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Pentagon seeking non-nuclear submarine missile: report New York (AFP) May 29, 2006 
The Pentagon is pressing Congress to approve the development of a new weapon that would enable the United States to carry out non-nuclear missile strikes against distant targets within an hour, The New York Times reported in its Monday edition. Citing unnamed military officials, the newspaper said the proposal has set off a complex debate about whether this program for strengthening the military's conventional capacity could increase the risks of accidental nuclear confrontation.
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Rafael Selected For Short-Range Ballistic Missile Defense Interceptor Development
Tucson AZ (SPX) May 30, 2006Raytheon Company and Rafael Armament Development Authority have been selected to develop a new terminal missile defense interceptor to defeat a variety of low-cost, short-range ballistic missile threats. SOSTAR-X Released To Service As Test Campaign Starts 
Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) May 30, 2006The European SOSTAR-X programme for the development and demonstration of an advanced airborne ground surveillance radar system has started flight testing. Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Revolutionary Tactical Vehicle Armor 
Dallas TX (SPX) May 30, 2006Lockheed Martin has developed and demonstrated a new lightweight, low-cost tactical vehicle armor that promises exceptional multi-hit survivability against improvised explosive devices (IEDs). |
UAV Development Will Drive Advanced Aerospace Technologies
London UK, (SPX) May 30, 2006In 2000, the world market for UAVs represented only approximately $2.4 billion, but in the next decade, that figure is expected to top $15 billion, according to a new visiongain report. Lockheed Martin Receives US Air Force Contract To Upgrade Sniper 
Orlando FL (SPX) May 30, 2006Lockheed Martin has received a U.S. Air Force cost-plus contract worth approximately $9 million to upgrade Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP) with video down link capabilities. Delivery Of The First Contractual Step Of The nEUROn Program 
Paris, France (SPX) May 30, 2006Dassault Aviation and its partners Alenia, SAAB, EADS CASA, HAI and RUAG have delivered yesterday - ahead of the contractual timetable - the first nEUROn study to the Delegation Generale pour l'Armement, the programme's executive agency. |
Raytheon AN SPY-3 Multifunction Radar Successfully Conducts At-Sea Testing
Tewksbury MA (SPX) May 30, 2006The U.S. Navy's first shipboard active phased array multifunction radar, Raytheon's AN/SPY-3, has successfully participated in a series of at-sea tests to confirm its unique capabilities -- including the first time the radar has acquired and tracked a live controlled aircraft while at sea. Commercial Remote Sensing Sat Market Stabilizes Newtown CN (SPX) May 30, 2006 
In a new study, "The Market for Civil & Commercial Remote Sensing Satellites," Forecast International is projecting deliveries of approximately 139 imaging satellites worth $16.3 billion over the next 10 years.EADS And Terma Join Forces In Defence Business 
Munich, Germany (SPX) May 30, 2006EADS and Terma, Lystrup, have joined forces to extend their established co-operation in the field of defence. EADS Defence and Security Systems (DS) and Terma have agreed to explore further business opportunities particularly in the fields of Command and Control, Air Defence, Electronic Warfare, Future Soldier Systems and radar technology. Bush bans protests at military funerals 
Washington (AFP) May 29, 2006 President George W. Bush on Monday signed a law that bans protests at military funerals, in a bid to counter a group that has staged anti-gay demonstrations at ceremonies for soldiers killed in Iraq. |
NATO Lacks Muscle To Help US
Washington (UPI) May 30, 2006Is the expanded "super NATO" America's greatest strategic ally, or is it in reality a hollow shell, multiplying American strategic commitments without providing any significant resources to deal with them? Foster-Miller Receives Large Contract For Military Robot Parts And Service 
Washington DC (SPX) May 30, 2006Foster-Miller has been awarded a $133 million contract for TALONTM robot spare parts and service, bringing its total current award for TALONTM EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) robots to $257 million through 2012. India, Pakistan agree on joint survey of contested marsh 
New Delhi (AFP) May 26, 2006 Nuclear rivals India and Pakistan ended two days of talks Friday and agreed to conduct a joint survey of a disputed marshland considered of little strategic value, a spokesman said. Russia to remove enriched uranium from satellite states by 2013 
Moscow (AFP) May 29, 2006 Russia announced on Monday that it would repatriate by 2013 the enriched uranium from reactors the USSR set up in 17 countries, as part of the Global Threat Reduction Inititative (GTRI). |
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