Space
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Business/FinancialObama Says Iran Aims To Build Nuclear Weapons, And It Sponsors Hamas And Hezbollah Terrorism, Providing Missiles and Rockets Attacking Israel
Iran is attempting to build a nuclear weapon that could ignite an atomic arms race raging across the Middle East, President-elect Obama warned. He also said Iran sponsors terrorist organizations […]
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Business/Financial
GPS Segment Design Review, Engineering Model, Complete, Raytheon Announces
The Global Positioning System (GPS) control segment (GPS OCX) completed both its segment design review and its capability engineering model demonstration, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. The segment design review was […]
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Business/Financial
Griffin Says Ares I Would Be Twice As Safe As EELV, And EELV Would Need Same Development As Ares I, Plus Lost Time, Money
EELV Couldn’t Perform Moon Mission, But Ares Rocket Family Could; Would Congress Fund Two Rockets? Ares Has Synergies, 25 Percent Savings Griffin: Orion-Ares Indecision Could Mean Losing Billions; NASA Funding […]
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CongressGAO Assails Poor Results, Little Savings By NASA Inspector General Cobb; He Compromised Independence, Abused Staff
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) […]
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Congress
Fully Funding NASA Programs Would Require $2 Bln-3 Bln More Yearly: Griffin Cites Estimate
Extending Space Shuttle Flights Would Cost $3 Bln More Yearly; Smart Move Would Provide $2 Bln To Launch Orion One Year Earlier The NASA basic budget would have to increase […]
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SpaceGriffin Says No Word On Reappointment From Obama; He Submitted Resignation, As A Political Appointee Must
NASA Administrator Mike Griffin said last week he has thus far received no word, either way, on whether President-elect Obama will ask him to remain at the helm of the […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Issues RFP For Gigantic Ares V Rocket; Proposals Due At 1 P.M. CT Feb. 9
NASA issued a request for proposal for the huge Ares V rocket that will hoist payloads to space needed for astronauts to return to the moon and establish a permanent […]
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Business/Financial
NLOS System Precision Attack Missile Completes Third Test
A Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System’s Precision Attack Missile completed the third guided test flight for the weapon class. NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Co. [RTN] and Lockheed Martin Corp. […]
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Space
NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — December 19, 2008 – 8:30 a.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Feb. 4 Mission: NOAA-N Prime […]
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Business/Financial
Raytheon Gains Up To $3.3 Billion Patriot Order For UAE
The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a not-to-exceed $3.3 billion order for advanced Patriot air and missile defense capability, whole life support and training for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). […]