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Business/FinancialProposed Cuts To Ground-based Midcourse Defense, Airborne Laser, Kinetic Energy Interceptor Imperil Nation
Deferring Or Killing Some Missile Defense Programs Gambles Cities Won’t Be Lost Some members of Congress are considering cuts in ballistic missile defense programs that amount to a gamble that […]
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Business/Financial
ATK Gains $90 Million Trident II Solid Rocket Contract
Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] gave Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK] a $90 million contract to provide solid rocket propulsion systems for the three stages of the Navy Trident II D-5 fleet […]
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Business/Financial
Budget Reaction: Cutting Funds For GMD Could Harm Capability Just As Iran, North Korea, Pose Growing Threats
ABL Cuts Would Come After Program Has Seen Major Progress, Successes Cutting funding for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system or the Airborne Laser (ABL) could harm U.S. attempts to […]
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Homeland Security
Russian Bear Bombers Fly Near Canada; NORAD Scrambles Fighters
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) scrambled fighter interceptors to confront two Russian bombers that flew close to Canada, NORAD reported. This incident comes after Russia has resumed nuclear-missile […]
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Business/Financial
Obama Budget Outline Provides More Than $1.3 Billion Going To Weather, Climate Satellites And Sensors
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) would receive more than $1.3 billion for weather satellites and climate sensors, under a budget plan that President Obama handed Congress. That budget […]
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Business/Financial
Raytheon Working Toward Anti-Jamming GPS Antenna
A Raytheon Co. [RTN] unit received a U.S. Air Force contract for initial production of the GPS Advanced Digital Antenna Production system. The ADAP system protects GPS-based navigation and precise […]
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Homeland Security
Clinton Expresses ‘Great Concern’ As North Korea Prepares To Launch Long-Range Ballistic Missile
United States May Add Missile Curbs To Six-Party Talks With North Korea, Clinton Predicts North Korean moves to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile is "a matter of great concern" to […]
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Business/Financial
Airborne Laser Unit Fires Long-Duration Beams In Testing
The Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense system scored another advance, this time in its high-powered laser that can kill enemy missiles. That high-energy laser fired multiple long-duration blasts during intensive […]
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Business/Financial
North Korea Defies Global Pressures; It Readies Long-Range Missile Launch
Analyst: Regime Ignored Pressures In 2006, Tested Missile, Nuke; It’s Still Obstinate The West shouldn’t assume that North Korea can be persuaded to abandon its moves toward launching a long-range […]
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Business/Financial
Mobile Gantry Moves At South American Spaceport
A mobile gantry performed its initial rollout test at the Spaceport in French Guiana, South America, Arianespace announced. The launch site and mobile gantry for the Arianespace Vega lightweight vehicle […]