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| 01.06.2009 |
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Industry Executives Reveal Expectations for 2009 (Part 2) 
[Satellite News 01-06-09] Political shifts in the U.S. government could lead to adjustments in business plans, satellite executives told Satellite News. With the U.S. digital television switchover planned for Feb. 17; a new U.S...
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| 01.05.2009 |
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GAO Denies Raytheon Protest Over Aegis Mod Contract
Systems Upgrading Work Will Proceed On Navy Destroyers , Cruisers The Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied Raytheon Co. [RTN] protests against several sole-source, non-competitive contracts that the Navy earmarked for Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] for...
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| 01.05.2009 |
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Boeing To Continue Ground-based Midcourse Defense Program For Six Months
Long-Term Contract To Be Decided In Impending Obama Administration The Missile Defense Agency gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a cost-plus-award-fee contract worth up to $397.9 million to continue the Ground-base Midcourse Defense (GMD) program for six months...
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| 01.01.2009 |
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The Obama Administration and the Space Business
January marks the inauguration of President Barack Obama and offers a good moment to review what the space policy of the new administration likely will be. Clearly, any incoming president would be constrained by the massive deficit created during the Bush...
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| 12.15.2008 |
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U.S. Lawmakers: Iran Is On Verge Of Going Nuclear
An Air Strike By A Threatened Israel May Be Last Chance To Stop Iran No Chance Seen For U.S. Strike On Iranian Nuclear Facilities Iran is on the verge of developing nuclear weapons, but major nations aren't taking available steps that could bring Iran to...
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| 12.15.2008 |
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Report Alleges Russia Selling Iran SA-20 Long-Range Air Defense Missiles
SA-20s Wouldn't Threaten F-22 Raptors, But Perhaps Would Imperil F-35s, B-2s Russia is selling highly sophisticated SA-20 long-range air defense missiles to Iran, weapons that wouldn't endanger super-stealthy F-22 Raptor strike fighters, but which might...
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| 12.08.2008 |
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Lexington Institute COO: Federal Support of U.S. Aerospace Program Vital
With the federal government sitting back idly while the Detroit Big Three auto industry runs out of money, will Washington next permit the U.S. aerospace industry to dwindle and decay? That question was asked by Loren B. Thompson, chief operating office of...
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| 12.08.2008 |
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Rep. Tauscher Sees 'Increasing Danger' From A Nuclear Iran
A key member of Congress said that an imminent move by Iran to possess nuclear weapons poses "increasing danger" to the United States, but didn't mention deploying missile defense systems to counter that danger. Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.), who...
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| 12.08.2008 |
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Astrium Services CEO Sees France Adopting U.K. Communications Model
[Satellite News 12-08-08] Astrium Services CEO Eric Béranger believes the company’s focus on the institutional market means it is less likely to be impacted by the credit crunch due to the services the company provides. ...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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Netherlands Navy Launches Harpoon Air Defense Missiles
The Royal Netherlands Navy test-launched two Boeing Harpoon missiles from air defense and command frigate (LCF) HMS De Zeven Provincien, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. The exercise, which was the first LCF...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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U.N. Inspectors Stymied In Attempt To Disarm Iranian Nuclear Materials Program
Iran Now Has Half The Nuclear Material Required To Produce An Atomic Weapon United Nations inspectors with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have reached an impasse in their attempts to persuade Iran that it must abandon its uranium enrichment...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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Czech Senate Approves European Missile Defense Plan
The Czech Republic Senate, 40-31, approved a plan for the United States to install a radar on Czech territory as part of the envisioned European Missile Defense (EMD) system. Because the Czech administration already approved the deal, that leaves only the...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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Obama Retains Gates As Secretary Of Defense
President-elect Obama today announced he will retain Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in the top Pentagon post, and also said Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), will be nominated as secretary of state. In...
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| 11.24.2008 |
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Rep. Skelton Retained As House Armed Services Committee Chairman
Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) will continue as the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman in the next two-year Congress, the 111th Congress, the House Democratic Caucus decided. Skelton became chairman two years ago when Democrats were voted into control...
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| 11.24.2008 |
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Olmert Urges Obama To Seek Middle East Peace Deal
President-elect Obama must continue the search for a Middle East peace accord, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said today, as he prepared to meet this evening with President Bush at the White House. Olmert earlier met with Secretary of State Condoleezza...
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| 11.24.2008 |
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Polish Minister Urges Obama to Continue Backing European Missile Defense System
Sikorski Also Urges Strong Support For NATO By Marina Malenic and Dave Ahearn A top Polish official yesterday urged President-elect Obama, who takes office Jan. 20, and his administration to continue plans for installing ballistic missile defense interceptors...
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| 11.24.2008 |
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Analyst: Obama Must Stand Up To Russians By Deploying European Missile Defense
Even if President-elect Obama is unenthusiastic about deploying the European Missile Defense (EMD) system as a shield against Iranian missiles, Obama now must stand firm in favor of building the EMD system or face bullying for the rest of his term as...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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Construction Advances At Iranian Heavy Water Reactor
Iran is moving ahead solidly with construction of a little-noticed heavy water reactor, a new study by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) discloses. If Iran can succeed in obtaining some smuggled components for the facility, it can be...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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Study: No Gigantic Defense Spending Cuts Under Obama Administration
But Missile Defense Generally, And The Airborne Laser Especially, Will Face Close Obama Scrutiny While some military analysts have voiced concerns that President-elect Obama will slash defense spending deeply when he takes office, a new study says that may...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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Future of TSAT Uncertain In Obama Administration
Chances are that funding may be cut for the Transformational Satellite Program, or TSAT, along with some other defense programs that may go under the knife in the impending administration of President-elect Obama, a report asserts. The report dated last week...
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