International
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Homeland SecuritySuccessful Aegis System Test Opens Door To New Capability; Will Aegis Compete With Ground-Based Midcourse System?
A successful test last week of the Aegis ballistic missile defense system and its Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IV interceptor opens the door to new capabilities and missions for the […]
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CongressAcademics: United States Should Agree To Ban Space Weapons; A System To Defend U.S. Satellites And Space Assets Would Be Technologically Unfeasible And Too
The United States should agree to negotiate a global ban on weapons in space and the use of anti-satellite weapons, because erecting a military shield to defend satellites would be […]
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Homeland Security
MDA Leader: North Korea Already Has ICBM Capability
North Korea has the capability to design and build an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), even though a Taepo Dong-2 missile failed in a 2006 test, a senior U.S. missile defense […]
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InternationalAscent Joint Venture In Billion-Dollar U.K. Flight Training Pact
U.K. Army and Navy flight training will be transformed under an approximately $1.2 billion contract with Ascent, a Lockheed Martin [LMT] VT Group joint venture, the government said June 2. […]
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InternationalNetherlands MoD Selects AeroVironment’s Raven UAS
AeroVironment(AV) [AVAV] May 30 announced it has won a $7.7 million contract from the Netherlands Ministry of Defence for the RQ-11B (Raven) small unmanned aircraft systems. "We performed a thorough […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Chief: NATO Partners Must Boost Industry Investment
The United States defense market is trending open and Europe needs to follow suit while increasing investment needed for meaningful contributions to transatlantic initiatives if NATO hopes to remain effective […]
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InternationalHill Continues To Push White House To Allow Israel To Deploy Powerful Radar
A congressional proponent of deploying the X-Band ground-based warning radar in Israel said yesterday that while President Bush didn’t endorse the plan, as hoped, when in Israel, the idea is […]
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InternationalAustralia Launches Defense White Paper Community Consultation Program
Australian Minister for Defence, Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP, June 5 launched the Defence White Paper Community Consultation Program and released a public discussion paper “Key Questions for Defence in the […]
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InternationalSpain Spending $156 Million For Tomahawk Cruise Missiles
Spain is looking to buy 20 Block IV Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles as well as associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) reported. The total value, if […]
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InternationalAustralia Launches Defense White Paper Community Consultation Program
Australian Minister for Defence, Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP, June 5 launched the Defence White Paper Community Consultation Program and released a public discussion paper "Key Questions for Defence in the […]