International
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InternationalNATO Considering Link Between Alliance, U.S. Missile Defense Systems
NATO is examining ways to link its current missile defense efforts to a European-based U.S. missile defense from concerns that the proliferation of ballistic missiles poses an increasing threat to […]
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InternationalCzech Republic Agrees To Host U.S. Ground-based Midcourse Defense Radar
The Czech Republic recently agreed to provide the site for a U.S. Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) radar installation to guard against missiles launched by nations such as Iran, the Czechs […]
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InternationalDTRA Completes Elimination of Russian SS-24 ICBMs
The Defense Department’s Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program announced this week it successfully completed the elimination of final SS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and supporting system components in Perm, Russia. […]
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InternationalNew Zealand Super Fund To Divest From Cluster-Munition Makers
Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Phil Goff welcomes the New Zealand Superannuation Fund’s announcement today that it would divest from companies involved in the production of cluster munitions once a […]
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Business/FinancialCanada Rebuffs ATK’s Attempt To Acquire MDA’s Space Business
By Calvin Biesecker Alliant Techsystems’ [ATK] plans to bolster its capabilities and offerings for the space market took a hit this week when Canada rejected the company’s pending $1.3 billion […]
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Business/FinancialTurkey To Spend $227 Million For Six MK 41 VLS
Turkey is looking to buy six Lockheed Martin [LMT] MK 41 Vertical Launch Systems (VLS) as well as associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said yesterday. […]
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Business/FinancialU.K. To Spend $125 Million For 157 Category I MRAPs
The United Kingdom is looking to spend upward of $125 million for 157 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles as well as associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation […]
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Business/FinancialFLIR Acquires Spanish Sensor Networking Firm
FLIR Systems [FLIR] on Tuesday said it has acquired Spain’s Ifara Tecnologias, a developer and supplier of middleware and client application software used to network sensor systems, for $11.1 million […]
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Homeland Security
Most Denial of Service Attacks Targeted U.S. In Late 2007, Symantec Report Say
More than 50 percent of denial of service attacks were targeted against computers in the United States in the second half of 2007, according to a new report by the […]
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Business/FinancialLaunches
Last GPS IIR Satellite Complete, Ready For Cape Canaveral June Launch The final Global Position System Block IIR satellite is complete and ready for shipment to Cape Canaveral Air Force […]