Space
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Business/FinancialObering: Next Budget May Bolster Sea-Based, Land-Mobile Missile Interceptors
The next Missile Defense Agency budget may switch from a focus on items such as providing more Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptors to "robust" other systems such as sea-based missile […]
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Business/Financial
Penultimate Pentagon Leader Says Missile Defense Must Be Supported
Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England said that U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs must receive continued support. "We need to continue to support the programs" that form the layered […]
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SpaceSpace Shuttle Emergency Thermal Tile Repair Being Tested At Johnson Space Center
Endeavour Lands, Wrapping Up Record STS-123 Mission; Almost 16 Days In Space, 5 Spacewalks, 6.6 Million Miles Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Delayed To 5:01 P.M. ET May 31 Because Weather […]
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Space
U.S., Czech, Polish Figures See Agreement Soon On European Missile Defense Sites
The Czech Republic and Poland likely will agree soon to host the European installation of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, according to senior American, Czech and Polish officials. Those […]
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Business/Financial
Analyst: Obama Would Be A Nightmare For Defense Programs, Firms; McCain Might Be Better, But He Might Continue Hitting Contractors; Clinton Might Not Be Bad
If Sen. Barak Obama of Illinois wins the Democratic presidential nomination and then goes on to be elected to the White House, the defense industry better brace for tough times, […]
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Space
Bush To Meet With Putin Over Russian Criticism Of European Missile Defense
President Bush is heading to a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to attempt a resolution of Russian objections to U.S. plans for a ballistic missile defense shield against weapons […]
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Space
Rep. Franks Sees U.S. Satellite Shootdown Bolstering Missile Defense
The recent successful U.S. shootdown of a failed intelligence satellite by a ballistic missile defense (BMD) system bolstered support for BMD programs, both in Congress and in the American public, […]
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CongressMissile Defense Opponent Sees Its Funding About To Tumble
Funding for ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs will slump, a BMD critic predicted, likening support for missile defense to the home-prices bubble and the sub-prime home mortgage industry that just […]
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Space
Griffin Intervenes To Prevent Mars Rovers From Being Curtailed, Idled
NASA Science Chief Stern To Be Replaced By Edward Weiler NASA officials were prepared to curtail movements of Mars Rover Opportunity and to shut down and hibernate Rover Spirit to […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Martin Completes Static Load Tests of First MUOS Satellite
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has achieved a key milestone in the development of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) with the successful completion of static loads testing of the first satellite […]