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By Emelie Rutherford Boeing [BA] officially protested the Air Force’s decision to give a $35 billion-plus deal for aerial-refueling tankers to a rival last night, after angry lawmakers alleged Boeing […]

By Jen DiMascio In a Capitol Hill speech yesterday, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), a strong advocate of missile defense, blasted past statements by presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on […]

By Jen DiMascio A House Armed Services Committee (HASC) panel released a study last week on the Defense Department’s roles and missions intended as a "brainstorming" session to kick off […]

Bipartisan Support In Congress For Bigger NASA Budget, But Bush May Again Thwart That Move This Year So A Possibility Is Using Continuing Budget Resolution Through Next January, Then Sending […]

Witnesses Agree Rogue Nations Gain Nuclear/Missile Capabilities, But Differ On Whether Threat Of Strike On U.S. Justifies BMD Program While U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs have scored multiple successes […]

House Panel: Concern That Budget Plans May Short TSAT By $4 Billion, Delaying It By At Least Two Years The Transformational Satellite (TSAT) communications program is slipping into the future, […]

Brass Don’t Say As Senators Ask Who Built Failed Satellite Whodunit? Senators asked at a hearing which company or firms built that U.S. intelligence satellite that failed completely just after […]

By Jen DiMascio The leader of a House subcommittee yesterday presented the Navy Secretary and Chief of Naval Operations with a deal on shipbuilding. The Navy wants to waive an […]

By Jen DiMascio and Emelie Rutherford Regardless of whether the Air Force acted legally and responsibly in its decision to choose Northrop Grumman [NOC] to build the service’s next aerial […]

By Jen DiMascio If yesterday was any indication, the Air Force’s hope for a quick start to development of aerial refueling tankers after last week’s contract award is unlikely to […]