International
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Homeland Security
Clinton Expresses ‘Great Concern’ As North Korea Prepares To Launch Long-Range Ballistic Missile
United States May Add Missile Curbs To Six-Party Talks With North Korea, Clinton Predicts North Korean moves to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile is "a matter of great concern" to […]
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Business/Financial
North Korea Defies Global Pressures; It Readies Long-Range Missile Launch
Analyst: Regime Ignored Pressures In 2006, Tested Missile, Nuke; It’s Still Obstinate The West shouldn’t assume that North Korea can be persuaded to abandon its moves toward launching a long-range […]
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Homeland Security
Think Missile Defense Is Expensive? Try Having No Defense From Missiles
North Korea, Iran Might Use Nuclear ICBMs To Intimidate United States Book Says Possibility of Attack Makes National Missile Defense ‘Attractive’ Even a small nuclear weapon from the North Korean […]
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Air Force
Experts See Deep Cuts Coming In Defense Procurement, Myriad Programs At Risk
Defense procurement programs face huge budget cuts, not only in fiscal 2010 but even more in 2011 and the out years, with an immense array of programs in each of […]
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International
Planck Spacecraft Shipped To South America For April 16 Launch
The European Space Agency shipped the Planck spacecraft to Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, South America, for a launch on an Ariane 5 heavy lifter rocket April 16. That […]
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Business/Financial
Mobile Gantry Moves At South American Spaceport
A mobile gantry performed its initial rollout test at the Spaceport in French Guiana, South America, Arianespace announced. The launch site and mobile gantry for the Arianespace Vega lightweight vehicle […]
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Homeland Security
Cobra Dane Radar Transferred To Air Force For Missile Defense
The Cobra Dane radar at Shemya, Alaska, was transferred from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to the Air Force. The upgraded radar became available for ballistic missile defense operations in […]
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Business/Financial
BAE Posts Solid 2008 Financial Results
United Kingdom-based BAE Systems yesterday posted higher sales and earnings for its 2008 fiscal year led by growth in its defense business in the United States. BAE’s U.S.-led defense work […]
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International
CAE and Rotorsim to Train Norwegian NH90 Crews
The Rotorsim consortium between CAE [CGT] and Finmeccanica’s AgustaWestland has signed a three-year contract to provide NH90 flight simulation training to the Norwegian armed forces, CAE said this week in […]
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International
BAE Systems Receives Additional VIKING Order From British MoD
BAE Systems Monday said it has received an additional order for the armored all-terrain vehicle BvS10 VIKING from the British Ministry of Defence (MoD). “This contract recognizes the performance the […]