Space
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Air ForceObering Says Interceptors Can Be Deployed In Poland On Time In 2013, If Congress Provides Needed Funds
Interceptors in the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system can be deployed on time in 2013 if Congress provides sufficient funding, though any requirement that a test- article interceptor be […]
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Business/FinancialOfficial Says U.S. Space Industry Needs To Use Foreign Suppliers To Enter Foreign Markets; Commerce Department Agency To Be ‘Facilitator’ For U.S. Industry
Global demand for space-based capabilities will continue its rapid growth, and the U.S. government should aid U.S. industry as it seeks business overseas, a Commerce Department official said. Ed Morris, […]
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Business/Financial
Bartlett Hits Multi-Agency Setup For Delaying NPOESS; He Says System Rewards Contractors For Cost Overruns
The unending woes of the over-budget, under-performing, behind-schedule National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) may have been inevitable even before the program began, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) indicated. Not […]
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Homeland Security
Iranian Nuclear Program May Mean That Israel Loses Its Trump Card As A Unique Nuclear-Armed Middle Eastern Nation
Iran, as it continues to produce nuclear materials that might be used to assemble nuclear weapons, threatens to end Israel’s singular role as a nuclear-armed nation in the region, a […]
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SpacePhoenix Lander Discovers Frozen Water On Mars; Even If Ice Doesn’t Indicate Former Life There, It Would Be A Crucial Material For Human Explorers
The Phoenix Mars Lander, a miner for a heart of ice, has found what researchers say they are sure is frozen water on the fourth planet from the sun. Phoenix […]
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Business/Financial
SBIRS Sensor Completes Early On-Orbit Checkout
The Air Force completed an early on-orbit checkout of the second space based infrared systems (SBIRS) sensor. That craft is in a highly elliptical orbit (HEO) over the northern hemisphere. […]
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Business/Financial
Contract
NASA Awards $1.5 Billion Kennedy Space Center Contract NASA gave EG&G Technical Services Inc., of Gaithersburg, Md., a contract worth up to $1.5 billion to provide institutional services at Kennedy […]
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Air Force
New AT&L Shop For Space And Intel Acquisition Oversight Established
By Emelie Rutherford A new organization within the Pentagon acquisition chief’s office responsible for all acquisition oversight of Defense Department space and intelligence programs has been officially established with Joshua […]
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SpaceATK Launch Systems and Space Systems Merging
Two units of Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK] will merge, the company announced. The Launch Systems and Space Systems groups are combining into a single business unit, the company stated. They […]