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CongressConn. 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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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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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 […]
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Republicans Revive Push For Setting DoD Funds At 4 Percent GDP
By Emelie Rutherford Two congressional Republicans have renewed their thus-far-unsuccessful plan to set the base defense budget at 4 percent of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). The joint resolution offered […]
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NASA Gains $1 Billion In Economic Stimulus Bill
NASA will gain $1 billion under the congressional economic stimulus bill that aims to slow the U.S. plunge into the deepest recession in recent years. That $1 billion would include […]
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Business/FinancialNew Uses Explored For Airborne Laser Beyond Boost-Phase Missile Defense
The Airborne Laser (ABL), a defensive system that kills enemy missiles shortly after they launch, may have other applications such as air-to-air combat against enemy planes, killing enemy cruise missiles […]
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Sen. Nelson Again To Chair Panel Overseeing NASA
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) will again chair the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee science and space subcommittee that oversees NASA. Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), chairman of the […]
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Business/Financial
Alaska Members Of Congress Press Pentagon Not To Cut GMD
Alaska members of Congress are pushing Secretary of Defense Robert Gates not to cut funding for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, part of the multi-layered U.S. shield against enemy missiles. […]
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Obama Doesn’t Mention Iranian Long-Range Rocket Or Planned European Missile Defense, But He Assails Iranian Move Toward Nukes
President Says United States Should Counter Iranian Threat With ‘All Resources,’ Mentioning Diplomacy President Obama discussed the threat from Iran, but never mentioned missile defense, during his first formal White […]
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Obering: Using Aegis Ships To Block Iranian Missiles Would Require European Defense Radar
United States May Not Have Time, Until 2013-2015, Before Iran Develops Nuclear-Tipped ICBM While some in Congress think the United States could cancel the European Missile Defense (EMD) program and […]