Space & Missile Defense Report
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Business/FinancialSenate Approves Amendment Providing $89 Million For Ballistic Missile Defense AN/TPY-2 Radar
Provision Doesn’t Specify Which Nation Is Site The Senate voted out a defense authorization bill for the soon-to-begin fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, approving an amendment that would provide […]
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Homeland Security
General Cool To Expanding Missile Defense System To Protect Space Assets From Attack
The United States shouldn’t leap to expand its missile defense system to protect U.S. military and civilian space assets from enemy attack, Gen. C. Robert Kehler, commander of the Air […]
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Business/Financial
Launches
Chinese Rocket Rolled Out To Launch Pad, As Taikonauts Arrive For Manned Mission Chinese space workers finished rolling out the Long-March II-F rocket topped by a spaceship, moving the system […]
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Business/Financial
Contracts
NASA Extends Information Technology Contract For $214.4 Million NASA extended the Unified NASA Information Technology Services, or UNITeS, contract with Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] of San Diego. This extension […]
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Business/Financial
NASA, Air Force, Seek Industry And University Partners To Establish Hypersonic Centers; Broad Agency Announcement Is Released; Up To $30 Million Fund
NASA and the Air Force are looking for university and industry partners to advance hypersonic research. The NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in Washington and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s […]
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SpaceJohnson Space Center To Reopen Today After Shutdown For Hurricane Ike
After suffering modest damage during Hurricane Ike, Johnson Space Center is reopening today, NASA announced. The center was closed for 11 days as the massive storm reached the Texas coast […]
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Business/Financial
GeoEye Resolves Nasdaq Compliance Problem
GeoEye, Inc. [GEOY] resolved compliance problems with the Nasdaq stock exchange, the company announced. Filing a restatement of its past financial reports, and 10Q reports filed with the Securities and […]
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Space
Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition On B-52H
A Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition for the first time was loaded onto a B-52H bomber for a demonstration flight. Another demonstration flight is scheduled for later this year. LJDAM […]
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Homeland Security
Book Sees U.S. Concerns That Terrorists Will Wield Nukes As ‘Hype, Rhetoric, Sensationalism,’ Urges Rejecting Fear
A new book argues that worries about terrorists gaining possession of nuclear weapons is hype, media fear-mongering and sensationalism. The book titled "Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?" was authored by Brian […]
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Air ForceAir Force Wants Expedited Recertification of AEHF Satellite System
By Marina Malenic The Air Force has asked the Department of Defense (DOD) expedite the review process triggered by massive cost growth of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite […]