Space & Missile Defense Report
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Homeland Security
Airborne Laser Clears Hurdles, Set For Installing High-Powered Unit
Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser To Go Into Boeing 747 Aircraft The Airborne Laser (ABL) easily cleared each of its scheduled hurdles last year and now is poised for installation of […]
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InternationalChina Overtakes U.S. Industrial Output, Powering A Huge Military Buildup
Report Says China Moving To Superpower Role As It Spends Almost 4 Percent Of GDP On Arms Chinese Industrial Output To Be 50 Percent Greater Than U.S. Production In Five […]
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SpaceSpace Shuttle Atlantis Still Blocked From Liftoff; Launch Set For Jan. 24 Is Unlikely; Feb 2-7 Window Would Be Next; Liftoff Likely Later In February
Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch To Be Delayed Beyond Earlier-Scheduled Feb. 14 Target Troublesome Atlantis Electrical Link Removed; Replacement Of Problem-Filled Tank Gear Set NASA leaders think they have figured out […]
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CongressBush Administration Seeks To Loosen Rules On Sensitive Technology Sales To China
The Bush administration loosened restrictions on exporting sensitive-technology items to China, to help U.S. companies sell more advanced goods to the Chinese, according to a report by a group advocating […]
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International
China Has Far More Missiles Targeting Taiwan Than Earlier Estimated
China has almost half again more missiles aimed toward Taiwan than previously estimated, Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian said, The China Post reported. Chen condemned the threatening Chinese missile buildup, stating […]
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[January 7, 2008]
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- Launches
- Contracts
- CBO: Missile Defense Spending To Peak At $15 Billion Yearly In Fiscal 2018
- Boeing Responds To MDA Request For Information On Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Program
- China Has Far More Missiles Targeting Taiwan Than Earlier Estimated
- Bush Administration Seeks To Loosen Rules On Sensitive Technology Sales To China
- Space Shuttle Atlantis Still Blocked From Liftoff; Launch Set For Jan. 24 Is Unlikely; Feb 2-7 Window Would Be Next; Liftoff Likely Later In February
- China Overtakes U.S. Industrial Output, Powering A Huge Military Buildup
- Airborne Laser Clears Hurdles, Set For Installing High-Powered Unit
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Business/FinancialBoeing Responds To MDA Request For Information On Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Program
The Boeing Co. [BA] responded to a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) request for information, as MDA seeks industry feedback on the follow-on Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program, a major segment […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Gives Boeing $799.5 Million Contract For Ares I Rocket Avionics
The Boeing Co. [BA] beat out Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. [BLL] to win an up-to $799.5 million avionics instrument unit contract for the Ares I upper stage rocket that […]
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Space
Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch Postponed Again; Liftoff Now Set For Jan. 10, If Glitch Resolved
NASA Experts Still Seek Cause Of Sensor Data Snafu Tests Set For Tomorrow, May Unearth Problem In Sensors; Simultaneous Space Station Spacewalk To Examine SARJ NASA again postponed the launch […]
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International
Japanese Aegis Destroyer Wins Test By Killing Target Missile With SM-3 Interceptor
First Time An Ally Has Used Aegis/SM-3 In Ballistic Missile Defense Test The Japanese destroyer Kongo today employed its Aegis weapon control system to guide a Standard Missile-3 to destroy […]
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