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A Valedictory: NASA Administrator Mike Griffin Sums Up Challenges, Opportunities Facing Space Agency NASA Can Create ‘New Options For Our Grandchildren’s Grandchildren, Or Leave That Privilege To Others’ NASA Administrator […]

NASA Inspector General Robert "Moose" Cobb was one of the worst-performing inspectors general among federal agencies reviewed, in terms of cutting waste and saving funds, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) […]

By Emelie Rutherford A battle is brewing on Capitol Hill over whether to compel the Pentagon to buy aerial refueling tankers from each of the two firms battling for the […]

Navy Secretary Donald Winter yesterday named the next Virginia-class attack submarine the USS John Warner, in honor of recently retired Virginia Senator John Warner, according to the Navy. The USS […]

By Emelie Rutherford An influential naval panel on Capitol Hill will have a new Republican leader for the next two years, because Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) had to relinquish the […]

By Emelie Rutherford As dozens of lawmakers from both chambers and parties lobby President-elect Barack Obama to boost shipbuilding funding, a powerful congressional budget writer said their goal to budget […]

By Ann Roosevelt The incoming Obama administration appears to be in sync with what the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the State Department is doing, according to the […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon’s request for the supplemental war-funding bill is not complete and may cost $69.7 billion or more, depending on decisions regarding force levels in Afghanistan, the […]

NASA tomorrow will make a live-broadcast announcement on a contract for commercial private space flights that would use a crewed spacecraft on transport missions to and from the International Space […]

As we do each year, we will be observing a holiday break. Accordingly, your next issue of Space & Missile Defense Report will be dated Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. We […]