Space & Missile Defense Report
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SpaceNASA Devises Solution For Ares Rocket Thrust Oscillation Problem
NASA leaders announced a solution for an intense vibration, or thrust oscillation, in the Ares I rocket that will loft the next-generation U.S. space capsule Orion into orbit. The thrust […]
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[August 25, 2008]
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- Tests Completed On Key Part For J-2X Engine In Ares Rocket
- Contracts
- Launches
- Ballistic Missile Defense Programs Comprise 10 Percent Of Lockheed Revenues
- NASA Issues Request For Information On Lunar Communications, Navigation
- Expendable Launch Vehicles Market Seen At $48 Billion In Next Decade
- Defense Costs To Outstrip Funds Available; Immediate, Long-Range, Needs Clash
- Russian Cosmonaut Takes Pictures From Space Station Of War Zone In Georgia; Russia Says Photographs Are For Humanitarian, Not Military, Purposes
- Russian Invasion Of Georgia Proves U.S. Need For Directed-Energy Weapons Against Missile, Air Threats
- NASA Devises Solution For Ares Rocket Thrust Oscillation Problem
- ATK Rocket Destroyed After Liftoff From Wallops Island; NASA ‘Very Disappointed’ By Failure; Experts Seek Cause
- Poland, United States, Sign European Missile Defense Agreement To Erect Shield
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Homeland Security
Russian Invasion Of Georgia Proves U.S. Need For Directed-Energy Weapons Against Missile, Air Threats
The United States needs to field laser weapons, including solid-state assets, now, not later, a new report states. Proof of the urgent need for directed-energy defenses have been provided by […]
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InternationalRussian Cosmonaut Takes Pictures From Space Station Of War Zone In Georgia; Russia Says Photographs Are For Humanitarian, Not Military, Purposes
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, while on the International Space Station, took pictures of the war zone in Georgia, where Russian troops invaded the nation and then only partially pulled back […]
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CongressDefense Costs To Outstrip Funds Available; Immediate, Long-Range, Needs Clash
The U.S. military procurement effort faces an immense disconnect between funding needs and available financing, complicated by new emerging threats such as the loss of sanctuary in space and the […]
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Business/FinancialExpendable Launch Vehicles Market Seen At $48 Billion In Next Decade
The global market for expendable launch vehicles (ELVs), or rockets, will see an upturn to total about $48 billion over the next decade, according to a new projection from Forecast […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Issues Request For Information On Lunar Communications, Navigation
NASA issued a request for information, or RFI, for concepts concerning communications and navigation services that could be used on the moon. The space agency wishes to gauge interest and […]
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Business/Financial
Ballistic Missile Defense Programs Comprise 10 Percent Of Lockheed Revenues
Sales of ballistic missile defense systems and components have grown to make up 10 percent of the revenues in Lockheed Martin [LMT], the largest defense contractor, a senior official said […]
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Business/Financial
Launches
Space Shuttles For Hubble Mission, Standby, Unharmed By Storm; Shuttle Atlantis Still Set For Liftoff At 1:34 A.M. ET Oct. 8 Tropical Storm Fay, despite its drenching deluge that flooded […]
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Business/Financial
Contracts
Lockheed Gains $357 Million Hellfire II Production Contract The Army gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $357 million deal to produce more Hellfire missiles, the company announced today. They will […]