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Shuttle probe touches Grand Prairie company
Following the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia, an investigation led to the identification of Lockheed Missiles and Fire Control as the company that had made the leading wing edges and nose cone of the aircraft. These were the components that investigators were looking at. The article looks at the contract commitments between NASA and the company.
Tags: Columbia space shuttle; space shuttle; NASA; Missile company
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Made in the USA
Crogan's series returns to the issue of American companies that supplied Saddam Hussein's regime with nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and missile technology. His stories look at both industrial and government bodies that had financial ties to Hussein, even going so far as to create an on-line searchable database for these companies and government entities.
Tags: Iraq; Hussein; Gulf War; weapons of mass destruction; WMD; business; international
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Lost In Space
ABC News 20/20 uncovers evidence that one of the nation's top defense contractors, Hughes Electronics, gave American rocket technology secrets to China. The story focuses on the Clinton administration's controversial decision to relax controls on U.S. satellite launches in China and allegations that U.S. satellite companies gave away sensitive information which helped the Chinese build better ballistic missiles.
Tags: TAPE Technology Federal government Military Asia Espionage