Business/Financial
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Business/FinancialSpecial Gates Issue: Defense Secretary Sees New Opportunity To Gain Russian Assent For European Missile Defense
Russia May Agree To Share Missile Defense Radar Data With United States: Gates No Time To Lose, Because Iran Is Just Two To Three Years Away From Missiles Able To […]
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Business/FinancialTaiwan To Get Patriot Upgrade In $154 Million Foreign Military Sales Contract With Raytheon
The U.S. Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $154 million foreign military sales contract for Taiwan to receive Patriot upgrades, the company announced. That move comes as China continues objecting […]
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Business/FinancialGates Says Defense Spending Cuts Are Inevitable In Big-Ticket Programs
Defense spending cuts in big-ticket procurement programs are inevitable, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warned. The Department of Defense can’t continue indefinitely the spending increases of recent years, and Pentagon […]
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Business/FinancialRaytheon Names New Space Business Chief
Raytheon Co. [RTN] named William Hart to leads its space business. Hart, who joined Raytheon in 1975, was named vice president for Space Systems. He succeeds Brian Arnold, who was […]
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Business/FinancialLevin Moving To Cut Missile Defense, Shipbuilding Procurement Programs
By Emelie Rutherford and Dave Ahearn The top Senate defense authorizer said missile defense programs are likely to see budget cuts in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010. Sen. […]
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Business/FinancialSupport Sought For Rapid Small Satellite Facility
The Department of Defense Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) office recently released a request for information (RFI) to help accomplish the office develop a rapid response space center, called Chileworks. U.S. […]
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Business/FinancialU.S. Forces Repositioned To Counter Growing Chinese Military Might, Gates Says
American Moves Underway To Take On Growing Chinese Cyber Threat U.S. forces are being repositioned to counter burgeoning Chinese military power, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told the Senate Armed […]
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Business/FinancialSBIRS Satellite Software Test Succeeds
The first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) satellite, completed a test using new flight software permitting highly reliable spacecraft command and control operations, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. […]
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Business/FinancialNASA Issues Request For Proposals, Seeking Ideas For Altair Moon Lander
NASA issued a request for proposals for the Altair lunar lander that will transport astronauts from the next-generation Orion space capsule (crew exploration vehicle) orbiting the moon down to the […]
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Business/FinancialBuilding At Kennedy Ready For Work On Orion
After a two-year, top to bottom renovation, the High Bay Facility of the Operations & Checkout (O&C) Building at Kennedy Space Center is ready to begin preparations to build the […]