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Business/FinancialKEI Passes First-Stage Motor Static Fire Test
A Versatile KEI Could Be New Interceptor For Navy Ships, Briefers Say Briefers Have No Word That KEI Funding To Be Cut Under Obama The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) first […]
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CongressTauscher Predicts Changes To Missile Defense Agency Under All-Democratic Rule
By Emelie Rutherford A leading lawmaker who oversees the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) predicted the arm of the Pentagon championed by the Bush administration will undergo major changes when Democrats control […]
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CongressTauscher Wants To Improve Nuclear Stockpile, Says RRW Deserved "Ugly Death"
By Emelie Rutherford A leading House authorizer voiced support yesterday for the initial concept behind the Bush administration’s beleaguered Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) effort, and said the next Congress will […]
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Air ForcePentagon OK’s Advanced Funds For Four F-22s, Waits For January Decision On More
By Emelie Rutherford Pentagon leadership agreed this week to spend $50 million on parts for four future F-22 jet fighters, instead of obligating $140 million in advanced funding for 20 […]
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CongressSome Defense Transition Team Members Announced
By Emelie Rutherford President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team yesterday announced some key members dealing with defense matters. The Department of Defense Agency Review Team is lead by John White and […]
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ArmyNew All-Terrain MRAP Effort Proceeding, To Be Steered By Marine Corps’ JPO
By Emelie Rutherford A Marine Corps-lead effort for buying thousands of a new breed of all-terrain Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle for Afghanistan is moving forward, with a solicitation […]
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ArmyNavy Takes Over APKWS Program After Army Ends Its Effort
By Geoff Fein The Navy has taken over the lead on the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) following the Army’s decision to terminate the program. BAE Systems last week […]
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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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CongressWhere Obama Can Find Funding To Support Defense And Space – And Still Fulfill Campaign Promises
Backgrounder: Analysts Predicting Plunging Revenues May Be Proven Wrong Multiple Ways Pundits are saying that President-elect Barack Obama will have a tough time righting the economy, handling two simultaneous wars, […]
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CongressSenate Panel Authorizing NASA Will Get New Leaders In 2009
Full House Authorization Committee Overseeing NASA Has Stable Leadership, But Major Shakeup Hits Subcommittee NASA Faces New Top Appropriators In Both Senate, House Next Year In the wake of elections […]