Congress
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Business/FinancialHouse To Decide Bill With $2.5 Billion For NASA, NOAA; Mikulski Urges Approval; Money Set For Satellites And Their Sensors
The House this week will consider legislation to provide $1.4 billion for NASA earth science to fund critical satellite missions, funding that merits approval, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) said. […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing Hands NASA Proposal For Ares V Heavy Lifter Component
The Boeing Co. [BA] gave NASA a proposal for design support of a component in the planned Ares V heavy lifter rocket, the company announced yesterday. Ares V will boost to […]
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CongressExpeditionary Fighting Vehicle Clears DAB, Awaits Budget News
By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps is moving forward with plans for the once-troubled Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV), which recently overcame a hurdle with the Pentagon’s Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) […]
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Air ForceAugustine: United States Can Afford First-Rate Space, Defense Programs, But Doesn’t Out Of Stinginess, Wrong Priorities
Betting On Super Bowl Rivals The Missile Defense Budget; Pornography Spending Equals Recent NASA Budgets The United States fails to provide adequate funding for major space, missile defense and weapons […]
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Business/Financial
Missile Defense Funding May Be Slashed Deeply, Rep. Franks Says, Seeing $3 Billion Targeted For Cut From $9.6 Billion Program
Still-Developing Missile Defense Programs May Be Cut In Half, Franks Cautions Such Deep Cuts Would Echo Attempts To Eviscerate ABL, KEI, EMD Programs In Budgets; Hearing Set For Wednesday As […]
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Air Force
Experts See Deep Cuts Coming In Defense Procurement, Myriad Programs At Risk
Defense procurement programs face huge budget cuts, not only in fiscal 2010 but even more in 2011 and the out years, with an immense array of programs in each of […]
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Congress
Era Of House Self-Disclosure of Earmark Requests Begins
By Emelie Rutherford As soon as today House members may start posting on their Web sites requests to earmark funds for specific projects in appropriations bills, a process intended to […]
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Congress
Conn. Lawmakers Seek To Reinsert Sikorsky Into Pres Helo Effort
By Emelie Rutherford Connecticut lawmakers, still smarting from Sikorksy‘s [UTX] 2005 loss in the next-generation presidential helicopter competition, want the Obama Pentagon to look at reworking the current and over-budget […]
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Congress
Lieberman, Collins Say Support Growing For Keeping FEMA In DHS
Senators Joseph Lieberman (I/D-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) yesterday said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) should remain within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and that eight organizations […]
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Congress
CSBA Analyst: Congress Should Seek $17-18 Billion Shipbuilding Budget
By Emelie Rutherford If the Obama administration doesn’t seek $17 billion to $18 billion next fiscal year for naval shipbuilding, Congress should shift monies from elsewhere in the defense budget […]