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CongressMarine Commandant Touts EFV While Noting MRAP, JLTV Concerns
By Emelie Rutherford Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway pledged yesterday to fight for the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle’s (EFV) continuation, while also saying his service won’t need a new mine-resistant vehicle and may […]
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EFV Program Manager Predicts Vehicle Will Survive Continued Scrutiny
By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps official steering the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) program said he is optimistic the long-delayed development effort with General Dynamics [GD] will emerge intact from […]
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Business/FinancialSen. Kyl Says Gates Plan Leaves Boost-Phase Missile Defense Programs In Limbo, On Hold
Meanwhile, Missile Threats Increase; Kyl Warns Nuclear-Missiles-Armed Pakistan Could Fall To Taliban In One To Six Months Gates Plan Involves $900 Million More Cuts To Missile Defense Programs, Beyond The […]
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Kyl Assails Officials Who Give Bailout Trillions To Banks, Brokers, Others — But Then Get Tough With Procurement Programs Like Missile Defense
While the federal government has lavished trillions of dollars on the banking, Wall Street brokerage, insurance, mortgage lender and other industries, with few strings attached except for CEO-pay conditions, the […]
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China Is Displaying Nuclear Submarines For First Time; Beijing Orders Increased Patrols In Contested Sea Area
China is displaying nuclear submarines in the port city of Qingdao, a first, according to Xinhua, the official government news agency. The muscle-flexing comes as China is in multiple debates […]
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Blumenthal: U.S. Competition With China Is Now, Not A Future Development; Gates Plan Responds With Weakness To Rising Chinese Military
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has proposed a budget plan that will leave the U.S. military weaker, precisely as the Chinese military is growing stronger. And the Sino military already […]
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Israel To Buy Vulcan-Phalanx Cannon System If Gates Agrees To Provide A Unit; Raytheon System Would Kill Rockets From Gaza Strip
Israel aims to purchase the Raytheon Co. [RTN] Vulcan-Phalanx close-in air defense systems to kill rockets and mortars launched into Israel by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to […]
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GOES-R Satellite Costs Jump, Schedule Problems Arise: GAO
NOAA Roasted In House, Senate, On Satellite Oversight Woes Afflicting Costs, Schedules Of Both GOES-R, NPOESS Programs The GOES-R satellite program cost estimates jumped again, to $7.67 billion from an […]
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Rep. Kosmas Urges Dropping Space Shuttle Retirement Deadline Of Sept. 30, 2010
Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-Fla.) urged Congress to drop the Sept. 30, 2010, retirement deadline for the space shuttle fleet. She also asked for $2.5 billion funding for NASA to keep […]
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Transcript: Sen. Jon Kyl, Senate Minority Whip, On Missile Defense
Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, Senate minority whip, spoke before a National Defense University Foundation and National Defense Industrial Association breakfast in Washington at the Capitol Hill Club April 21, […]