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CongressBattle Brewing On Hill Over Adding To Final FY ’08 GWOT Supplemental
By Emelie Rutherford The White House budget chief yesterday emphasized the president plans to veto the fiscal year 2008 war supplemental bill if lawmakers add unrequested funding, suggesting that veto […]
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Business/FinancialAIA Seeks Focus On Defense Modernization Issues
By Ann Roosevelt The Aerospace Industry Association (AIA)’s newest report finds a defense budget squeeze coming that will affect the next administration and wants presidential candidates to address the specifics […]
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Justice Department Preparing To Implement IWN In FY ’09
A year after awarding a potential multi-billion dollar contract to General Dynamics [GD] to develop and build a wireless communications network that links federal security officials and state and local […]
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Marine Corps Proceeds With Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, Congressional Concerns Remain
By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps is moving forward with the once-troubled Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) development program, with a key Pentagon meeting planned for next month followed by possible […]
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Price Outlines Shortcomings In DHS Budget Request
The chairman of the House panel that oversees funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) yesterday said that the FY ’09 budget request for Homeland Security is essentially flat […]
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DHS Continues To Struggle With Acquisition Management, GAO Says
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has made some progress in how it organizes and manages acquisition activities, but still lacks accountability for how it spends and […]
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Analyst: Obama Would Be A Nightmare For Defense Programs, Firms
By Dave Ahearn If Sen. Barak Obama of Illinois wins the Democratic presidential nomination and then goes on to be elected to the White House, the defense industry better brace […]
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Griffin: A Troubled U.S. Space Program Faces ‘Silent Sputnik’-America May Lose Long-Held Leadership On The High Frontier
His Warning Sounded As European Robotic Cargo Spaceship Automatically Docks At International Space Station; Griffin Hails Europe As ‘Full-Fledged Space Power’ Mikulski Renews Efforts To Add $1 Billion NASA Recovery […]
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Bush Scores Dual Home Runs For European Missile Defense, But Fails To Win Putin Backing For System During Meetings
Czech Republic Agrees To Host U.S. Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Radar; NATO Endorses Planned GMD System Installation On Czech, Polish Sites NATO Sees GMD System As Substantial Contribution To Counter […]
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Orion-Ares Spaceship Program Faces Myriad Risks Of Cost Overruns, Delays: GAO
Excessive Rocket Vibration, Another Problem, May Be Resolved With Design Changes The Constellation Program to develop the next-generation Orion-Ares spaceship faces multiple risks of technology development problems, schedule delays and […]