Homeland Security
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Homeland Security
Lockheed Delivers MUOS Hardware
Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] delivered the core structure including a propulsion subsystem for the first Navy Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite, the company announced today. It is the largest […]
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Homeland Security
The Bad Bear Is Back: Russia Fires ICBM From Sub To Target Area In Pacific Ocean, And Fires A Land-Based ICBM, As Medvedev Watches
Sub Missile Flies 7,200 Miles In Test, After Russian Threats To Nuke European Missile Defense System If U.S. Dares To Build It Missile Launches Add To Tensions From Renewed Russian […]
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Homeland Security
U.S. Preeminence In Space Slips Away. As China, India, Russia Accelerate Their Space Programs: House Panel
Report Urges Revamping Defense, Intelligence Space Acquisition, Assails Sole-Source Contracts Better Relations Needed Between Military-Intelligence Agencies And Commercial Satellite Data Firms "The United States is losing its preeminence in space," […]
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Homeland Security
China Leaders See Space Program As An Investment, Not As A Gigantic Expense As U.S. Lawmakers Do
With Space Program, China Sees Military, Economic, Political Gains; China Makes Careful But Large Moves China sees its space program as an investment, not as an unwelcome budgetary outlay, a […]
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Homeland Security
North Korea Fires Missiles Into Yellow Sea: Reports
Pyongyang Developing Small Nuclear Weapon To Fit Atop Its Missiles North Korea fired missiles into the Yellow Sea, as the isolated regime separately is developing smaller-sized nuclear weapons as warheads […]
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CongressMcCain, Obama Decry Iranian Move To Obtain Nuclear Weapons As Threat To Existence Of Israel
Both the Democratic and Republican U.S. presidential candidates condemned Iranian moves to produce nuclear weapons, saying that would pose a grave threat to the existence of Israel. Sen. Barack Obama […]
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Congress
Neither McCain Nor Obama Is Seen Pressing For Space Weapons
Neither of the major-party U.S. presidential candidates is expected to press for aggressive U.S. policies in space or the procurement of anti-satellite weapons, a new report suggests. Thus no major […]
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Business/FinancialDefense Supplier Base Dwindling; Some Procurement Programs Have Just One Supplier: GAO Report
The Department of Defense (DOD) is falling short in tracking the health of the defense supplier base, according to a new report from the nonpartisan watchdog agency, the Government Accountability […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Seeks Joint-Air-To-Ground Missile Contract With Team Including GD, ATK, L3
Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] told defense journalists it is well positioned to vie for the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system program, with a $122 million contract in hand for technology […]
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Business/Financial
Future Combat Systems Active Protection System Passes Interception Tests
The Army Future Combat Systems (FCS) projectile shield Active Protection System (APS) passed interception tests, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. Those tests involved both stationary and moving targets. APS defeats multiple […]