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Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	Meet Starliner, Boeing's Space Taxi Boeing has unveiled details of its new commercial space taxi, a small vehicle called Starliner that will ferry passengers to and from the International Space Station starting in 2017.
Chemistry World September 2, 2015 Eugene Gerden	Russia to ramp up spending on military science The Russian government plans to invest up to RUB 100 billion ( 977 million pounds) on the development of military science and defense R&D from 2016-2018.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	Obama Administration To Open Wearable Tech R&D Center In Silicon Valley In addition to the Pentagon's contribution, the new institute will receive more than $90 million in funding from academia, corporate interests, and local governments for a total of about $171 million.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	Report: $1.9 Billion Invested In Space Travel Startups Since 2014 Venture capital database CB Insights released the report, titled "Future of Frontier Tech," which also says that drone startups have raised $285 million since 2014 and virtual/augmented reality companies $1 billion.
Chemistry World August 26, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Sandia contractor to pay $4.8m to settle illegal lobbying charges Sandia is accused of using federal funds to petition Congress to extend its contract with the US Department of Energy to operate Sandia Labs, without a competitive tender process.
National Defense September 2015 Jon Harper	Air Force Launches Competition for Revolutionary Turbine Engine The Air Force is hoping that a prize contest will yield a revolutionary new engine that doubles the fuel efficiency of current systems.
National Defense September 2015 Stew Magnuson	F-35B Declared Combat Ready, but More Development Remains The last day of July was momentous for the Marine Corps as it declared that a squadron of F-35B joint strike fighters was ready for combat.
National Defense September 2015 Jon Harper	Counter-ISIL Campaign Tops $3 Billion A year into the conflict, U.S. military operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria have cost the Defense Department more than $3.2 billion, according to the Pentagon.
National Defense September 2015 Jon Harper	Funding Restricted for Ford-Class Carriers Lawmakers are pushing new funding restrictions in an effort to control the costs of Ford-class aircraft carriers.
National Defense September 2015 Jon Harper	GAO Concerned About Special Ops Budget Metrics The Defense Department is not effectively assessing how much it spends on special operations forces, the Government Accountability Office said in a recent report.
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