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Northrop CEO Calls On Obama To Invest In Networking For EOS

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Monday, December 8th, 2008

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By Marina Malenic Northrop Grumman [NOC] CEO Ron Sugar wants President-Elect Barack Obama to increase funding for technologies and institutions that can better exploit climate-change data by more effectively linking existing Earth observation systems. "We now record a tremendous amount of Earth-monitoring data from satellites, from sensors on aircraft, from balloons, from sensors deep within the oceans or buried underground," Sugar told an audience at the Center for Stategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank, on Dec. 5. "But…

Pentagon

Hegseth Acknowledges Potential $200 Billion Iran Supplemental Request, Final Figure ‘Could Move’

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Congress

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Army

Army Taking ‘More Refined’ Approach On Push For Right To Repair Reforms, Obadal Says

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Unmanned Systems

Counter-Drone Needs Will Be Addressed In Next NDAA Based On Iran War Lessons, Banks Says

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