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02.01.2012 Satellites and Freedom
We usually discuss satellite technology in politically neutral terms, recognizing its achievements in communications, media, navigation, mapping and other fields, while at best tacitly acknowledging that the same capabilities can do harm, as well. The choice...
08.22.2011 AIA Blasts Congress’ Budget Super-Committee; FAA Reauthorization Efforts 
[Satellite News 08-22-11] The U.S. congressional super-committee created by the U.S. Budget Control Act could enact an additional $600 billion in defense cuts in order to meet its required 10-year $900 billion budget savings mark, according to Aerospace...
03.29.2011 Space Policy Experts: Obama Administration Making Progress on Space Debris Issue 
[Satellite News 03-29-11] While SES Senior Vice President of Engineering and Space Data Association (SDA) Chairman Stewart Sanders believes that the United States is not properly managing its space debris issued, he hailed U.S. President Barack Obama’s...
09.01.2009 U.S. Military Officials Discuss Military Space Agenda
The United States remains the global leader in space-based military capabilities. However, with more nations than ever looking to develop these capabilities, the United States wants to foster greater cooperation when using these assets. In separate...
12.15.2008 WMD Commission: Missles Difficult for Terrorists to Obtain 
The Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism, which predicted a WMD terrorist attack likely will occur by 2013, focused on weapons of mass destruction rather than possible use of missiles to deliver those weapons, because it is...
11.17.2008 Electromagnetic Pulse Attack Would Devastate U.S. 
A rogue state or terrorists could launch an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack on the United States that would kill more Americans than a nuclear strike on a major city, but an EMP attack on the homeland could be defeated with a missile defense system, a...
11.10.2008 Sensors Tested On BMDS Launched From Vandenberg 
Multiple sensors in ballistic missile defense systems (BMDS) were linked as they participated in a test, tracking a strategic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced. Participants included...
11.10.2008 Chinese Hackers Break Into White House Computers 
Cyber warriors in China repeatedly hacked into an unclassified White House computer network, stealing data before IT experts patched the system to fix the breach, the Financial Times reported. China has developed a formidable army of cyber warriors that, in a...
11.03.2008 Space Junk Reentering Atmosphere May Strike Earth 
A hefty, unneeded component that astronaut Clay Anderson last year heaved off the International Space Station now is coming down to Earth, with reentry and an impact area unknown. The object, an ammonia-filled cooling unit, is about the size of a...
10.27.2008 Analyst To Obama: Airborne Laser, Kinetic Energy Interceptor Critically Needed 
While Democrats may be tempted to cut defense spending and redirect funds to programs propping up a weakened economy, it would be a disastrous mistake to slash funding for ballistic missile defense programs, especially those that kill enemy missiles in their...
10.27.2008 Nation Unprepared For Biological Attack 
In Seven Years Since Anthrax Attacks, Much Is Undone In Countering Biological Threat; Prevention, Response Needed Multiplicity Of Sensor Systems Available, But No Decision Made On Which To Buy Seven years after deadly anthrax attacks along the Eastern...
07.01.2008 ITAR Dilemma: Finding The Balance Between Regulation And Profit
America’s commercial space industry holds a dominant position in the global market, but due to a number of factors, other countries are beginning to gain more market share. Many small suppliers maintain that the primary problem is the International...
06.17.2008 U.S. General Calls for Greater Space Cooperation 
[Satellite News – 6-17-08] Space situational awareness is one of the key issues that countries around the world have to work on throughout the next 10 years in terms of improving the space landscape, according to U.S. Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton...
05.19.2008 Spain Raises Space Ambitions 
[Satellite News – 5-19-08] Spain is getting serious about space, with plans to launch a pair of its own satellites in the next few years to improve its capabilities. “After several years participating in multinational space programmes, we feel we...
09.25.2007 PCI Ready To Head From Desert To Floodplains 
After four years in Iraq providing both the U.S. government and the provisional Iraqi government with satellite telecommunications systems, Proactive Communication Inc. (PCI) is ready to expand its reach in the United States, according to the company's CEO...
08.07.2007 Executive Q&A: TCS Satellite Services Director Discusses WWSS 
TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) is one of six prime contractors in the U.S. Army's $5 billion Worldwide Satellite Systems (WWSS) contract awarded in 2006. The contract provides users with a single-source, turnkey, rapid-response solution for U.S...
06.25.2007 Boeing, Lockheed Teams Face Approaching Deadline For U.S. Air Force's RFP On TSAT Space Segment 
The U.S. Air Force has issued a July 30 deadline for its final request for proposals for the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Military Operations System, a program that will provide the warfighter with a secure, interoperable...
05.14.2007 Remote-Imaging Experts Dismiss NGA Director's General Concerns 
Assertions made last week by the director of the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) that some censorship of satellite imagery might be necessary for national or military defense stirred questions among experts of whether such restrictions...
04.23.2007 Lockheed CEO Stevens: U.S. Risks Ceding Space Leadership Without Increased Funding, Emphasis 
The United States risks losing its military dominance in space and its preeminence as an explorer if more funding is not provided for programs in the void beyond Earth, Robert Stevens, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp. said. "Put...
04.16.2007 Intelsat To Test Internet Routing In Space For Department Of Defense 
In a program designed to provide Internet protocol (IP) services to warfighters and other military personnel anytime and anywhere, the U.S. Department of Defense unveiled April 11 a public-private program to test Internet Routing In Space (IRIS). Managed by...
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