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Business/FinancialCSBA Experts See Solid-State Lasers Superior To Chemical Lasers, But Endorse Mobility In Platform; U.S. Lasers To Be Critical As Missiles Proliferate
Developing, Deploying Solid-State Laser Could Take About 10 Years: Estimate Technical Hurdles To Lasers Surmountable, But Non-Technical Barriers Must Be Bested The United States faces a grim threat of rogue […]
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Business/Financial
New Report By Russian And U.S. Analysts Sees No Iranian Nuke-Tipped ICBM For 10 To 15 Years — Unless Others Aid Tehran
European Missile Defense Wouldn’t Work Against Iranian Missiles, Report Asserts; Its Authors Include Missile Defense Critics Lt. Gen. O’Reilly Rejects Anti-European Missile Defense Report As Based On Incorrect Assumptions, ‘Not […]
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Business/Financial
GAO Faults DOD Space Procurement Programs For Rising Costs, Schedule Delays, Increased Risk
Concern Voiced In Hearings An array of Department of Defense space procurement programs suffers multiple problems, including soaring costs, lengthy delays and increased risks, with some satellite systems now having […]
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Business/Financial
Delays In GPS Won’t Likely Cause It To Fail; Cost Overruns Cited; But It Will Improve On Existing System, Assist Warfighters
Contrary to recent reports, the Global Positioning System (GPS) isn’t on the verge of a failure that would leave confused motorists groping for that paper thing called a map. Air […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing Renews Protest Of GOES-R Contract Award To Rival Bidder Lockheed
Some $1.09 Billion At Stake In This Contract, More Billions Are Possible In Later Action The Boeing Co. [BA] renewed its protest of a NASA-NOAA contract award to Lockheed Martin […]
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Air ForceSchwartz Sees 38 Joint Cargo Aircrafts As ‘Floor’
By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force’s top officer said yesterday the number of C-27J Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) could be increased above the 38 airplanes proposed in the Pentagon’s budget, […]
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Business/Financial
DoD ‘Stonewalling’ V-22 Investigation, Committee Chairman Says
By Geoff Fein The chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee yesterday threatened to "compel" the Department of Defense to provide reports and information on the V-22 Osprey before a […]
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CongressCongress Approves Defense Acquisition Reform Bill
By Emelie Rutherford The House passed yesterday the final version of the defense-acquisition-reform bill, sending the measure previously passed by the Senate to the White House for President Obama’s signature. […]
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Business/Financial
Special Issue; Memorial Day To Be Observed
This is a special issue of Space & Missile Defense Report, containing breaking news in a week filled with major events. As we do each year, we shall observe the […]
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Business/Financial
Belligerent Iran Fires Missile With Important Solid-Fuel Feature; Surface-To-Surface Weapon Can Strike Targets In Israel, U.S. Bases, Europe
Iran showed continued advancement in its missile development program by launching a 1,200-mile-range solid-fueled rocket, the International Herald Tribune reported. That Sejil-2 missile has sufficient range to strike Israel, or […]