International
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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
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 […]
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Homeland Security
North Korea Set For Nuclear Weapon Test: Report
North Korea is poised to detonate another of its nuclear weapons in a test, according to John R. Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, writing in The Wall […]
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InternationalQineticQ Team To Provide U.K. Training
A QinetiQ-led team that includes Boeing [BA] May 21 announced it has received a $37.7 million contract from the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide Distributed Synthetic Air […]
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International
Finmeccanica Increases International Industry And Academic Ties
In London May 21, Italy’s Finmeccanica signed a partnership agreement with Imperial College Business School, one of the United Kkingdom’s most prestigious academic institutions. This agreement further demonstrates the importance […]
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International
Whither Warfare Conference In June Looks At Network Capability
The Whither Warfare Conference at the Land Warfare Centre in Warminster, U.K., June 16 will investigate how computer-aided visualization, and the interface between battlespace information systems and the minds of […]
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Business/Financial
Obama Condemns Iranian Nuclear Ambitions, Warns Any Talks With Iran Must Show Progress By End Of Year, Not Give Iran Time On Nukes
Iranian Nukes Would Threaten Both Israel And United States, Obama Says; No Steps Are Off Table; Netanyahu In Agreement Obama, Netanyahu Meet At White House; Netanyahu Says All Options Must […]