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Arianespace To Launch Satellite For UAE In 2010 UAE Firm Chooses Arianespace To Launch An Astrium-Thales Satellite Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. PrJsc, or Yahsat, a United Arab Emirates firm, chose Arianespace to launch the Yahsat 1A communications satellite built by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space, according to Arianespace. The deal was signed by top officials of Yahsat and Arianespace in Abu Dhabi, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy made an official visit to the UAE. Yahsat 1A will be lofted…

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

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Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

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Army

Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

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Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]