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Business/Financial

Chairman Gordon Opposes Canceling Constellation Program, Says Any Other Spacecraft System Would Be ‘More Costly’

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Monday, December 22nd, 2008

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Future Of Constellation Program An Immediate Issue For President-Elect Obama To Decide: Gordon Russians Charge NASA High Price For Further Soyuz Flights, But Gordon Says Extra Shuttle Flights Would Cost Even More President-elect Obama must decide, soon, whether to retain the Constellation Program that is building the next-generation U.S. spaceship system, Orion-Ares, but Obama will learn quickly that moving to any other system would cost more than keeping Constellation, a key lawmaker said. Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.), chairman of the…

Congress

HASC Bill Would Allow Air Force To Buy More Than 267 F-15EXs

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill would allow the Air Force to buy more than 267 F-15EX fighters by Boeing [BA] and would extend the […]

Budget

Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

The final version of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill included two amendments pushed by Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) that restrict procuring Navy warships […]

Congress

Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]

Congress

HASC Approves $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right To Repair’ Reform

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has approved its $1.15 trillion version of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with the panel moving to adopt a bipartisan […]