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Business/Financial

NASA Calls for Comment on Draft Altair Request for Proposals

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Monday, December 22nd, 2008

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NASA released a draft request for proposals, or RFP, for designing the Altair lunar lander vehicle. Altair would ride to the moon with the Orion space capsule. The Constellation Program is developing Orion and the Ares rocket, leading to a first manned Earth-orbital flight in 2015. A lunar mission is seen by 2020. Altair will deliver four astronauts to the moon's surface late in the next decade, fulfilling U.S. space exploration goals. The Altair conceptual design contract will define operational…

Congress

House Appropriators ‘Concerned’ With JLTV A2 Delays, Shift Funds For Marines’ Second Supplier Effort

House appropriators have said they’re “seriously concerned” with Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) A2 delays, as their fiscal year 2027 defense spending bill shifts funds to support the Marine Corps’ […]

Budget

House Appropriators Uncertain Navy Will Award F/A-XX Contract By August

House appropriators said they are skeptical the Defense Department will award the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract for the Navy’s F/A-XX next-generation carrier-based fighter program by the most recent […]

Congress

House Appropriators Approve $1.07 Trillion FY ‘27 Defense Bill Amid Reconciliation Uncertainty

The House Appropriations Committee has approved its $1.07 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense spending bill, advancing a bill with a historic topline while uncertainty lingers over Congress’ next step to […]

Budget

House Appropriators Add Restrictions And Reporting Requirement To Battleship, Reject Cut

The chairman’s mark of the House Appropriations Committee’s (HAC) fiscal year 2027 defense appropriations bill funds the administration’s $1 billion request for the BBG(X) Trump-class battleship, but adds restrictions requiring […]