International

The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a not-to-exceed $3.3 billion order for advanced Patriot air and missile defense capability, whole life support and training for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). […]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) finalized a previously announced satellite contract award to provide a new satellite to Intelsat. SS/L is ), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications [LORL]. "This will […]

NASA denied a news report that the White House killed a U.S.-China space cooperation deal. Contrary to a news report, NASA never asked the White House for a cooperative mission […]

SAIC [SAI] on Monday said the Greek government has formally accepted a C4I system the company developed for the country in conjunction with the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens that […]

By Calvin Biesecker TEL AVIV–Similar to what passengers traveling into and through airports in the United States see routinely in the post-9/11 world, Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport boasts multiple […]

General Dynamics‘ [GD] European Land Systems unit MOWAG GmbH has been awarded an order valued at $217 million for 244 Duro and Piranha vehicles to be produced in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland. […]

As we do each year, we will be observing a holiday break. Accordingly, your next issue of Space & Missile Defense Report will be dated Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. We […]

The year 2008 will be remembered as a time of glittering advances in space and missile defense programs, a time of bright horizons and goals fulfilled. But 2009 at this […]

Iran and North Korea are at a tipping point, prepared to plunge ahead with nuclear programs and missile development that could lead to a cascade of nuclear proliferation across the […]

China, in a recent manned mission, may have released a microsatellite to serve as a prototype of a space-based anti-satellite weapon, a new report states. Not long after its release, […]