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The U.S. Navy has two years to convince critics, from lawmakers to some in its own ranks, that its troubled $37 billion Littoral Combat Ship program is worth continuing beyond the 24 vessels already under contract.
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A shake-up is under way on the congressional committees that oversee national security and defense just days after elections that did little to change the balance of power in the U.S. Senate and House.
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President Barack Obama said he’s choosing former Senator Chuck Hagel as defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan as CIA director to help the U.S. “meet the challenges of our time.”
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Cnooc Ltd., China’s largest offshore oil and natural gas producer, was barred from controlling Gulf of Mexico oilfields under U.S. terms for its $15.1 billion takeover of Nexen Inc., people familiar with the matter said.
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The Republican victories in Congress mean U.S. companies from Goldman Sachs Group Inc . to WellPoint Inc . may be able to weaken or block what they consider President Barack Obama ’s anti-business policies on health care, the environment, taxes and financial reform.
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Lockheed Martin Corp. said its incoming chief executive officer resigned after the company discovered a relationship with a subordinate and named one of its unit heads to the position starting next year.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates will recommend giving the Marine Corps as much as two additional years to develop its version of Lockheed Martin Corp. ’s F-35 fighter to correct technical and manufacturing glitches that have delayed testing, according to two defense officials.
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Lockheed Martin Corp. F-22 fighters haven’t been used over Libya to attack air defenses or counter Libyan jets because they’re not based in the region, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Norton Schwartz said.
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The director of the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office said today that the nation’s spy satellite programs are now on schedule and cost.
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Apple Inc. named former Northrop Grumman Corp. Chief Executive Officer Ron Sugar as a director, adding an aerospace-technology expert to a board that includes leaders in retail, cosmetics, software and politics.
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