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Monday, September 20th, 2010

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The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense ASP Still Holding. Despite plans to have resumed field testing of the Advanced Spectroscopic Portal earlier this summer, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) and Customs and Border Protection are still working to do so. Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Jane Holl Lute tells the Senate Homeland Security Committee that once field testing on the next-generation Radiation Portal Monitor is complete, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will finalize a…

Congress

House Authorizers Retain Battleship Funding, But Want Nuclear-Power Report

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Congress

HASC Rejects $150 Billion Topline Cut, Iran Cost Transparency Proposals At NDAA Markup

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on Thursday rejected a Democrat-led proposal to cut the $1.15 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by $150 billion, as the […]

HASC Wants Pentagon List Of Critical F-35 Technical Data Rights And Estimate Of Cost To Buy Them For Repairs

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants the Pentagon to inform the committee of critical technical data rights for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter and how much it would […]

Space

NRO Nominee: “We Have To Look Differently At Our Requirements”

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has said that it has launched more than 200 proliferated low Earth orbit satellites in the last two years to supplement the costly high-end systems […]