Space & Missile Defense Report
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CongressPentagon Presses Case For European GMD System; Czechs May Be Given Contractor Work
Gates Meets With Polish Counterpart Klich; Poland May Gain U.S. Air Defense Aid U.S. Argues The System Would Benefit Europe U.S. military leaders are urging Poland to approve U.S. plans […]
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Navy/USMCAdm. Keating Urges Chinese To Ease Hostilities, Tensions
Adm. Timothy Keating, commander of the Pacific Command, urged Chinese leaders to improve relations with the United States, during a visit to China. Some military analysts, however, see China becoming […]
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InternationalLaunches
Japan Progresses In Improving PAC-3 Missile Defense System Tests Of System Set, To Occur In United States At White Sands Japan is moving to improve its missile defense system that […]
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SpaceSea Launch Returns To Operations With Liftoff Of Satellite For Thuraya
First Launch Since Explosion Last Year Caused Loss Of A Satellite Sea Launch placed a satellite in orbit, marking a resurrection of the space firm following a disastrous rocket explosion […]
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Business/FinancialContracts
Raytheon Gets $300 Million Paveway Contracts In 2007, Half Of It In December Raytheon Co. [RTN] received a record $300 million-plus in contracts for its Paveway smart-bomb precision-guided munitions last […]
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SpaceChina Unveils Ambitious Space Program For 2008 Replete With 15 Rocket Launches; 17 Satellites Going Up, Along With Shenzhou VII Spacecraft
A senior Chinese leader unveiled an ambitious Sino space plan for 2008 including launch of a manned spacecraft, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Huang Qiang, secretary general of the […]
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CongressBush Expected To Notify Congress, Saudi Arabia of JDAM Sale
By Jen DiMascio President Bush is expected to notify Congress today about selling the GPS-guided Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) to Saudi Arabia, one day before the new session of […]