Space & Missile Defense Report
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Business/FinancialNorth Korea Openly States It Will Pursue ICBM Testing And Uranium-Based Nuclear Weapons Program Development
North Korea openly threatened to push forward with a uranium-centered nuclear weapons production program, and with further intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests, the International Herald Tribune reported. That outburst came […]
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Homeland Security
Chinese Vessels Again Harass U.S. Navy Ships
China did it again. Two Chinese fishing vessels veered dangerously close to a U.S. Navy intelligence-gathering ship, the USNS Victorious, as it moved peacefully in international waters, according to the […]
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CongressWhile Gates Whacks Weapons Procurement Programs, Soaring Personnel Costs Fly Untouched Under Radar
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is ignoring the legal mandate to rationally reexamine defense spending priorities every four years, and he is remiss in two ways, a well-known analyst asserted. […]
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SpaceAtlantis Set For Launch At 2:01 P.M. ET Monday
Space Shuttle Atlantis is poised to launch at 2:01 p.m. ET Monday on the STS-125 Mission to repair and refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope. Final launch preparations are underway at […]
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Business/Financial
NLOS-LS PAM Missile Passes Captive Flight Test
The Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System (NLOS-LM ) Precision Attack Missile (PAM) passed a captive flight test. That system is provided by NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Co. [RTN] and […]
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Space
NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — May 6, 2009 – 8:25 a.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: May 11 Mission: STS-125 Launch […]
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Business/Financial
Raytheon Gains $115 Million Contract Continuing Patriot System Upgrades
The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $115 million contract to continue Pure Fleet upgrades of Army Patriot air and missile defense systems. That Army Aviation and Missile Command contract […]
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Business/Financial
Tomahawk Block IV Improved Against Surface Naval Targets, Raytheon Announces
The Tomahawk Block IV missile has been upgraded in effectiveness against moving maritime surface targets, with a longer-range capability, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. "This capability will allow the warfighter to […]
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[May 7, 2009]
// PDF View- NASA To Study Possible Major Changes In Constellation Program; Augustine Leads Panel
- Missile Defense Budget Stops Boost-Phase Programs, But Agency Has A Backup Plan; European Missile Defense Gets Just $51 Million, With No Construction Seen
- Sen. Sessions: Senate Authorizers May Balks At Missile Defense Funding Cuts, But House, Others, May Favor Obama Moves To Slash Protection
- GOP Lawmakers Assail Obama Cuts In Missile Defense Budget
- MDA Director O’Reilly Says Missile Threat ‘Extremely Worrisome,’ Not Slowing Down
- Democratic Leader Hoyer Flails Iran For ‘Dangerous’ Pursuit Of Nukes, And Terrorist Missiles Hitting Israel
- Surging Taliban Threatens Pakistan, Wants To Abolish Democratic Rule, Parliament Member Warns In Forum
- North Korea Openly States It Will Pursue ICBM Testing And Uranium-Based Nuclear Weapons Program Development
- Chinese Vessels Again Harass U.S. Navy Ships
- While Gates Whacks Weapons Procurement Programs, Soaring Personnel Costs Fly Untouched Under Radar
- Atlantis Set For Launch At 2:01 P.M. ET Monday
- NLOS-LS PAM Missile Passes Captive Flight Test
- NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- Raytheon Gains $115 Million Contract Continuing Patriot System Upgrades
- Tomahawk Block IV Improved Against Surface Naval Targets, Raytheon Announces
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Business/Financial
NASA To Study Possible Major Changes In Constellation Program; Augustine Leads Panel
Scolese Says Any Ares I Replacement Must Be Capable To Carry Out Full Lunar Return Mission NASA today unveiled an $18.69 billion budget proposal that includes a major study of […]