Space
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Homeland Security
Iran Seen Plotting To Damage Iraq: Pentagon Report
Iran threatens Iraq, and won’t cease attempts to back terrorist groups that kill American military personnel, a Pentagon report disclosed. "Iran continues to pose a significant challenge to Iraq’s long-term […]
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Business/FinancialSpecial Issue: North Korea Launches ICBM;
Japan, U.S. Forces, Don’t Try To Shoot It Down; Instead, Obama, Others, Frown On Outlaw Launch Illicit North Korean Missile Launch Proves Need For U.S., Japanese Missile Defense; Missile Flight […]
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SpaceNASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — April 2, 2009 – 11 a.m. EDT Legend:+ Targeted For | * No Earlier Than (Tentative) |** To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: April 28 * Mission: GOES-O […]
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Business/Financial
Transformational Satellite Program Would Die In Fiscal 2010 Gates Plan; $26 Billion At Stake For TSAT
The $26 billion Transformational Satellite, or TSAT, program would die under a new budget plan that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates today unveiled in a news briefing. The Boeing Co. […]
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Business/Financial
AIA Pushes For Easing Export Controls On Satellites; Group Alleges Rules Are Damaging Space Industrial Base
The Aerospace Industries Association once again criticized export controls on sensitive technologies that might have military applications, saying those controls harm the space industrial base. AIA President and CEO Marion […]
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Business/Financial
Tauscher, Skelton, Condemn North Korea For Missile Launch, But They Still Appear Poised To Slash Missile Defense Programs
Their Comments Come As Obama, Gates, Seen Likely To Slash Or Kill Some Missile Defense Programs In Fiscal 2010 Budget Plan Republicans Strongly Oppose Any Move To Gouge Missile Defense […]
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CongressNASA Inspector General Cobb Resigns; Rockefeller, Gordon, Miller All Welcome His Long-Sought Departure
Robert W. Cobb, the long-embattled NASA inspector general, resigned under pressure from several Senate and House lawmakers who earlier had slammed his performance in office and requested that he be […]
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Business/Financial
Congressional Reaction To Gates Budget Plan Ranges From Noncommittal To Incredulous, With Missile Defense Cuts Drawing Opposition
Congressional reaction to the new budget plan by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ranged from polite but reserved, to strident condemnation, especially in his plans to cut some missile defense […]
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Business/Financial
Group Reports That Prosecution Cases Against Defense Contractors Declined Even As Procurement Outlays Increased
The number of potential prosecution cases against defense contractors fell 76 percent from fiscal 1993 to fiscal 2008, even as procurement spending roughly doubled to $400 billion in the fiscal […]
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Business/Financial
Critics Detail Arguments Attacking Missile Defense, Military Procurement Programs, In Congressional Testimony
Assumptions: No One Would Dare Launch Missile At United States; Missile Defense Is Expensive Critics Say There Is No Complete Guarantee That Missile Defense Systems Will Work A House panel […]