International
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InternationalEuropean Space Agency Plans Ground Station In Argentina
Making Another ESA Facility In South America, After Spaceport The European Space Agency (ESA) announced plans for a ground station to be built in South America, assuming negotiations are successful. […]
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International
NASA Seeks Input On Cataloguing Documents Of Wernher Von Braun
NASA requested suggestions on how to organize documents from from spaceflight pioneer Wernher von Braun into an electronic, searchable database or other system. The space agency would welcome thoughts from […]
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International
Australia To Fund Seven Promising Technologies
Australia will fund seven innovative technologies to keep the defense forces on the cutting edge, Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, said on June 26. The promising […]
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Business/FinancialObama’s Missile Defense Cuts Prevail In Both Senate Armed Services Panel, And In Entire House
Funding Restoration Amendments Are Rejected Even More Cuts May Gouge Missile Defense Programs In Future Years, Lawmaker Warns Both the entire House and a key Senate panel backed President Obama’s […]
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Business/Financial
Senate Defense Authorization Bill Leaves European Missile Defense Program With No Construction Funds, Chairman Levin Says
But Defense Measure Also Encourages Talks With Russians Over Possible Joint Radar The pending Senate defense authorization bill leaves the European Missile Defense (EMD) program with just $51 million for […]
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Business/Financial
Sea Launch Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy But Says It Wishes To Continue Operating
Sea Launch, the company that provided a mid-ocean launch pad, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but said it wishes to continue operations. The filing came after the company had […]
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International
TenCate To Supply Composite Armor For Dutch Army Vehicles
TenCate Advanced Armour has been awarded a contract by the Dutch Ministry of Defence for the delivery of TenCate Ceratego(tm) composite armour panels for the Dutch Patria XA- 188 vehicles […]
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International
Elbit Systems To Supply IR Countermeasure For Commercial Aircraft
Elbit Systems Ltd. [ESLT] this week announced it will supply the Israeli Ministry of Transportation with the commercial multi-spectral infrared countermeasure (C-MUSIC) system under a $76 million contract. The system, […]
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International
U.K. Defense Industry Can Weather Global Recession, Analysts Say
The U.K. defense industry remains insulated from global recession compared to other market verticals, with government defence spending fixed into long-term programmes and immune from short-term economic cycles, Frost & […]
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International
Lockheed Martin Eyes Saudi Arabia For Aegis Equipped LCS
While Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the U.S. Navy continue to modernize the Aegis combat systems on Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and the ballistic missile defense capability of other surface combatants, the […]