Space
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Business/FinancialNASA Gives DRI Contract To Repair Johnson Space Center Storm Damage
NASA gave DRI Commercial Corp. of Irvine, Calif., a contract to repair critical infrastructure facilities at Johnson Space Center in Houston damaged during Hurricane Ike in September. Funds will be […]
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Business/FinancialUzi Rubin Says Goal Of Iran Is Clear: To Develop Nuclear-Tipped ICBMs; Evidence Of Intent Has Formed For Years
United States Must ‘Start Now’ To Build European Missile Defense System, If It Is To Be In Place Before Iran Ready To Strike A mass of evidence has gathered steadily […]
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Business/FinancialNASA Gives Sigma Space $120 Million Contract
NASA gave Sigma Space Corp. of Lanham, Md., a contract to provide hydrospheric and biospheric sciences support services. The total maximum ordering value of the cost-plus fixed fee contract will […]
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CongressObama Taps Rep. McHugh For Army Secretary
President Obama said he will nominate Rep. John M. McHugh of New York, ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, to be secretary of the Army. It isn’t the […]
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SpaceNASA Selects Four Proposals to Study Space Radiation Risks
NASA selected four proposals for research to help understand space radiation’s effects on humans living in space. Those proposals came from the New York University School of Medicine in New […]
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CongressClinton Says Iranian Nuclear Attack On Israel Would Draw ‘Retaliation,’ But Doesn’t Repeat Comment That U.S. Would Annihilate Iran
Any Iranian nuclear attack on Israel would draw retaliation, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on ABC This Week. "Were Israel to suffer nuclear attack by Iran, there would be […]
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Business/FinancialRaytheon Gains $14.7 Million Patriot Depot Maintenance Contract Change
The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $14.7 million contract change for depot-level maintenance for Patriot air and missile defense systems. The Aviation and Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., […]
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Business/FinancialIAEA Report Says Iran Increases Number Of Centrifuges; Tracking Iranian Nuclear Production Program More Difficult
Iran rapidly is increasing the number of its centrifuges producing nuclear materials, and it is becoming more difficult to keep track of it all, according to a new report from […]
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Homeland Security
General Dynamics To Bolster WIN-T Ground Facilities With Ku, Ka Band Additions
The Army gave General Dynamics Corp. [GD] a $119 million contract change to provide additional Ku- and Ka-band terminals at ground facilities, the company announced. That will increase satellite communications […]
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CongressHeritage Foundation Says United States May Need To Use Military Force To Halt Iranian March To Nuclear Weapons
Iran must be coaxed or forced to surrender its nuclear program, according to a special report from The Heritage Foundation, a Washington think tank. Diplomacy or a campaign of deterrence […]