Evan Milberg


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Spreading His Wings

At the start of the 2012-13 NBA season, there will be one member of the Dallas Mavericks who could not have been a rookie without being a veteran first. “I honestly wouldn’t be playing basketball if it wasn’t for the...

Long-range Radar Program Advances

The Air Force last month awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin ($35.9 million), Northrop Grumman ($34.7 million), and Raytheon ($35.2 million) for the continued development of the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Rader system. Over the next 15 months, the three companies will...

Virginia’s Message on Sequestration

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) called on Congress to forgo its annual August recess in order to work on new legislation that would prevent budget sequestration. “For the sake of our country, can we not come together, give up our respective...

House Panel Discusses Potential Weakness of RPAs in National Airspace

Civil remotely piloted aircraft have a major weakness that could place Americans at risk when they are used in the national airspace: their civil Global Positioning System signals can be easily counterfeited, or “spoofed,” asserted University of Texas assistant professor...

Murray Delivers Sequestration Message

If Republicans are not willing to compromise on a “balanced and bipartisan” budget deal, no deal will get done this year, and sequestration will take effect in January, said Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.). “If we can’t get a good deal...

Boeing Bows Out of Launch Range Competition

Boeing will no longer pursue the $3 billion contract to provide operations and maintenance support at the Air Force’s space launch ranges on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, reported the Washington Business Journal. It was in the company’s best interest...

End-of-Production Planning for C-17

The Air Force awarded Boeing a $500 million contract to transition from production of the C-17 transport to post-production support, announced the Pentagon. “The contract allows the US Air Force to purchase critical spare assemblies and also allows for post-production...

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