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Robot Ship Cleared to Dock With Space Station
WARREN E. LEARY Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:00:24 -0000
Managers of the International Space Station on Wednesday cleared Europe’s new Jules Verne cargo ship for its first docking with the orbiting research outpost.
Shuttle Retirement May Bring Loss of 8,600 Jobs, NASA Says
WARREN E. LEARY Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:48:37 -0000
Hardest hit would be the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., which could lose 6,400 of its 8,000 contract workers by 2011.
G. David Low, 52, Astronaut and Aerospace Executive, Dies
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:48:09 -0000
Mr. Low flew three space shuttle missions and later became an executive in the space industry.
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General Dynamics to buy Switzerland's Jet Aviation
AP Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:43:18 -0400
WASHINGTON -- Defense contractor General Dynamics said Tuesday it will buy Jet Aviation for about $2.25 billion in cash, seeking to expand its Gulfstream jet business and tap into fast-growing overseas demand for luxury private planes.
Potential for Conflict Grows With Government's Use of Contractors
Robert O'Harrow Jr. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
For years, Science Applications International Corp. served as an adviser to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on the development of rules for when radioactive materials could be released from nuclear facilities for recycling.
Justice Dept. Moves Toward Charges Against Contractors in Iraq Shooting
Del Quentin Wilber and Karen DeYoung Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Federal prosecutors have sent target letters to six Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a September shooting that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead, indicating a high likelihood the Justice Department will seek to indict at least some of the men, according to three sources close to the case.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Boeing
Boeing, Machinists highlight positions ahead of talks
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:02:00 -0000
A week before The Boeing Co. and leaders of its Machinists union hunker down to try to hammer out the tough economic details of a new three-year labor contract, both sides held contrasting events in the Everett jetliner plant
Boeing faces penalty
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:31:00 -0000
Italy will penalize The Boeing Co. for being three years late in delivering the first of four aerial refueling tankers.
Boeing weighs options on tanker contract bid
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:01:00 -0000
The Boeing Co. is still weighing its options about how to proceed with the Pentagon's new guidelines for a lucrative contract to supply 179 air-refueling tankers to the Air Force, including bowing out of the controversial competition.
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