Space
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Business/FinancialRaytheon Receives $23 Million Maverick Missiles Contract
The Air Force gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $23 million undefinitized with firm fixed price contract for production of 70 Maverick Missiles and a guidance and control section. A unit […]
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Business/Financial
Ares I-X Hardware Arrives At Launch Site Even As Obama Considers Killing Ares Lifter
The Ares I-X rocket is taking shape even as President Obama is considering killing the Ares I program in favor of using an existing military rocket, ignoring protests from space […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Takes On Boeing In Fight Over Ground-Based Missile Defense System
GMD System Operations And Sustainment At Stake; Missile Defense Agency Contract Sought Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] will take on The Boeing Co. [BA] in a fight for an operations and […]
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Business/Financial
If Iran Goes Nuclear, It Deals A Blow To Nonproliferation Efforts Globally
If the already existing Iranian nuclear materials production program ends with Tehran wielding nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles to deliver them, that grim situation will be made even worse, […]
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SpaceBrilliant Astronaut Resigns From NASA
U.S. Human Space Travel Ends Next Year NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski is leaving the agency to take a job in the private sector. Parazynski, a medical doctor, is a veteran […]
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InternationalSpacewalkers Attach Final Solar Array System To International Space Station, See Arrays Fully Deploy; Station Now Reaches Full Size
Space Shuttle Discovery To Return To Kennedy At 1:14 P.M. ET Saturday; President Obama Chats With Crew Shuttle, Station Have To Dodge Debris In Cluttered Space Environment Spacewalking astronauts attached […]
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Homeland Security
China Ends Harassment Of U.S. Ship, Saves Face By Saying Obama Calmed Situation Caused By Rogue U.S. Officers
China ended its harassment of a U.S. Navy ship, but saved face by portraying its backing down as a response to actions by President Obama. A Chinese news organization, the […]
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Business/Financial
Laser Power Hits 105 Kilowatts, Northrop Announces
A military laser set a record by reaching 105 kilowatts, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. The company used a scalable building block strategy in the test, which was the final […]
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Air ForceMilitary Officers: Missile Defense Works; When North Korea Launches Missile, High Probability U.S. Forces Can Knock It Down
North Korea Poses A Threat To Allies; Its Missile Launch Violates U.N. Rule; Even Satellite Launch Shows Korean Threat Multilayered U.S. Missile Defense System Seen as ‘Critical’: General’s Assessment Senior […]
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Business/Financial
North Korea Drags Out Promised Dismantling Of Nuclear Reactor: General
North Korea, while promising in negotiations to dismantle its nuclear materials production facility, has dragged out this work that could have been finished long ago, a senior U.S. general said. […]