Space
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Business/FinancialBoeing Gains DARPA Contract For Spacecraft Electric Power, Propulsion Capability
The Boeing Co. [BA] will develop a new type of system providing power to spacecraft for maneuvering propulsion, communications, radar and more, under the first phase of a contract from […]
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SpaceTHEMIS Spacecraft Ferrets Out Cause Of Northern Lights Dance
Why do the Northern Lights brighten, dim and dance? Researchers using a fleet of five NASA satellites have discovered that explosions of magnetic energy a third of the way to […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Briefs Hundreds Of Contractor Representatives On Impending Information Technology Contract Opportunities
NASA, one of the biggest computer users on — and off — the planet is about to make some sweeping changes in its Herculean computer networks, and that will mean […]
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Business/Financial
MUOS Ground Station Antenna System Installed
A ground station antenna system for the Mobile User Objective System was installed in Hawaii for data exchanges with satellites, General Dynamics Corp. [GD] announced. A GD unit, C4 Systems, […]
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Business/Financial
Op-Ed: Navy Deep-Sixes Stealthy DDG 1000 Destroyer Even As China Wields Hundreds Of Ship-Killer Missiles
By Dave Ahearn Just as China has deployed hundreds of missiles aimed at the Taiwan Strait, the U.S. Navy is moving to abandon production of cutting-edge DDG 1000 destroyers with […]
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InternationalRussia Engages In New Muscle-Flexing With Missile Cruiser Patrols In Arctic Waters
A newly belligerent Russia has begun guided-missile cruiser patrols in northern waters, as Moscow reverts to some of its old Cold War practices. The cruiser patrols near the Norwegian archipelago […]
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CongressSen. Obama Sees Threat If Iran Builds Nuclear Weapons, Long-Range Missiles
Obama Would Take No Options Off Table In Dealing With Iranian Nuclear Program The United States and its allies will face a grave threat that they cannot countenance if Iran […]
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Business/Financial
Airborne Laser Tested Aboard Aircraft, Boeing Announces
The Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense system has moved to a new phase, with the high-energy laser undergoing testing with chemical fuel, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced today. That high-energy […]
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Homeland Security
Russian General Threatens To Base Nuclear Strategic Bombers In Cuba
Move Would Be Russian Retaliation For American Missile Defense System To Shield Europe From Iranian Missiles A Russian general said Russia may base or at least refuel strategic bombers carrying […]
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Business/Financial
Third AEHF Spacecraft Core Propulsion Module Delivered Early
The third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite core propulsion module was delivered half a year early, according to Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT]. That module is to propel […]