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...When the Iran-Contra story finally broke late in 1986, Powell had been in Germany for less than six months, now with three stars and in command of the 75,000 strong V corps, having skipped the normal intermediary...
...At nearly 400ft, the new SpaceX rocket will eventually be taller than the Saturn V that carried Nasa’s Apollo missions to the moon, and its 33 engines will deliver twice the thrust....
...Although its parent company, Interpublic Group Cos Inc, installed female leadership at the Martin Agency, IPG’s board remained the same....
...Is Lockheed Martin a ‘bad’ company because it makes weapons that kill, or a ‘good’ company because it makes missile defence systems?...
...(FT) Warren v Wall Street? Elizabeth Warren is one of the country’s most prominent critics of Wall Street firms and big banks....
...Anthony Civale and Martin Kelly have been promoted to co-chief operating officers of Apollo Global Management....
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...Did her four home-baked pies help mend relations with the press corps, which she recently said was “purposely misleading the American public”?...
...In the US, the rocket launch sector has been led by Boeing and Lockheed Martin for decades....
...(Slate) Campaign commentary Failing elites are to blame for unleashing Trump (Martin Wolf, FT) Fundamentally speaking, Clinton won’t blow it (Jamelle Bouie, Slate) Trump’s plan to gatecrash the media...
...ULA — a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin — has been forced to develop a new system because its current main rocket, the Atlas V, depends on the Russian-built RD-180 engine....
...To take a recent example, ticket sales for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice dropped by an astonishing 68.4 per cent on its second weekend, as comic-book fans returned to their dens....
...ULA also markets itself on its record of never having suffered a mission failure in 106 flights since it was set up as a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin in 2006....
...The X3 is a much simpler solution to speed than the only combination rotorcraft currently in production — the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey military tilt-rotor....
...Boeing is 50 per cent owner with Lockheed Martin of United Launch Alliance....
...That ensures that an alternative to the Atlas V workhorse will always remain in production, ready to take over if needed....
...ULA uses Russian RD180 rocket engines in its workhorse Atlas V launcher but is trying to develop an alternative....
...ULA, a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, intends to keep operating its Atlas V rocket, capable of lifting all but the heaviest payloads, while SpaceX expects to receive certification by June that...
...Ms Martin at Visa says V.me has a number of security layers, one of which includes not sharing card details with merchants....
...Looking ahead, Bank of America’s Barnaby Martin adds: “In the rates space, the periphery is still a lot wider than the core....
...ULA is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin. “Developing an American engine by 2019, cert[ification] in 2022-23, is an aggressive schedule,” Mr Bruno wrote....
...Congress last year ruled that ULA — a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin — was allowed to buy no more RD180s after its current launch contract expired in 2019....
...In my last column, I described the larger successor to the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey that is being developed by Bell Helicopter along with Lockheed Martin and a clutch of other specialist companies....
...At least Mr Hemsley, who owns 8 per cent of Numis, only has to contend with Martin Wheatley, zealous boss of the Financial Conduct Authority....
...However, if a new motor were developed for the Atlas V, costs of the programme would be managed....
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