Space
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Business/FinancialNew SATCOM Terminals Will Improve Navy’s Ability To Perform Missions, Quality of Life
By Geoff Fein In the coming year, the Navy is planning to outfit its surface fleet with the latest in commercial satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals to increase the amount of […]
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InternationalChina Poised For Manned Space Mission As Early As Next Week; Expected Spacewalk By Taikonaut Will Be A First For China
Chinese Space Advances Come As NASA Faces Serious Woes China is wrapping up preparations for liftoff as early as next week of its third manned space flight that will include […]
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Business/Financial
Russia Vows Anew To Demolish Any U.S.-European Missile Defense System, As Polish Parliament Weighs Backing Construction Of Missile Shield
Russia Lambasted For Continued Occupation Of Georgian Provinces; Asian Nations Provide $40 Million Low-Interest Loan To Georgia But Some U.S. Lawmakers Still Are Cool To Providing Funds Required To Build […]
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Homeland Security
North Korea Threatens To Rebuild Nuclear Weapons Reactor As Kim Jong Il Reported To Suffer Stroke, Undergo Brain Surgery
New North Korean Missile Launching Facility Taking Shape North Korea, which with great fanfare demolished a portion of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor that produced plutonium for nuclear weapons, now is […]
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Business/Financial
Raytheon Disappointed With Potential Congressional Cut In Funds For KEI Missile Defense
In Talks With Navy, Raytheon Suggests Making New Zumwalt Destroyers Missile Defense Ships Raytheon Co. [RTN] is disappointed that lawmakers in Congress may cut funding needed to develop the Kinetic […]
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Business/Financial
Ares I Rocket Passes Preliminary Design Review; Some Issues Still To Be Addressed After Review; Critical Design Review Next For Rocket System
Orion November Preliminary Design Review Delayed The Ares I rocket that will power the next-generation Orion crew capsule into space passed its preliminary design review (PDR) with only a few […]
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Air ForceAirborne Laser Enters New, Longer-Duration Testing; Budget Cuts Would Harm ABL Development Even As Enemy Missile Threats Continue To Increase
The Airborne Laser last night began more tests of longer duration, according to briefers with The Boeing Co. [BA], Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] and Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT]. While "first […]
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Business/Financial
Contracts
UAE May Buy $9 Billion U.S. Military Wares The United Arab Emirates may buy roughly $9 billion of U.S. military wares, including $8.25 billion of missile and missile/air defense systems […]
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Business/Financial
GeoEye Satellite Launched From Vandenberg On Delta II
A new GeoEye [GEOY] satellite, GeoEye-1, on Saturday launched successfully on a Delta II rocket from United Launch Alliance, Boeing [BA] and GeoEye announced. Liftoff occurred from launch pad SLC-2W […]
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Business/Financial
Thales Satellite For Eutelsat Loses Power
The W5 satellite has lost power generation by one of its two solar panels, maker Thales Alenia Space announced. Operated by Eutelsat Communications, the W5 power loss occurred June 16, […]