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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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CongressNorth 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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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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Boeing, Raytheon Gain Contract Changes To Demonstrate Free Electron Lasers
The Air Force gave contract changes worth $7 million each to The Boeing Co. [BA] and Raytheon Co. [RTN] to work on free electron lasers (FEL), expanding previously awarded fixed-fee, […]
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Air ForceGates Opts Against Changing Plans For 76 B-52s
By Emelie Rutherford Defense Secretary Robert Gates said this week he intends to stick with plans hashed out last year to maintain a full 76 of the Air Force’s B-52 […]
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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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ArmyWar Supplemental Shows Reduced Funds For Tracked Vehicles
By Emelie Rutherford Army tactical-wheeled vehicles received ample funding in President Obama’s $75.5 billion war-funding request, while procurement monies for items including tracked-combat vehicles dipped compared to recent years, a […]