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Business/FinancialRussia Rages At U.S. President-Elect Obama, As Moscow Threatens Planned U.S.-European Missile Defense On Czech, Polish Sites
Medvedev Tests The Mettle Of A New American President, Announcing Russian Missiles To Be Stationed In Kaliningrad Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, in his first state of the nation address before […]
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CongressLockheed Martin Employees Funded Colleague’s Failed House Bid
By Emelie Rutherford While defense firms often donate the most money to big-name and incumbent congressional candidates, Lockheed Martin [LMT] employees contributed the most this past election cycle to an […]
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Air ForceSenators Call For Pentagon To Stick To F-22 Plans In Defense Bills
By Emelie Rutherford A group of senators sent Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England a letter this week criticizing what they said is a Pentagon proposal to scale back on planning […]
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Congress
Election Shakes Up HASC, Other Congressional Defense Panels
By Emelie Rutherford Tuesday’s congressional elections and a series of pending retirements are overhauling the Republican sides of the House and Senate armed services committees, while the Senate Appropriations Defense […]
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Homeland Security Spending Likely To Remain Strong Under Obama, Analysts Say
By Calvin Biesecker Despite a potential budget crunch stemming from the federal government’s ongoing bailout of financial institutions and banks, spending on homeland security is likely to remain strong, according […]
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Business/Financial
Navy Issues Amended LCS Request For Proposal, Award Expected In January
By Geoff Fein The Navy on Monday issued its long awaited revised request for proposal (RFP) for two Flight 0+ Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) to be procured in FY ’09. […]
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Business/Financial
Murtha’s Donors In Last-Minute $1 Million Donation Haul Include Defense Execs
By Emelie Rutherford Before the final ballots were cast in yesterday’s elections, Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) appeared to have beaten his GOP challenger on the fundraising front–garnering more than $3 […]
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Air Force
Lawmakers Call For Pentagon To Spend F-22 Funds
By Emelie Rutherford Four leading defense authorizers called on the Pentagon yesterday to spend money included in the fiscal year 2009 defense authorization and appropriations acts to allow for possible […]
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Air Force
Loss of Stevens From SAC-D Seen Impacting Missile Defense, F-22 Debates
By Emelie Rutherford Sen. Ted Stevens’ departure from the post as Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee (SAC-D) ranking member has generated uncertainly about the fate of initiatives including national missile defense […]
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Second Round of Testing Insufficient To Support ASP Production, GAO Says
By Calvin Biesecker A second round of testing that was completed on next-generation radiation portal monitors falls short in terms of the amount of testing needed to generate a statistically […]