $352 million prime contract to provide integrated physical security systems worldwide to detect and respond to unauthorized intrusion into its facilities. […]
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Business/Financial
Harris To Acquire Tyco’s Wireless Business For $675 Million
By Calvin Biesecker Harris Corp. [HRS] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire the Wireless Systems business of Tyco Electronics [TEL] for $675 million in a deal that gives it […]
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Army
BAE Systems Reaches Deal with New Zealand on IPVs
The first of four new Inshore Patrol Vessels (IPVs) will soon be delivered to the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) after an agreement was reached between BAE Systems and the […]
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Business/Financial
Defense Appropriators Seek More Than $1.2 Billion In Earmarks
By Emelie Rutherford House defense appropriators have requested more than $1.2 billion in Pentagon-related earmarks, with most of that targeted aid sought by a Georgia Democrat eyeing aircraft- related funds […]
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Business/Financial
Bio And Border Security Among Key DHS Markets Northrop Grumman Pursuing
By Calvin Biesecker Northrop Grumman [NOC] continues to pursue a range of opportunities in the domestic and international homeland security space but is particularly keen on existing and emerging opportunities […]