International

The European Space Agency (ESA) and European companies have now set the launch of the GOCE satellite for Oct. 27, ESA announced. On Sept. 7, preparations for launch of GOCE […]

Russia is delivering 18 more Smerch multiple rocket launch systems to India, RIA Novosti reported. Rosoboronexport is working under a deal with India reached when the Russian defense minister visited […]

Palin Says Iranian Leader ‘Not Sane,’ And Iranian Nuclear Weapons Would Threaten The Existence Of Israel The two rival vice presidential candidates agreed in a debate that Iran would be […]

NASA, in moving to save money by retiring the space shuttle fleet, will encounter hidden costs and problems, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported to congressional committees. The U.S. space […]

The next president of the United States has no choice but to continue erecting a multi-layered ballistic missile shield, because the threat posed by potential enemy ballistic missiles has grown […]

China poses a rising ballistic missile threat that the United States should counter with improved systems including missile defense capabilities, a draft version of a State Department study concludes, according […]

Taiwan is seeking to obtain more than $6.4 billion in American weapons including Patriot Advanced Capbility-3 (PAC-3) anti-missile interceptors, under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. The gigantic program also […]

First ATV Successfully De-Orbited, Burns Up As Planned In Reentry Astrium has provided the European Space Agency (ESA) with an option to convert the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) robotic cargo […]

QinetiQ Tuesday put on display their latest low-cost, lightweight robotic systems designed for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) teams. The company had the units on display at the Modern Day Marine […]

General Dynamics [GD] and Israel’s Elbit Systems‘ [ESLT] are hoping their Skylark II Long Endurance (LE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will capture the contract for the joint Navy and Marine […]