Space
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Business/FinancialAdvanced Tactical Laser Fires High-Energy Laser Installed On C-130H
The Boeing Co. [BA] fired an Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) weapon — a high-energy chemical laser installed aboard a C-130H aircraft — in ground tests for the first time, the […]
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SpaceAmes Research Center Devises Lightweight Heat Shield
The Ames Research Center has created a lightweight heat shield that nonetheless can stand up to temperatures of 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, NASA announced. As the weight of a spacecraft heat […]
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Business/Financial
Defense Spending To Plunge If Either McCain Or Obama Becomes President, Analyst Says
Defense spending will plummet if either Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, or Sen. Barak Obama of Illinois, who seeks the Democratic presidential nomination, enters the […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing Bolsters Alabama Economy By $700 Million Yearly, Company States
The Boeing Co. [BA] through its Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program contributed more than $700 million to Alabama’s economy last year and supported nearly 5,600 direct and indirect jobs, according […]
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Business/Financial
House Panel Backs $1 Billion Extra Authorization To Accelerate Orion-Ares Spaceship Development Program
Measure Would Reauthorize Space Agency In Next Fiscal Year At $19.21 Billion Bill Orders NASA To Add A Space Shuttle Mission To Carry Costly Experiment Aloft NASA would receive $1 […]
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Business/Financial
Deputy Secretary Of Defense Urges Easing U.S. Export Controls; Curbs On Military Hardware Exports Might Carry Expiration Date
Gordon England Says Deals With Australia, U.K., May Be Model For Agreements With Other Nations; Existing Arms Export Law Ill Serves United States Export Rules Still Should Encourage Foreign Investments […]
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Business/Financial
Overseas Firm Buying U.S. Defense Company, But Canada Nixes U.S. Contractor Buying Part Of A Canadian Defense-Related Outfit
An overseas defense contractor announced it will buy outright a U.S. defense-related company, even as a friendly nation vetoed a plan for just a portion of one of its defense- […]
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CongressHASC Calls For FFRDC Independent Boost Phase Missile Defense Study
By Ann Roosevelt The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) and the Airborne Laser (ABL) should undergo independent scrutiny by a Federally Funded Research Development Center (FFRDC) "examining the costs and benefits […]
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Congress
U.S. Lawmakers Urge Putting Radar In Israel, To Be Tied In With European Missile Defense
Congressional Concerns Focus On New Missile, Nuclear Capabilities Emerging In A Hostile Iran Scores of lawmakers in Congress have asked President Bush to deploy a U.S. missile defense radar in […]
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Business/Financial
AIAA Seeks Changes In Military Technology Export Rules (ITAR)
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) today alleged that U.S. rules restricting exports of American military technology are harming the U.S. aerospace industrial base, especially in satellite component […]