International
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InternationalTauscher: Delay European Missile Defense
The United States shouldn’t completely abandon its plans for the European Missile Defense (EMD) system as Russia has demanded, but Washington should slow the EMD effort until it is tested […]
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International
China Seen Continuing 12 To 18 Percent Annual Defense Spending Increases: Analyst
China likely will continue its explosive 12 to 18 percent increase in military spending, an analyst said. The Asian giant can well afford such outlays, with a national debt equivalent […]
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International
AgustaWestland Wins EDA Helicopter Tactics Study
Finmeccanica‘s AgustaWestland, yesterday announced it has recently been awarded a contract by the European Defence Agency (EDA) to conduct a six month Helicopter Tactics Program (HTP) Implementation Study. Financial terms […]
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ArmyQinetic Offers New Talon IV Engineer Robot Suited For Afghanistan, Company Says
QinetiQ is extending its family of robots with the unveiling of the Talon IV Engineer robot, to continue to meet the ever-changing demands of detecting and clearing mines, unexploded ordnance […]
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Army
BAE Systems Opens New Armor Production Site, Adds Jobs
BAE Systems yesterday announced the opening of a new facility that will produce armor kits under Army and Marine contracts totaling $34 million to protect Army ground vehicles. The 33,000-square-foot […]
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Homeland Security
Russia Forms Air Defense Pact With Belarus
Russia and Belarus will form an air defense system, under an agreement they signed, Itar-Tass reported. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev praised the planned system as increasing security of both countries. […]
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Business/FinancialGeoEye Begins Commercial Operations Of GeoEye-1 Satellite
GeoEye, Inc. [GEOY]is starting commercial operations for its new GeoEye-1 Earth-imaging satellite. The firm also is submitting imagery from the satellite to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for their certification […]
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Business/Financial
Radar Tracks A Satellite, Heads To Operational Status
The Raytheon Co. [RTN] Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) at Thule Air Base, Greenland, achieved a significant milestone on its path toward operational status by tracking its first satellite in […]
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Business/Financial
Hispasat Hires Arianespace To Launch Comms Satellite On Ariane 5 Late Next Year
Hispasat selected Arianespace to launch a new communications satellite, Hispasat 1E, Arianespace announced. It was the first contract of 2009 signed by Arianespace. Hispasat 1E will be launched by an […]
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International
Ariane 5 Heavy Lifter To Orbit Arabsat 5C, 6B
An Ariane 5 heavy lifter will launch the Arabsat 5C and 6B satellites, Arianespace announced. Arabsat, of Saudi Arabia, chose Arianespace to haul the Arabsat 5C satellite into geostationary transfer […]