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His Vows To Annihilate America, Israel, Resonate With Iranian Voters; But His Rival Claims Election Fixing And Fraud Electorate Endorses Iranian Push Toward Ever More Threatening Missile Capabilities, Nuclear Materials […]

United States Must ‘Start Now’ To Build European Missile Defense System, If It Is To Be In Place Before Iran Ready To Strike A mass of evidence has gathered steadily […]

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) is reported to have "an extraordinarily low" chance of success, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said. That is "sobering," agreed Jane Lubchenco, administrator […]

Proponents of a dependable U.S. missile defense system of systems shouldn’t worry about the $1.2 billion of cuts to missile defense programs that President Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert […]

President Obama should provide strong support to the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system if he wishes to avert a growing danger of a nuclear arms race sweeping across the […]

J. Michael Gilmore, President Obama’s nominee to be the chief Pentagon weapons system tester, told senators the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system should have to provide not just confidence, but "a […]

A Raytheon Co. [RTN] product, the Network Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCADE), could substitute for missile defense systems that President Obama has marked for extinction or severe downsizing, an analyst […]

The Advanced Tactical Laser performed well in the first test firing of the high-powered laser in flight, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. During the test, ATL took off from Kirtland […]

The Office of Naval Research gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a 12-month contract to develop the preliminary design of a 100 kilowatt experimental Free Electron Laser for the Navy. This preliminary […]

NASA gave DRI Commercial Corp. of Irvine, Calif., a contract to repair critical infrastructure facilities at Johnson Space Center in Houston damaged during Hurricane Ike in September. Funds will be […]