International
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Business/FinancialNew Raytheon Homeland Security Head Eyes Faster, Broader Growth
By Calvin Biesecker Raytheon [RTN] is doing about $1 billion in annual sales in its security business and can do even better by honing its focus across the company and […]
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ArmyUnified Quest 2008 Wargame Examines Future Concepts And Capabilities
By Ann Roosevelt CARLISLE BARRACKS, Pa.–Specific recommendations on the forces and capabilities needed to promote persistent stability and build partnership capacity are the goal of the Unified Quest 2008 seminar […]
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Air ForceTanker Overturn Would Be Disaster, Advocates of European Cooperation Say
By Emelie Rutherford If the Air Force’s contested tanker contract with Northrop Grumman [NOC] and a European partner is overturned, it will be a "disaster" for efforts to accelerate cooperation […]
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InternationalNew Pictures Of Chinese Missile Firing Sub Show Underground Base
In an ominous development, new pictures of an advanced Chinese long-range-missile-carrying submarine also show China is building a major base for its subs at Hainan Island, including underground tunnels. Those […]
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CongressMilitary Needs To Better Coordinate Which Weapons Systems To Use In Prompt Global Strike: GAO Report
The Department of Defense (DOD) needs to better coordinate which weapons systems should be used, and how they would be selected, for employment in global strike operations, including Prompt Global […]
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Business/Financial
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/Financial
GEO-1 Satellite For SBIRS System Passes Milestone On Way To Launch Set For Sometime Late Next Year
Satellite To Provide New Missile-Launch Warning As China, Iran, North Korea, Increase Missile Capabilities The GEO-1 satellite in the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) system passed a comprehensive baseline integrated test […]
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International
Russian 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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Business/Financial
Navantia Shipyard Demonstrates Efficiencies, Best Practices
By Geoff Fein During his tenure as Navy Secretary, Donald Winter has made it a point to visit foreign shipyards when the opportunity presents itself. The visits have enabled Winter […]
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International
Expert Says North Koreans Showed Him Plutonium; He Says Regime Likely Has "A Few’ Nuclear Bombs, And Fuel To Make Six To Eight More Weapons
Analyst Asks Why Negotiate With A Nation That Cheats The good news is that North Korea is moving to disable its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, and it is open about its […]