Congress
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Business/FinancialIsrael To Buy Vulcan-Phalanx Cannon System If Gates Agrees To Provide A Unit; Raytheon System Would Kill Rockets From Gaza Strip
Israel aims to purchase the Raytheon Co. [RTN] Vulcan-Phalanx close-in air defense systems to kill rockets and mortars launched into Israel by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to […]
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Business/Financial
GOES-R Satellite Costs Jump, Schedule Problems Arise: GAO
NOAA Roasted In House, Senate, On Satellite Oversight Woes Afflicting Costs, Schedules Of Both GOES-R, NPOESS Programs The GOES-R satellite program cost estimates jumped again, to $7.67 billion from an […]
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CongressRep. Kosmas Urges Dropping Space Shuttle Retirement Deadline Of Sept. 30, 2010
Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-Fla.) urged Congress to drop the Sept. 30, 2010, retirement deadline for the space shuttle fleet. She also asked for $2.5 billion funding for NASA to keep […]
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Business/Financial
Transcript: Sen. Jon Kyl, Senate Minority Whip, On Missile Defense
Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, Senate minority whip, spoke before a National Defense University Foundation and National Defense Industrial Association breakfast in Washington at the Capitol Hill Club April 21, […]
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Congress
Missile Advocacy Group Announces New Board Member
John Rood, a former State Department under secretary for arms control and international security, accepted a position on the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) Advisory Board. The addition of Rood’s […]
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ArmyPossible Punaro Army Nomination Weighed By McCain, Other Lawmakers
By Emelie Rutherford Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Ranking Member John McCain (R-Ariz.) plans to meet this Thursday with Arnold Punaro, a defense-industry executive with extensive military and congressional experience […]
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Air ForceWith Senators’ Tanker Fears Calmed, Carter To Take AT&L Reins Today
By Emelie Rutherford Former Harvard University professor Ashton Carter is due to start work today as the Pentagon’s acquisition czar, after lawmakers dropped their opposition last week upon receiving assurances […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Constellation Program Budget May Be Hit With $3.5 Billion Cut, Slamming 2020 Lunar Mission Goal
Griffin Concerned Future Is Bleak The Obama White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing a $3.5 billion NASA budget cut that would hurt the Constellation Program developing […]
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Congress
HASC Leaders Unveil New Acquisition Reform Bill
By Emelie Rutherford House Armed Services Committee (HASC) leaders unveiled yesterday a new acquisition-reform bill intended to control spending on major weapon systems by increasing input into and alternatives for their […]
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Air Force
Work On War Supp Delayed; Murtha Weighing Tanker, F-22 Changes
By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers said yesterday they need more time than anticipated to craft a supplemental war-funding bill, and a lead defense appropriator said he still wants to tack billions […]