Space
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Business/FinancialContracts
Draper, BAE, General Dynamics Gain $291.6 Million Trident Contracts Lockheed Earlier Gained $729 Million Of Trident Work From Navy The Navy gave Charles Stark Draper Laboratories, BAE Systems and General […]
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Business/Financial
Lawmakers From Texas Fight Feared Obama Cuts To NASA Funding
Members of Congress from Texas are rallying to fight potential devastating cuts in the NASA budget, according to a Houston Chronicle report. Fears have risen since Barack Obama won election […]
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Homeland Security
Obama Clear In Moves To Guard Nuclear Weapons, Warning Of Rogue/Terrorist Attempts To Obtain Nukes, But Less Clear On Need For Missile Defense Systems
President-elect Obama is clear that the United States faces a threat from nuclear proliferation and rogue states and terrorists acquiring nuclear weapons. But thus far, his detailed plans to respond […]
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Homeland Security
Washington Post Urges Obama Not To Be Bullied Into Dropping European Missile Defense System
President-elect Obama shouldn’t allow Russia to bully him into abandoning U.S. plans to build the European Missile Defense EMD system, The Washington Post advised in an editorial. The night election […]
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Air ForceUnited States Must Replace Nuclear Warheads Or Risk Losing Deterrent Capabilities: Chilton
The United States must replace and upgrade its nuclear warheads or risk seeing the U.S. nuclear deterrent deteriorate and fail, according to Gen. Kevin Chilton, commander of the strategic command. […]
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InternationalSpace Shuttle Atlantis To Launch May 12 On Hubble Space Telescope Rescue Mission
Mission Delayed Seven Months By Glitch Space Shuttle Atlantis will lunch May 12 on the STS-125 Mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA announced. The final servicing mission to […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Seeks Comment On Ares V Rocket Request For Proposals Set For Next Month
Pre-Solicitation Conference Set For Wednesday At Marshall In Huntsville NASA released a draft request for proposals, or RFP, for Phase I of its Ares V heavy lifter rocket that will […]
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Business/Financial
L-3 To Repurchase Up To $1 Billion Stock Over Two Years
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. [LLL] will repurchase up to $1 billion worth of its stock over the next two years, the company announced. This is the third L-3 repurchase. "This […]
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Business/Financial
Falcon 9 Static Test Firing Successful
The Falcon 9 rocket aced a static fire test that lasted almost three minutes, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced Sunday. That full mission-length firing in a vertical test stand […]
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CongressObama May Not Save Much Money By Switching From Iraq To Afghanistan, Because Major Investment Required To Counter Taliban Forces: Analysts
President-elect Obama’s plan to remove U.S. forces from Iraq and focus instead on Afghanistan may not save the $10 billion a month he has mentioned in campaign speeches. He is […]