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Business/FinancialNavy Making Sure LPD-17 Lube Oil Leak Problem Doesn’t Spread To Rest of Class
By Geoff Fein As the Navy continues to examine problems with the lube oil system on the USS San Antonio (LPD-17), the service is taking steps to ensure there are […]
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CongressLieberman, Inouye To Keep Senate Defense Panel Roles
By Emelie Rutherford The leadership of Senate defense panels will not be altered as much as previously thought next year after Democrats yesterday allowed Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I/D-Conn.) to remain chairman […]
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ArmyArmy Needs ‘Results-Oriented Plan’ To Staff Modular Forces, GAO Says
The Army needs to report to Congress a "results-oriented plan" with specific information on its progress toward equipping and staffing its modular forces through 2019, the General Accountability Office (GAO) […]
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Business/FinancialKEI Passes First-Stage Motor Static Fire Test
A Versatile KEI Could Be New Interceptor For Navy Ships, Briefers Say Briefers Have No Word That KEI Funding To Be Cut Under Obama The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) first […]
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ArmyAll-Terrain MRAP Solicitation By Dec. 1; Potential For Up To 10,000 Vehicles
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon plans to award around the end of March up to five initial contracts for a new all-terrain Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle, and is […]
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Air ForceDespite Funding Cut, C-17s Order Stays At 15 Planes; Hopes Up For Future
By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force confirmed last week it plans to order 15 C-17 Globemasters early next year, and will use money in its coffers to make up for […]
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CongressGriffin Would Remain NASA Administrator If Obama Asked, But Griffin Says Invitation Unlikely
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said he would be "happy" to remain in his post if President-elect Obama asked, but Griffin doesn’t expect that request from the newly-elected leader, the Orlando […]
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CongressObering Steps Down From Missile Defense Agency; General Is ‘Encouraged’ Obama Backs Missile Defense, But Longer-Range Iranian Missiles Worrisome
General Warns That Delaying Missile Defense Such As In Europe Would ‘Severely Hurt’ Ability To Defend United States, Allies Against Enemies U.S.-European Missile Defense Scheduled To Be Operational By 2013, […]
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Business/FinancialTauscher Says Missile Defense Shield Doesn’t Deter Rogue Nations From Developing Missile Forces; Therefore, What Is The Point Of Creating Missile Defense?
U.S. Nuclear Weapons May No Longer Provide Credible Deterrence, Tauscher Says, Urging Nukes Reduction Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.), whose subcommittee oversees U.S. missile defense efforts, today questioned the value of […]
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Business/FinancialGriffin Awaits Two Studies Detailing How To Shrink Five-Year NASA Travel Gap
NASA Administrator Mike Griffin is awaiting two studies probing how to shrink the yawning half-decade gap when NASA won’t be able to take even one astronaut to low Earth orbit. […]