Homeland Security
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Homeland Security
Aegis Missile Defense Test Set For Thursday In Pacific
The Aegis ballistic missile defense system will be tested Thursday in the Pacific, with two interceptor missiles attempting to annihilate the short-range target missile in the terminal phase of its […]
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Homeland Security
Is Iran Moving Beyond Uranium Enrichment To Attempt Building Thermonuclear Bomb?
Iran is studying nuclear fusion, the technology of the hydrogen bomb (H-bomb), according to Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency. The Iranian program was revealed by Sadat Hosseini, an Iranian […]
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Homeland Security
First THAAD Unit is Activated, Becomes An Army Battery
By Ann Roosevelt and Dave Ahearn The first Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) unit was activated, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced. That Army unit is Alpha Battery, 4th […]
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Homeland Security
Airborne Laser Missile Defense System Begins Activation Tests
The Airborne Laser (ABL) completed its first activation tests on the ground, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Those tests were conducted at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., home of the […]
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Business/FinancialLaunches
Ariane 5 Launch Postponed Again, After Glitch In Rocket A scheduled launch Friday of an Ariane 5 rocket carrying the Skynet 5C and the Turksat 3A satellites was canceled because […]
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Business/Financial
Contracts
Boeing Bids For Space Situational Awareness Contract The Boeing Co. [BA] submitted a bid for the Air Force Self-Awareness Space Situational Awareness (SASSA) contract. The program, valued at approximately $30 […]
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Homeland Security
Chinese General Says People’s Liberation Army Weapons Buildup Merely Defensive, Not Offensive
A Chinese general said at an international conference that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) weapons-buying spree is purely for defensive purposes, according to news reports in the Brisbane Times Web […]
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Homeland Security
Progress Reported For Multiple Kill Vehicle-L Missile Defense System
The Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) missile defense program saw progress as its algorithms were tested, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. MKV-L is designed to counter multiple targets, such as an […]
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CongressThompson Says TWIC Help Desk Under Performing
By Calvin Biesecker Port workers going through the process of obtaining federally mandated security credentials and need help are experiencing longer than planned wait times when they call the help […]
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Congress
GAO Sees Improvements In Trade Security Program, Continuing Challenges
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has made progress in its voluntary trusted shipper program, called Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), particularly in strengthening its polices for granting benefits to the […]