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Business/Financial

Delays In GPS Won’t Likely Cause It To Fail; Cost Overruns Cited; But It Will Improve On Existing System, Assist Warfighters

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Friday, May 22nd, 2009

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Contrary to recent reports, the Global Positioning System (GPS) isn't on the verge of a failure that would leave confused motorists groping for that paper thing called a map. Air Force Gen. C. Robert Kehler, commander of the Air Force Space Command, cleared up the confusion in comments before the Senate Armed Services Committee strategic forces subcommittee, and separately before the House Armed Services Committee strategic forces subcommittee. He advised alarmed lawmakers to do the math: there are 30 active…

Congress

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

Congress

Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]