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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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Business/Financial
Iranian Leader Disparages Obama, Compares Him To Bush; Ahmadinejad Demands Obama Apologize To Iran
Obama Is Appalled At Iran Mistreating, Killing Protesters Who Allege Vote Fraud Chances Dim For Major Reduction In Iranian Missile-Nuclear Threat That Could Justify Abandoning European Missile Defense President Obama’s […]
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InternationalTerreStar-1 Satellite Loaded On Ariane 5 Heavy Lifter For July 1 Launch
The TerreStar-1 telecommunications satellite was mated to its Ariane 5 launcher, set for a July 1 launch, Arianespace announced. TerreStar-1 will be the world’s largest civilian telecommunications satellite ever launched, […]
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International
European 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
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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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 & […]