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VIIRS Thermal Vacuum Tests Among Advances NASA Gives Northrop CERES Sensor Contract Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] completed the initial step toward the critical design review (CDR) for the National Polar-orbiting […]

By Emelie Rutherford The head of a naval panel in Congress said he will support the Navy’s request to temporarily drop its aircraft carrier tally from 11 to 10, a […]

Iranian Nukes Would Threaten Both Israel And United States, Obama Says; No Steps Are Off Table; Netanyahu In Agreement Obama, Netanyahu Meet At White House; Netanyahu Says All Options Must […]

European Missile Defense Still Alive, Perhaps With Russia As Partner: Gates Lawmakers: Missile Defense Cuts Unwise; Huge Weapons Cuts Challenged In Congress, But Gates Presses For Fiscal 2010 Budget Secretary […]

Uphill Fight Seen To Reverse Gates Missile Defense Cutbacks Attempting to use Navy ships with Aegis weapon control systems and Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptors to defend allied nations from Iranian […]

By Marina Malenic The Air Force’s top officer does not expect a forthcoming study on the Defense Department’s airlift capacity to indicate any changes in the overall need for the […]

By Emelie Rutherford Pentagon leaders underscored their commitment to buying unmanned aircraft before a Senate panel yesterday, with the top uniformed officer saying the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) could be […]

By Emelie Rutherford Senate appropriators approved yesterday a supplement war-funding bill lacking weapon-system add-ons for C-17 cargo aircraft and Stryker vehicles in the version the House passed yesterday, likely leaving […]

By Geoff Fein Lawmakers yesterday questioned the Navy’s ability to achieve a 313-ship fleet, given the service plans to buy eight ships in the FY ’10 budget but decommission seven […]

By Calvin Biesecker The House Committee on Homeland Security yesterday approved a bill authorizing appropriations for the Transportation Security Administration during the next two fiscal years along with a slew […]