International
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InternationalRussian Soyuz Woes May Have Substantial Repercussions: Relying On U.S. Space Shuttles, Leaving Space Station Unmanned, Among Possibilities; But First, NASA Awaits Russian Findings
NASA Sees Russian Review Panel Working Well To Discover Cause Of Soyuz Spaceship Plunging Descent, Separation Failure; Korean, Russian Suffer Back Injuries In Hard Soyuz Landing Glitches plaguing two consecutive […]
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International
NORAD/NORTHCOM Begin National Level Exercise
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) May 1 began an eight-day national level exercise in May. National Level Exercise (NLE) 2-08 runs May 1-8 […]
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International
BAE Systems To Provide FMTVs For Jordan
BAE Systems April 24 announced it has been awarded a $6 million contract from the U.S. Army for a Foreign Military Sale of Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) destined […]
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International
NATO Capability Initiatives Advance On Surveillance, Missile Defense, Terrorism
Key NATO capability initiatives–alliance ground surveillance (AGS), missile defense and the Defense Against Terrorism Program of Work (DATPoW)–continue to move forward after the biannual Conference of National Armament Directors (CNAD) […]
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International
General Dynamics, Elbit Systems Demonstrate Skylark UAV
General Dynamics [GD] Armament and Technical Products and Israel’s Elbit Systems’ [ESLT] wholly-owned subsidiary Elbit Systems of America LLC, recently conducted the first U.S. demonstration of the Skylarkr II Small […]
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International
NATO Capability Initiatives Advance On Surveillance, Missile Defense, Terrorism
By Ann Roosevelt Key NATO capability initiatives–alliance ground surveillance (AGS), missile defense and the Defense Against Terrorism Program of Work (DATPoW)–continue to move forward after the biannual Conference of National […]
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Business/FinancialSRA To Acquire Surveillance, Flight Tracking Solutions Provider Era Corp.
By Calvin Biesecker Branching out into new product and customer areas, SRA International [SRX] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Era Corp., a provider of surveillance and flight tracking […]
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CongressGerman Ambassador Sees Iranian Missiles, Nuclear Program As Posing ‘Great Danger’
German Envoy Says U.S. Leaders Gates, Rice, ‘Brilliant’ In Handling Russian Objection To Installing Missile Defense System In Europe If ongoing Iranian production of nuclear materials leads to Iran wielding […]
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Congress
Clinton Stands By Israel, Stands Up To Iran And Its Missiles; She Warns Iran Don’t Launch Nuclear Attack On Israel, Or United States Will Retaliate, Obliterate
Obama Criticizes Clinton For Issuing Warning, Sees ‘Saber Rattling’ Iran must not be so reckless as to launch a nuclear attack on Israel, because the United States would retaliate and […]
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Business/Financial
Pentagon Needs To Take Added Steps On Operationally Responsive Space; GAO Finds, However, That Department of Defense Is Making Progress
The Department of Defense (DOD), while making progress in its operationally responsive space (ORS) programs over the past two years, needs to take additional steps to ensure that ORS requirements of […]