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Congress

NASA Calls For Canceling Constellation, Acknowledges Hill Pushback

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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford NASA leaders argued yesterday President Barack Obama's proposal to cancel the Constellation program would not hamper human spaceflight, as lawmakers whose states' economies are linked to the space-shuttle replacement pledged to fight for its survival. The fiscal year 2011 NASA budget request the White House sent Congress yesterday calls for eliminating all of the Constellation program, including the developmental Ares I launch vehicle and Orion capsule, and future Ares V heavy-lift rocket. ATK [ATK] is the prime…

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]

Congress

CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]

Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]