Russia Concerned U.S. May Create BMD System In Space
Russian leaders would be greatly concerned by any U.S. move to place laser or other ballistic missile defense systems in space, analysts said at a symposium. Depending on how great...
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NATO Selects SAIC Team For Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Work
NATO said a Science Applications International Corp-Raytheon Co. [RTN] team has been selected over two competitors for a six-year, $95 million command and control missile defense system as well as...
SAIC Gains $23.2 Million Missile Defense System Contract
The Air Force gave Science Applications International Corp., [SAIC], of San Diego a $23.2 million, 31-mnoths cost-plus-award fee contract SAILC will investigate and demonstrate, via hardware test and evaluation, the...
THAAD Target Missile Malfunctions, So Interceptor Not Launched
A target missile failure marred a planned Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile interceptor test, the second time in more than six years that a target missile has malfunctioned,...
Think Tank Assails Space Shuttle, Space Station As Wasteful
NASA should abandon the space shuttles and International Space Station (ISS) programs, and put the money instead into developing manned missions to the moon, Mars and beyond, according to The...
General Dynamics Gains $48 Million MDA Contract
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) gave General Dynamics Corp. [GD] a $48 million information technology contract, the company announced. General Dynamics Information Technology will provide comprehensive professional information technology (IT)...
GAO Finds Shortage Of Air Force Space Acquisition Personnel
The Air Force has a shortage of midgrade and senior officers who play vital management and oversight roles in space acquisition, the Government Accountability Office reported. The report, prepared for...
New Gear Launched To Study Dynamic Solar Activity
A new asset to study solar phenomena was launched Saturday from Japan. Built by Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT], the Focal Plane Package (FPP) on the Solar-B satellite was lofted from...
Upcoming Soyuz Launches Seen For ESA, Eumetsat, Others
The 1,713th flight of a Soyuz launch vehicle was performed Sept. 18 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:08 a.m. Baikonur time (6:08 a.m., in Paris). It carried two...