Space
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CongressBudget Cuts Are A Cause For Concern, Creating $150 Billion Shortfall Over Next Five Years, Analyst Argues
President Obama is advancing a defense budget plan that will result in a $150 billion shortfall over the next half a decade, unless Congress amends it substantially, a military analyst […]
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SpaceFlight Directors Named At Johnson Space Center
NASA selected three new flight directors who will manage and carry out space shuttle flights and International Space Station expeditions. Dina Contella, Scott Stover and Ed Van Cise will join […]
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Business/FinancialDon’t Worry About Missile Defense Cuts Because They Don’t ‘Gut’ BMD Programs, Analyst Argues
Proponents of a dependable U.S. missile defense system of systems shouldn’t worry about the $1.2 billion of cuts to missile defense programs that President Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert […]
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Space
Carlson Named To NRO Post
Retired Air Force Gen. Bruce Carlson was named director of the National Reconnaissance Office. The Aerospace Industries Association praised the move as "an important step in establishing the leadership our […]
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Business/Financial
President Obama Should Support European Missile Defense If He Wishes To Block A Mideast Arms Race
President Obama should provide strong support to the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system if he wishes to avert a growing danger of a nuclear arms race sweeping across the […]
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Business/Financial
GPS III Effort Moves Into Critical Design Review Phase
The Global Positioning System III, or GPS III, is moving into the critical design review phase, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. That move into the next phase began on schedule, […]
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Homeland Security
Chinese Submarine Hits Underwater Sonar Array Being Towed By U.S. Navy Destroyer: Report
A Chinese submarine struck an underwater sonar array being towed by the U.S. Navy destroyer John S. McCain (DDG 56), according to news reports. The incident happened near the Philippines, […]
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Homeland Security
China Seen Making Huge Strides In Naval Force, Becoming Blue-Water Navy With Access Denial Powers And Global Reach, Commission Official Says
China is flexing its muscle with a huge naval transformation, including acquisition of strategic platforms that mean the most populous nation on Earth is becoming a blue-water navy, with power […]
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Business/Financial
New Pentagon Testing Chief Gilmore Pledges To Tell Congress If Missile Defense Testing Is Inadequate
J. Michael Gilmore, President Obama’s nominee to be the chief Pentagon weapons system tester, told senators the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system should have to provide not just confidence, but "a […]
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Business/Financial
House Battle Opens Tomorrow Over Obama Budget Cuts To Missile Defense
Reps. Turner, Franks Assail Cuts As Harmful To U.S. National Security In a challenge to President Obama, some members of Congress will attempt to roll back at least some of […]