Space
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Business/FinancialBoeing To Cut Satellite Facility Jobs In Southern California
The Boeing Co. [BA] plans to lay off about 750 employees in Southern California because of a downturn in its satellite assembly and integration business, the company announced. But some […]
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Homeland Security
Scholar: U.S.-Taiwanese Free Trade Deal Needed, Despite Chinese Anger
The United States should negotiate a free trade deal with Taiwan to demonstrate American support of democracies, despite the inevitable anger that would arouse in the nearby communist Chinese dictatorship. […]
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Business/Financial
GPS Ground Control Segment Finishes Baseline and Requirements Reviews
The Next-Generation Global Positioning System — Ground Control Segment (GPS-OCX) has completed both its integrated baseline review and its system requirements review, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. That integrated baseline […]
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Business/Financial
Multiple Kill Vehicle Seeker Calibrated
The Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) operational pathfinder seeker for the carrier vehicle was calibrated, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. Calibration was performed in the Space Dynamics Laboratory at North Logan, […]
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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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Business/Financial
Hamas Missile Attack Hits Israel During Bush Visit; Meanwhile, House Panel Cuts U.S. Missile Defense
Franks Sees Chance To Reverse House Funding Cuts In Missile Defense Programs, Including One That Could Protect Israel From Iranian Missile Attack Congressman Notes Israel Predicts Iran May Have Nuclear […]