Space & Missile Defense Report
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Homeland Security
Iran Defies Urgings From Nations Across Globe, Refuses To Abandon Its Nuclear Production Work
Iran refused to abandon its illicit nuclear materials production program, with an obstinate statement issued by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to the International Herald Tribune. Fears that Iran might […]
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Homeland Security
U.S. Hasn’t Frozen Arms Sale To Taiwan, Its Legislative Leader Says
The United States hasn’t frozen sales of arms to Taiwan, but rather American officials are taking time to review the planned sale, according to a senior Taiwanese official. There is […]
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Business/FinancialJob Losses Already Set For Lockheed Employees As Space Shuttle Fleet To Retire By 2010
Thousands of job losses stemming from the space shuttle fleet retirement, long feared, are about to begin. Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced that this fall it will begin workforce reductions […]
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Homeland Security
Far More Destroyers, Cruisers, Must Be Converted To Advanced Aegis Missile Defense
The current Navy program to convert 18 cruisers and destroyers to the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) capability, which will be completed by the end of this year, will have […]
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[August 4, 2008]
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- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Finishes Environmental Tests
- Early Warning Satellite Decommissioned After Insertion To Wrong Orbit, Limited Use
- Boeing Gains DARPA Contract For Spacecraft Electric Power, Propulsion Capability
- Contracts
- Launches
- NASA Brainstorms Lunar Outpost Concepts With Other Nations
- Far More Destroyers, Cruisers, Must Be Converted To Advanced Aegis Missile Defense
- Job Losses Already Set For Lockheed Employees As Space Shuttle Fleet To Retire By 2010
- U.S. Hasn’t Frozen Arms Sale To Taiwan, Its Legislative Leader Says
- Iran Defies Urgings From Nations Across Globe, Refuses To Abandon Its Nuclear Production Work
- Glenn: Why Go Back To Moon To Construct A Waystation? Why Not Go Directly To Mars?
- NASA Budget Would Be 70 Percent Higher If It Kept Pace With Inflation
- Self-Assembling Crane Stands Poised For Construction Job At Worksite: The Moon
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InternationalNASA Brainstorms Lunar Outpost Concepts With Other Nations
NASA policymakers met with leaders of foreign space agencies to mull the shape of a network of science stations that might be placed on the moon. Leaders of nine space […]
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Business/Financial
Launches
Another Major Loss For SpaceX As Falcon 1 Suffers Separation Failure During Ascent Space X Still Has More Missions Planned, And It Remains Set To Provide Commercial Transport Services To […]
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Business/Financial
Contracts
NASA Contracts Aim For Lunar Surface Systems Concepts The Constellation Program developing the next-generation U.S. spacecraft system Orion-Ares selected 11 companies and a university to each develop concepts that contribute […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing Gains DARPA Contract For Spacecraft Electric Power, Propulsion Capability
The Boeing Co. [BA] will develop a new type of system providing power to spacecraft for maneuvering propulsion, communications, radar and more, under the first phase of a contract from […]
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Business/Financial
Early Warning Satellite Decommissioned After Insertion To Wrong Orbit, Limited Use
An early-warning missile detection satellite that was launched into the wrong orbit nine years ago was decommissioned, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. The Air Force Flight 19 satellite was launched […]