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National Defense July 2011 Stew Magnuson	Troubled Space-Based Infrared Satellite Program Finally Gets Off the Ground On May 7, the Air Force successfully sent to geosynchronous orbit GEO-1, the first SBIRS satellite. It was a long, tortuous road, lasting some 15 years with a price tag that will come to $10.4 billion.
National Defense January 2015 Stew Magnuson	Air Force Space Programs on Hold as New Architecture Studied The Air Force is in the throes of conducting several studies that service officials say may lead to a radically new space architecture. Meanwhile, getting space system acquisition right is more important than ever.
National Defense April 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Pentagon, Contractors Clash Over Profits The pressure is on at the Pentagon to bring down the cost of military hardware. The dictum from acquisitions chief Frank Kendall is that "unaffordable" programs will be axed.
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National Defense June 2004 Michael Peck	Expanding Communications Faced with a bandwidth crunch prompted in part by multiplying flocks of unmanned aerial vehicles that are transmitting multi-megabyte pictures, Defense Department planners are counting on a new generation of communications satellites to expand capacity
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National Defense June 2008 Breanne Wagner	Air Force Weighs Options to Meet Skyrocketing Bandwidth Demand The ever-increasing bandwidth demands on military networks have created new pressures on the Air Force and the space industry to address these needs.
National Defense January 2012 Stew Magnuson	Space Command Looks To Fill Communication Gaps as Budgets Tighten "Doing more without more," -- the mantra coming from the office of the secretary of defense -- is a challenge for the Air Force as it tries to keep pace with growing demands for its satellite communications.
National Defense June 2005 Edward Swallow	Space Programs Aren't `Broken,' But Need Fixes As space programs come under increasing scrutiny in the U.S. -under the Nunn-McCurdy legislation--for cost overruns and schedule delays, it is important to understand the complexity and uniqueness associated with these systems.
National Defense January 2008 Stew Magnuson	Promise of `Revolution' in Satellite Communications Faces Challenges Recently, the Air Force launched the first of five Wideband Global Satcom spacecraft, marking the first in a series of four constellations that will revolutionize the military's ability to communicate with forces on the ground.
National Defense August 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Can the Pentagon Build 'Affordable' Weapons Systems? The average U.S. consumer can expect to buy a better computer or smart phone every year, for less than what he paid before. The Pentagon, alas, only gets raw deals.
National Defense June 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Industry: What Does Change Really Mean? The defense industry is unsure how they will be affected by revamped procurement practices promised by the Pentagon.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2009	In Brief Raytheon opens management office to support Warfighter FOCUS program... BAE Systems business honored with top engineering rating... Air traffic control modernization no longer on GAO high-risk list... etc.
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BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 Stan Crock	Less Bang For The Big Guns The defense biz is hot, but the most profitable contractors are the little guys. While the primes want to emphasize their improved return on investment, the subs are beating them at that game, too.
National Defense June 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Trouble Integrating Waveform Leaves New MUOS Satellites With Little to Do The U.S. military's long-standing problem of aligning the deployment of spacecraft with the development of their Earth-bound terminals and ground stations is plaguing the Navy's powerful new communications satellite system.
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BusinessWeek May 5, 2011 McGarry & Capaccio	The Air Force Kicks Off a New Space Race Lockheed Martin and Boeing may lose from the Air Force's plan to open the $9.9 billion satellite launch business to competition.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005	Lockheed Martin Picks Sypris for Satellite Cards Engineers at Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems will use the cards in its A2100 commercial satellites and for various government programs.
National Defense June 2009 Stew Magnuson	Slowdown In New Programs Erodes Space Industrial Base The U.S. space industry is losing critical skills and talent and is on a "downward trend," said Gen. C. Robert Kehler, the leader of Air Force Space Command.
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National Defense June 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Export Rules Under Fire for Eroding U.S. Space Industry Restrictions on exports of U.S. space technology have spurred a global demand for products made outside the United States.
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InternetNews May 12, 2004 Colin C. Haley	AT&T Locks in Lockheed's Data Building on a longterm relationship, AT&T has signed a 3-year, $60 million contract with Lockheed Martin to provide voice and data networking services.
National Defense October 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Startups Poised To Break into Defense Market A confluence of economic and technological factors is creating conditions for startups to break into the government's old-boy network of aerospace and defense suppliers, some experts contend.
The Motley Fool April 4, 2008 Rich Smith	Washington Post Indicts Military-Industrial Complex The Washington Post prints a seething report about over-expenditures in the military defense contracting business.
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