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[Satellite Today 06-15-09] Michel de Rosen will replace Giuliano Berretta as the new CEO of Eutelsat in November, the company confirmed June 11. De Rosen will initially join Eutelsat in...

Tracking Laser Overcomes Atmospheric Distortion Far Longer Than Required For High-Power Laser To Demolish An Enemy Missile The Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense system scored another success, ironically just as...

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said U.S. missile defenses have a "high probability" of taking out any incoming North Korean missiles. "I have confidence that if North Korea launched a...

House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Republicans selected Rep. Howard P. McKeon of California as their top-ranked GOP member, and McKeon said he will fight to reverse missile defense cuts that...

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) is reported to have "an extraordinarily low" chance of success, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said. That is "sobering," agreed Jane Lubchenco, administrator...

President Obama is advancing a defense budget plan that will result in a $150 billion shortfall over the next half a decade, unless Congress amends it substantially, a military analyst...

A Chinese submarine struck an underwater sonar array being towed by the U.S. Navy destroyer John S. McCain (DDG 56), according to news reports. The incident happened near the Philippines,...

China is flexing its muscle with a huge naval transformation, including acquisition of strategic platforms that mean the most populous nation on Earth is becoming a blue-water navy, with power...

A Raytheon Co. [RTN] product, the Network Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCADE), could substitute for missile defense systems that President Obama has marked for extinction or severe downsizing, an analyst...

The Advanced Tactical Laser performed well in the first test firing of the high-powered laser in flight, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. During the test, ATL took off from Kirtland...