Business/Financial
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Business/FinancialHyslop To Head Boeing Missile Defense Systems
The Boeing Co. [BA] named Greg Hyslop as vice president and general manager of its Missile Defense Systems division. Hyslop succeeds Scott Fancher, who assumed responsibility for Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ […]
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Business/FinancialIf Iran Goes Nuclear, It Deals A Blow To Nonproliferation Efforts Globally
If the already existing Iranian nuclear materials production program ends with Tehran wielding nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles to deliver them, that grim situation will be made even worse, […]
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Business/FinancialNOAA-N Satellite Completes Checkout
The NOAA-N Prime spacecraft completed its 45-day on-orbit verification, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. NOAA-N is the final Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) that was launched Feb. 6. Lockheed built […]
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Business/FinancialNorth Korea Drags Out Promised Dismantling Of Nuclear Reactor: General
North Korea, while promising in negotiations to dismantle its nuclear materials production facility, has dragged out this work that could have been finished long ago, a senior U.S. general said. […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Opening Altair Program Office in Texas
Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] is opening its Altair lunar lander program office in Houston. The company is vying for a NASA contract to design and build the human lander that […]
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Air ForcePartial Transcript Of Rep. Tauscher’s Remarks To Missile Defense Conference And Journalists:
Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif.), who chairs the House Armed Services Committee strategic forces subcommittee, whom President Obama has chosen for a nonproliferation post in the State Department, made comments […]
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Air ForceMilitary Officers: Missile Defense Works; When North Korea Launches Missile, High Probability U.S. Forces Can Knock It Down
North Korea Poses A Threat To Allies; Its Missile Launch Violates U.N. Rule; Even Satellite Launch Shows Korean Threat Multilayered U.S. Missile Defense System Seen as ‘Critical’: General’s Assessment Senior […]
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Business/FinancialObama Clears Fine Grain Graphite Exports; Used For Solar Cells, Computer Chips, Airliners; Export Controls On Key Technology At Issue
He Certifies This Won’t Measurably Improve Chinese Missile Or Space Launch Capabilities President Obama cleared exports of fine grain graphite, under provisions of U.S. export controls designed to prevent sensitive […]
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Business/FinancialMissile Defense Deters Threats, General States; Successful Tests Raise Confidence It Works; Programs Should Continue: General
Chilton: Cyber Hackers, Foes, Penetrate Military Computer Systems; New Nuclear Weapons Needed To Thwart Terror Thieves U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs deter threats and therefore should be continued, since […]
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Business/FinancialCommander Says Nothing Could Have Prevented Iridium-Cosmos Collision
Northing could have been done to prevent the collision of an Iridium Satellites LLC bird with a dead Russian Cosmos intel satellite, a senior U.S. military officer said. "There was […]