Space & Missile Defense Report
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[April 27, 2009]
// PDF View- NASA Constellation Program Budget May Be Hit With $3.5 Billion Cut, Slamming 2020 Lunar Mission Goal
- Stephen Hawking: Space Travel To Mars And Stars Is Possible, And Necessary; He Tells How To Do It
- Pakistan, Armed With Long-Range Missiles Tipped With Nuclear Weapons, May Fall To Taliban Extremists, U.S. Officials Warn
- Iranian Threat Proves Need For European Missile Defense, Sen. Lieberman Says
- Ahmadinejad Snubs Idea Of Surrendering Nuclear Program; Says Iran Has Rights; Rejects Unconditional U.S.-Iranian Talks
- Sen. Kyl Says Gates Plan Leaves Boost-Phase Missile Defense Programs In Limbo, On Hold
- Kyl Assails Officials Who Give Bailout Trillions To Banks, Brokers, Others — But Then Get Tough With Procurement Programs Like Missile Defense
- China Is Displaying Nuclear Submarines For First Time; Beijing Orders Increased Patrols In Contested Sea Area
- Blumenthal: U.S. Competition With China Is Now, Not A Future Development; Gates Plan Responds With Weakness To Rising Chinese Military
- Israel To Buy Vulcan-Phalanx Cannon System If Gates Agrees To Provide A Unit; Raytheon System Would Kill Rockets From Gaza Strip
- GOES-R Satellite Costs Jump, Schedule Problems Arise: GAO
- Rep. Kosmas Urges Dropping Space Shuttle Retirement Deadline Of Sept. 30, 2010
- Transcript: Sen. Jon Kyl, Senate Minority Whip, On Missile Defense
- Airborne Laser In Flight Tests
- Atlantis Liftoff On STS-125 Mission To Refurbish Hubble Telescope Is Accelerated, Flying A Day Earlier
- China Launches Second GPS-Like Satellite; It Reaches Proper Orbit, Sends Back Signals
- NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- Raytheon Gains $23.5 Million Contract Change For GPS Ground Station Control Segment Work
- Missile Advocacy Group Announces New Board Member
- Boeing Unit Advances, But Earnings From United Launch Alliance A Drag
- Space Based Infrared Payload Delivered
- Hubble Space Telescope Spots Multi-Galactic Collision, Spawning New Blue Stars
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Business/FinancialBlumenthal: U.S. Competition With China Is Now, Not A Future Development; Gates Plan Responds With Weakness To Rising Chinese Military
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has proposed a budget plan that will leave the U.S. military weaker, precisely as the Chinese military is growing stronger. And the Sino military already […]
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Business/Financial
Israel To Buy Vulcan-Phalanx Cannon System If Gates Agrees To Provide A Unit; Raytheon System Would Kill Rockets From Gaza Strip
Israel aims to purchase the Raytheon Co. [RTN] Vulcan-Phalanx close-in air defense systems to kill rockets and mortars launched into Israel by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to […]
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Business/Financial
GOES-R Satellite Costs Jump, Schedule Problems Arise: GAO
NOAA Roasted In House, Senate, On Satellite Oversight Woes Afflicting Costs, Schedules Of Both GOES-R, NPOESS Programs The GOES-R satellite program cost estimates jumped again, to $7.67 billion from an […]
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CongressRep. Kosmas Urges Dropping Space Shuttle Retirement Deadline Of Sept. 30, 2010
Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-Fla.) urged Congress to drop the Sept. 30, 2010, retirement deadline for the space shuttle fleet. She also asked for $2.5 billion funding for NASA to keep […]
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Business/Financial
Transcript: Sen. Jon Kyl, Senate Minority Whip, On Missile Defense
Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, Senate minority whip, spoke before a National Defense University Foundation and National Defense Industrial Association breakfast in Washington at the Capitol Hill Club April 21, […]
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Business/Financial
Airborne Laser In Flight Tests
The Airborne Laser missile defense system has begun flight tests with the entire weapon system integrated aboard the aircraft, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Boeing, the prime ABL contractor, contributed […]
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SpaceAtlantis Liftoff On STS-125 Mission To Refurbish Hubble Telescope Is Accelerated, Flying A Day Earlier
Other Launches Also Are Juggled Space Shuttle Atlantis will lift off at 2:01 p.m. ET May 11 from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, a day earlier than planned, […]
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Homeland Security
China Launches Second GPS-Like Satellite; It Reaches Proper Orbit, Sends Back Signals
China launched another of its COMPASS navigational satellites, in a constellation of birds that eventually will provide global-wide navigational signals much like the U.S. Global Positioning Satellites (GPS), Xinhua, the […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Constellation Program Budget May Be Hit With $3.5 Billion Cut, Slamming 2020 Lunar Mission Goal
Griffin Concerned Future Is Bleak The Obama White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing a $3.5 billion NASA budget cut that would hurt the Constellation Program developing […]