Space
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Business/FinancialAnadarko Gets $37 Million Johnson Space Center Safety/Fire Contract
NASA gave Anadarko Industries LLC a $37 million contract to provide safety and fire maintenance services at Johnson Space Center, home of mission control. Anadarko Industries will provide test safety […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Breaks Ground On PAC-3 Factory Expansion
Ground was broken for an expansion on a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile factory at Camden, Ark., Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. The new facility will allow for continued production expansion […]
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CongressAtlantis Soars To Service Hubble Space Telescope; Liftoff Perfect As Shuttle Endeavour Poised Nearby
It’s a blast. Space Shuttle Atlantis this afternoon thundered into the heavens from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center for a rendezvous with an eye in the sky, the […]
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Business/FinancialNASA To Study Possible Major Changes In Constellation Program; Augustine Leads Panel
Scolese Says Any Ares I Replacement Must Be Capable To Carry Out Full Lunar Return Mission NASA today unveiled an $18.69 billion budget proposal that includes a major study of […]
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Business/FinancialMissile Defense Budget Stops Boost-Phase Programs, But Agency Has A Backup Plan; European Missile Defense Gets Just $51 Million, With No Construction Seen
Multiple Kill Vehicle Is Dead; Agency Leader Voices ‘High Confidence’ United States Can Kill Missiles From Iran Or North Korea; U.S.-Israeli Program Mulled President Obama’s defense budget plan, released today, […]
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Business/FinancialSen. Sessions: Senate Authorizers May Balks At Missile Defense Funding Cuts, But House, Others, May Favor Obama Moves To Slash Protection
Tough Battle Ahead, But Not Hopeless, Sessions Says President Obama’s plan for dramatic cuts in funding missile defense programs likely will be challenged in the Senate, especially among authorizers on […]
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Business/FinancialGOP Lawmakers Assail Obama Cuts In Missile Defense Budget
Republican House members blasted President Obama’s proposed cuts to ballistic missile defense programs, saying a rising missile threat makes such cuts reckless. Further, they expressed incredulity that there could be […]
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Business/FinancialMDA Director O’Reilly Says Missile Threat ‘Extremely Worrisome,’ Not Slowing Down
O’Reilly Urges Emphasis On Hitting Enemy Missiles In Ascent Phase, But Also Endorses Not Buying Another Airborne Laser Aircraft ABL Needs Design Changes, O’Reilly Says; Existing ABL Shows How To […]
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Business/FinancialDemocratic Leader Hoyer Flails Iran For ‘Dangerous’ Pursuit Of Nukes, And Terrorist Missiles Hitting Israel
Biden Cites U.S. Commitment To Peace And Security Of Israel Netanyahu: Iran Must Be Barred From Developing Nuclear Weapons Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the House Democratic leader, assailed Iran for […]
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CongressSurging Taliban Threatens Pakistan, Wants To Abolish Democratic Rule, Parliament Member Warns In Forum
The Taliban terrorist group aims for no less than the abolition of democratic government rule in Pakistan, a member of the Pakistani Parliament warned. While some say the Taliban haven’t […]