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CongressDeepwater Asset Costs Exceed $24 Billion Program Baseline By $2 Billion, Rep. Cummings Says
By Calvin Biesecker The total combined estimated costs of all the assets that make up the Coast Guard’s Deepwater modernization program are more than $2 billion higher than the projected […]
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Congress
Levin, Tauscher: Boost Theater Missile Defense, Further Test GMD
By Emelie Rutherford Two senior lawmakers told Missile Defense Agency stakeholders yesterday more anti-missile capabilities are needed for protecting forward-deployed troops, yet said they will insist on thorough testing before […]
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Business/FinancialRep. Tauscher To Leave House Armed Services Committee For Administration Post
Whether This Means Brighter Outlook For Missile Defense Programs Isn’t Yet Clear The leading congressional critic of missile defense systems will leave the powerful post where she was able to […]
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Business/Financial
Special Missile Defense Conference Issue: Tauscher Says European Missile Defense To Wait Until After Ground-based Midcourse Defense Tests
Levin, Tauscher, Warn Of Cuts Coming In Total Missile Defense Authorizations Tauscher Flails Airborne Laser As Behind Schedule And $4 Billion Over Budget; But She Praises Aegis, THAAD Programs Any […]
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Business/Financial
Airborne Laser System Endangered By Looming Budget Cuts, Lawmakers Say
Military May Lose Laser Capability In Killing Enemy Missiles; Industrial Base Is Threatened By Budget Moves Legislators Write Letter To Gates A bipartisan group of legislators told Secretary of Defense […]
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Business/Financial
Deep Missile Defense Cuts Would Toss Tens Of Thousands Of Workers Out Of Good Jobs Amidst Economic Recession
Airborne Laser Is Adaptable; Can Relocate Around Globe In Hours, Not Weeks Missile Defense Systems Already Share Sensor Data From Radars, Briefers Say If leaders in Washington make crippling cuts […]
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Business/Financial
Northrop Official Sees Possible Cuts In Ballistic Missile Program Budgets
Airborne Laser Offers Unique Technologies; Kinetic Energy Interceptor Advances Ballistic missile defense programs may face funding reductions just when those programs are about to provide a payoff after years of […]
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Business/Financial
Another Missile Defense Success: THAAD Kills Target Missile
The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, missile defense system scored another successful hit against a target missile, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced. That successful hit was scored […]
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Business/Financial
Cartwright Says Missile Defense Systems Must Be Able To Perform Multiple Missions; Urges Common Use Of Sensors For Systems
General Says Missile Defense Programs Require Stable, Funding Over Years Missile defense programs must be able to handle multiple tasks in a cost-saving and efficient manner, because the military can […]
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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 […]