Space & Missile Defense Report
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Business/FinancialContracts
Boeing Gains $30 Million For Further Advanced Tactical Laser Tests The Air Force gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a contract worth up to $30 million to continue testing the Advanced […]
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Homeland Security
Croatian Navy Receives Two Missile Boats
Patria is delivering two Helsinki-class missile boats to the Croatian Navy, the company reported. Those boats were used by the Finnish Navy. The boat class was removed from service as […]
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Homeland Security
China Protests U.S. Plan To Sell $6.5 Billion Of Arms To Taiwan; Beijing Warns U.S. Stance Frays Relations
China is objecting vociferously to the U.S. Bush administration plan to sell $6.5 billion worth of arms to Taiwan to help the island nation defend itself against attack, according to […]
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Business/Financial
Senate Panel Staffer Sees $1 Billion Cut In Missile Defense Hitting ABL, Others
More Advanced Missile Defense Programs Would Receive Solid Budgetary Support The incoming president and Congress to be elected next month may make major cuts in the ballpark of "at least […]
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SpaceYounger Military, Outsiders, Receptive To Reforming Space Security Procurement, Leadership, But Older And Higher-Ranking Officials Resistant: General
A proposal to reform national security space activities, including procuring new hardware, draws some support from younger military persons and outsiders, but encounters "concern" and resistance from older, higher-ranking personnel. […]
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[October 20, 2008]
// PDF View- NASA Space Telescope Finds Pulsar With Gamma Rays
- Mobil Satellite Signs Up For Capacity On Intelsat Satellites
- Lockheed Delivers Protective Shell For Mars Science Lab
- Younger Military, Outsiders, Receptive To Reforming Space Security Procurement, Leadership, But Older And Higher-Ranking Officials Resistant: General
- China Protests U.S. Plan To Sell $6.5 Billion Of Arms To Taiwan; Beijing Warns U.S. Stance Frays Relations
- Croatian Navy Receives Two Missile Boats
- Contracts
- NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- Space Shuttle Atlantis Leaves Launch Pad And Rolls Back To Vehicle Assembly Building
- PAC-3 Interceptor Scores In German Test At White Sands
- AIM Missiles Fired From Super Hornets In Test
- Arianespace To Launch Three Satellites For SES
- NASA Launches Spacecraft To Check On Possible Weakening Of Protective Layer Shielding Solar System From Cosmic Rays
- Bush Signs 2009 NASA Authorization Measure; Griffin Lauds Backing For Moon, Mars Missions
- Defense Acquisitions Should Focus On Meeting Schedules, Rather Than On Containing Costs: Industrial Base Is Healthy
- Hubble Space Telescope Begins Shift From Stricken Unit To Backup System, But Further Glitches Force Shutdown
- TSAT Contract Award Delayed From This December To Fiscal 2010; Boeing Versus Lockheed/Northrop In Long Contest For Potential $10 Billion Prize
- U.S., Allies, Would Suffer Severe Damage In Enemy Attacks On Space Assets Vital To Military, Economic Functioning
- Huge Cuts In Missile Defense Programs Could Decrease Balance In Shield, While Eliminating Best Chance For Missile Kill
- Senate Panel Staffer Sees $1 Billion Cut In Missile Defense Hitting ABL, Others
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Business/Financial
Huge Cuts In Missile Defense Programs Could Decrease Balance In Shield, While Eliminating Best Chance For Missile Kill
Cuts Or Development Stretch-Out Would Come Just As ABL Program Has Been Performing Well Slashing $1 billion out of ballistic missile defense, with cuts aimed at programs that kill enemy […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Delivers Protective Shell For Mars Science Lab
The backshell that will protect the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) when it blasts off for space was delivered to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Pasadena, Calif., Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] […]
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Business/Financial
U.S., Allies, Would Suffer Severe Damage In Enemy Attacks On Space Assets Vital To Military, Economic Functioning
Enemies could inflict severe damage on the United States and its allies in an attack on American space assets, experts said. U.S. leaders need to begin deciding now how to […]
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Business/Financial
Mobil Satellite Signs Up For Capacity On Intelsat Satellites
Mobil Satellite Technologies is obtaining capacity on Intelsat Ltd. satellites. Under a multi-year contract, Intelsat will provide Mobil with satellite capacity. The network operator and communications provider will expand its […]