International
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InternationalRussian Cosmonaut Takes Pictures From Space Station Of War Zone In Georgia; Russia Says Photographs Are For Humanitarian, Not Military, Purposes
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, while on the International Space Station, took pictures of the war zone in Georgia, where Russian troops invaded the nation and then only partially pulled back […]
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Business/FinancialExpendable Launch Vehicles Market Seen At $48 Billion In Next Decade
The global market for expendable launch vehicles (ELVs), or rockets, will see an upturn to total about $48 billion over the next decade, according to a new projection from Forecast […]
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Business/FinancialBallistic Missile Defense Programs Comprise 10 Percent Of Lockheed Revenues
Sales of ballistic missile defense systems and components have grown to make up 10 percent of the revenues in Lockheed Martin [LMT], the largest defense contractor, a senior official said […]
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Business/FinancialLaunches
Space Shuttles For Hubble Mission, Standby, Unharmed By Storm; Shuttle Atlantis Still Set For Liftoff At 1:34 A.M. ET Oct. 8 Tropical Storm Fay, despite its drenching deluge that flooded […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Completes Romanian Radar Upgrades
Lockheed Martin [LMT] announces it has completed upgrading the signal processing and data processing capability on the first two of five AN/FPS-117 long- range, air surveillance radars for the Romanian […]
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InternationalPANAMAX ’08 Focuses On Multinational Defense of The Panama Canal
Exercise Fuerzas Aliades PANAMAX 2008 involves military and civilian forces from 20 nations to increase multinational interoperability and support training requirements to ensure rapid crisis response and provide threat protection […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Completes First Two Romanian Radar Upgrades
Lockheed Martin [LMT] announces it has completed upgrading the signal processing and data processing capability on the first two of five AN/FPS-117 long-range, air surveillance radars for the Romanian Air […]
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InternationalITT Corp. To Supply Night Vision Systems To U.K. MoD
ITT Corp. [ITT] Aug. 19 announced its Night Vision business was awarded a $23 million contract by the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Head-Mounted Night Vision Systems (HMNVS). […]
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Business/FinancialCobham To Acquire ADG Microwave Systems Unit For $26 Million
Britain’s Cobham plc said on Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire the Global Microwave Systems (GMS) unit of The Allied Defense Group [ADG] for $26 million in cash in […]
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InternationalIraq Signs Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Iraq Aug. 19 became the 179th state to sign the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), the treaty organization says. "We welcome the decision by Iraq to sign the CTBT," […]