International
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Business/FinancialU.S. Business Drives Strong FY ’09 At QinetiQ
Britain’s QinetiQ yesterday posted double-digit sales and operating profits for its 2009 fiscal year driven by strong growth in performance at its United States-based division, which accounts for nearly half […]
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Air ForceUSJFCOM Trainers Assess Effectiveness of Horn of Africa Training
By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) trainers this month are in Djibouti to assess the effectiveness of pre-deployment training for the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa […]
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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 […]
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Homeland Security
Missile Defense Program Still Aims To Buy 44 Interceptors, Gen. O’Reilly Says; But Number of Silos Deployed Being Cut To 30 From 44
Need For 44 Ground-based Midcourse Interceptors Was Not Based On Sound Analysis, O’Reilly Says European Missile Defense Fiscal 2010 Budget Weak Because Legal Curbs Won’t Permit Spending More Than $51 […]
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Business/Financial
CSBA 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
EADS Astrium To Help Kazakhstan Become Competitive Player In New Satellites Integration Facility
In Return, Kazakhstan Orders Two EADS Astrium Satellites Providing yet another example of the globalization and rising competition in the space industry, Astrium, a unit of the European Aeronautic and […]
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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 […]