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CongressYoung: Study If DDG-1000 Hull Is Right For Future Cruiser
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon’s outgoing purchasing czar said analysis of the Navy’s future cruiser should begin "right away," and maintained the service’s previous plan to base the ship on […]
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Republicans Slam Gates’ Program Cuts On Return To Hill
By Emelie Rutherford Republican lawmakers decried yesterday defense program cuts and changes Defense Secretary Robert Gates proposed when they were away from the Capitol during a two-week congressional recess. Sen. […]
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Business/FinancialSpecial 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 […]
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NASA Needs Stable Funding, Policy, Goals; New Report Issued As Obama Prepares Next NASA Budget Proposal For Congress
NASA Safety Panel Seeks No Change In Half-Decade NASA Space Flight Gap Despite Concerns About Soyuz Safety NASA needs stability in its policy, goals and requisite funding if the largest […]
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Griffin, 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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North Korea To Rebuild Reactor, Produce More Plutonium; U.N. Nuke Inspectors Ousted At Yongbyon
After U.S., Japanese Forces Refrain From Downing North Korean Missile As Pyongyang Ordered, It Erupts Anyway North Lashes Out At U.N. Statement, Walks Out On Six-Party Talks; Complaints Of ‘Sovereignty’ […]
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Gates Refused Permission To Use High-Powered Radar To Track Illicit North Korean Missile Flight Over Japan
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates refused a request from the U.S. Northern Command to use the high-powered SBX radar to track the illicit launch and flight of the North Korean […]
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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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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) […]