Space
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Business/FinancialOverseas 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 […]
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CongressUnited States Has Too Few Missile Defense Assets To Counter 26 Nations Wielding Ballistic Missiles, Yet House Panel Cuts Those Programs: Group
Poll Shows 83 Percent Of Americans Back Missile Defense With 26 nations wielding ballistic missiles, the United States has too few ballistic missile defense assets, yet a House panel is […]
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Business/Financial
Budget Woes Could Affect Constellation Program: Half-Year Freeze At Old Funding Levels Manageable, But Full-Year Continuing Resolution Would Be Tough
The Constellation Program now developing the next-generation Orion space capsule and Ares rocket has enough financial cushioning that it probably could finesse a congressional decision to freeze program funding at […]
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InternationalLaunches
NASA Clears Astronaut To Spend Months On Space Station, Rejecting Concerns About Russian Soyuz Vehicle As Emergency Escape Space Shuttle Discovery Gets Clean Review For Launch From Kennedy At 5:02 […]
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Congress
HASC 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
House Panel Provides $631 Million For Army Missiles, Rockets
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) air and land forces subcommittee provided $631 million of authorizations for Army precision-guided missiles and rockets. That amount was contained in one portion of […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Gives Hensel Phelps Up To $263.8 Million For Mobile Launcher To Transport Ares I Rocket
NASA gave Hensel Phelps a contract worth up to $263.8 million to build at least one, and perhaps two, 390-foot-tall mobile launchers that will transport the Ares I rocket to […]
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International
First Galileo Navigation System Signal Transmitted By New Giove-B Satellite
The European Galileo navigation system has begun operation with the initial signals being received from the newly-launched Giove-B navigation satellite, Astrium announced. Galileo will compete with the years-old U.S.-sponsored Global […]
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SpaceNASA Tests J-2X Engine For Ares Rocket
NASA engineers completed the first series of tests in early development of the J-2X engine that will power upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets. Ares rockets […]