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Air Force

SpaceX Absorbs Financial Hit Due To Cape Infrastructure Anomaly, Shotwell Says

Pat Host

Wednesday, June 4th, 2014

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SpaceX Absorbs Financial Hit Due To Cape Infrastructure Anomaly, Shotwell Says

A Falcon 9 rocket.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) absorbed a financial hit due to a recent launch delay at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., a key executive said Wednesday. Issues with a tracking radar at Cape Canaveral has caused delays for both commercial and military launch customers. The Air Force’s launch of the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) NROL-67 satellite was delayed 16 days from March 25 to April 10 because the tracking radar overheated. This also delayed SpaceX’s subsequent launch of Orbcomm’s…

Senators Push Navy Against Single Destroyer Request In FY ’27

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Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition

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Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

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Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]