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Air Force plans launch of WGS-4

The Air Force plans to launch the fourth of 10 planned Wideband Global Satcom satellites on Jan. 19 from Cape Canaveral during a 93-minute launch window opening at 7:39 p.m., eastern time. The number

Report: Learning from the Wideband Global Satellite program's major cost overruns

Unfounded technical expectations and component quantity or cost changes are consistently-cited causes of Defense Department programs' cost overruns, finds a new report from Rand Corp. The report

Technology programs cut in House Appropriations Committee Defense bill

Base Defense Department spending in the coming fiscal year would be $8.9 billion less than the amount President Barack Obama requested in February if the House Appropriations Committee gets its way.