http://www.defensedaily.com Defense Daily en-us 2008 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 17:14:01 EST Britain's QinetiQ last Wednesday posted strong six month financial results driven by the company's United States-based division, which is benefiting from supplying ground robots and armored products to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and from service work for... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4915.html Tue, 2 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST By Ann Roosevelt Australia and Canada early next year are likely to have service personnel at Ft. Bliss, Texas, to learn about the U.S. Army's Future Combat System (FCS) and see how it might apply to work being done at home, according to a U.S. official... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4916.html Tue, 2 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST President-elect Obama today announced he will retain Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in the top Pentagon post, and also said Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), will be nominated as secretary of state. In... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4893.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST The Czech Republic Senate, 40-31, approved a plan for the United States to install a radar on Czech territory as part of the envisioned European Missile Defense (EMD) system. Because the Czech administration already approved the deal, that leaves only the... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4894.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST RS-24 Test-Fired Successfully For Third Time An increasingly bellicose Russia test-launched a sea-based ballistic missile from a submarine, and also readied plans to deploy a land-based nuclear-tipped missile that Russians claim can elude U.S. missile defense... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4895.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST Iran Now Has Half The Nuclear Material Required To Produce An Atomic Weapon United Nations inspectors with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have reached an impasse in their attempts to persuade Iran that it must abandon its uranium enrichment... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4896.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST The Falcon 9 rocket aced a static fire test that lasted almost three minutes, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced Sunday. That full mission-length firing in a vertical test stand at the SpaceX McGregor test facility in Texas lasted 178... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4898.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST President-elect Obama's plan to remove U.S. forces from Iraq and focus instead on Afghanistan may not save the $10 billion a month he has mentioned in campaign speeches. He is counting on some savings from a drawdown in Iraq to pay for other initiatives he... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4899.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST Hackers in recent years have invaded computers at NASA and other agencies, swiping millions of pages of data, some of it sensitive, according to a news report. Cyber break-ins struck computers at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in April 2005, where space... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4900.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST While other nations aggressively expand their space programs, Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley said the United States will be able to retain its leadership in space, according to an Air Force news service report. But he added that the amount of... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4901.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST The Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended Range (JDAM ER) weapon performed well and completed tests for the Royal Australian Air Force, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Tests were performed at the Woomera Test Facility in South Australia. The testing was led by... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4903.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST The Royal Netherlands Navy test-launched two Boeing Harpoon missiles from air defense and command frigate (LCF) HMS De Zeven Provincien, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. The exercise, which was the first LCF... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4905.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST Two Japanese Patriot crews recently fired Patriot missiles in testing at Fort Bliss, Texas, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. The company provided operational support for the annual service practice conducted by Japan Air Self-Defense Force troops... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4907.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST European space ministers in recent days have backed multi-year outlays for the European Space Agency totaling Euro11.2 billion (US$14.4 billion). Various time frames apply to different programs, ranging from 2009-2013, all the way out to 2020. The ESA, which... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4909.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST SAIC Gains $69.3 Million Contract For Support Services At Kennedy NASA selected Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] of Houston to provide project management support services at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The contract begins Feb. 1, with a two-year... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4910.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST U.K. Defence Secretary John Hutton Nov. 19 announced preferred bidders Navistar Defense, Force Protection Industries [FRPT] and Supacat for the army's approximately $517 million armored support trucks. Force Protection will supply the Wolfhound Tactical... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4882.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST By Ann Roosevelt Production ceased Nov. 20 after more than 5,000 vehicles at BAE Systems' facilities for the Caiman and RG33 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP). "We've been delivering week to weekly contracts from day one," Chris Chambers, vice... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4883.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST By Geoff Fein The mid-November contract award to Austal USA for design and construction of the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) was the culmination of almost a decade's worth of hard work and will enable the company to be the lead on its second Navy... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4813.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Jammed Valve On Interceptor Kill Vehicle May Have Caused It To Miss Target Missile A jammed valve on a tiny maneuvering thruster in a Standard Missile-3 Block 1A interceptor kill vehicle likely caused the SM-3 to miss killing a target missile, in a test... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4817.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Endeavour Mission Doubles Space Station Crew Capacity, Improves Solar Array Mechanism, May Provide Water Supply Solution After 2010 Fourth And Final Spacewalk Performed Today Space Shuttle Endeavour will wrap up the STS-126 Mission to the International Space... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4818.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST