Space
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Space
Atlantis Set To Launch At 2:47 P.M. ET Thursday, Feb. 7 After Russians Helpfully Move Progress Launch To Feb. 5
Experts Think Sensor Woes Have Been Resolved, But Proof Comes When External Fuel Tank Is Filled Longer-Term Sensor-Data Fix To Be Mulled NASA experts believe they have figured out the […]
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Space
Existing Chinese Missiles Can Strike United States; Emerging Missiles Can Hit Even More U.S. Cities
U.S. Navy Fails To Seek Funding For Platforms; Limited Current Chinese Missile Range No Comfort Even After U.S. Retaliatory Strike, China Would Retain Capability To Launch Second Nuclear Attack On […]
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Congress
Congress Returns To Face NASA Funding Controversies
Export Controls Also May Be Debated In Session Congress is returning to Capitol Hill to decide funding issues for the U.S. space program, controversies that began last year. Debates will […]
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Army
Lockheed May Seek GMD Work, Touts $556 Million PAC-3 Army Contracts
PAC-3 Contract Part Of $1.7 Billion Lockheed Missile Defense Orders In 2007 Middle East May Be Ripe Market For Lockheed Missile Defense Systems Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] has begun jockeying […]
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Business/Financial
ATK Moves To Become Full Spectrum Space Company With MDA Purchase
By Calvin Biesecker Alliant Techsystems [ATK] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire the space and related information systems business of Canada’s MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) in a $1.3 […]
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Homeland Security
Airborne Laser Clears Hurdles, Set For Installing High-Powered Unit
Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser To Go Into Boeing 747 Aircraft The Airborne Laser (ABL) easily cleared each of its scheduled hurdles last year and now is poised for installation of […]
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International
China Overtakes U.S. Industrial Output, Powering A Huge Military Buildup
Report Says China Moving To Superpower Role As It Spends Almost 4 Percent Of GDP On Arms Chinese Industrial Output To Be 50 Percent Greater Than U.S. Production In Five […]