Marion Blakey, president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association, has called on congressional leaders to prevent the passage of another stopgap funding measure instead of an omnibus bill, Defense News reported
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The Senate’s version of the fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill includes a provision to set the maximum amount the government will reimburse a defense company for executive salaries at $231,000, Federal
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The White House and Congress need to start immediately on negotiations to reverse cuts to defense spending under sequestration, the head of a major defense trade association said Tuesday, according to The
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NASA and the aerospace industry are affected by flat or declining budgets but but Defense Department programs already underway are impacted as well, an aeronautics industry official said, according to FierceGovernment IT.
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To begin her AOL Defense article, Marion Blakey says Congress should have reformed the laws governing the export of commercial satellites a long time ago and describes them as an outmoded and
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Two trade group leaders have requested the Federal Aviation Administration to approve a proposed set of guidelines governing how small drones are used in the U.S., Homeland Security Today reported Thursday. Marion
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Marion Blakey, president of the Aerospace Industries Association, announced that the 18 members of the Aerospace Industries Association executive committee will meet with Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on September 18, reports
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A report commissioned by the departments of Defense and State suggests lawmakers should relax satellite export controls for non-critical items to increase U.S. industry’s ability to compete in the global market. The
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Nearly a million jobs in the defense contracting industry are at stake if sequestration takes effect, Aerospace Industries Association President and CEO Marion Blakey said in a Thursday statement. Pentagon leaders told
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Other countries could catch up to the U.S. in developing defense technologies if Congress can not agree on how to stop automatic cuts to the defense budget, the head of a major
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