January 12, 2009 Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense SpaceWar Advertising Kit
Boeing Increases Capability Of On-Orbit US Navy Satellite
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jan 12, 2009
Boeing has reconfigured an on-orbit U.S. Navy satellite, adding 30 percent more communications capability. The satellite, the 11th in the Ultra-High Frequency Follow-On (UFO) series built by Boeing, was launched in 2003 and supports the Navy's global communications network, serving ships at sea and a variety of other U.S. military fixed and mobile terminals. UFO 11 has the most sophisticat ... read more

US rejected Israel's plea for strike against Iran: report
Washington (AFP) Jan 10, 2009
US President George W. Bush last year rejected a secret Israeli request for an air strike against the main Iranian nuclear complex using US bunker-busting bombs, The New York Times reported on its website late Saturday. But citing unnamed senior US and foreign officials, the newspaper said Bush had authorized a new covert operation aimed at sabotaging Iran's suspected effort to develop nucl ... more

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Boeing-Insitu ScanEagle Completes 1500 Shipboard Sorties With US Navy
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jan 12, 2009
The ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS), a joint effort of Boeing and Insitu Inc., this week completed its 1,500th shipboard sortie in service with the U.S. Navy. ScanEagle has provided persistent, cost-effective intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) to the Navy since July 2005. The Navy has used ScanEagle aboard a variety of ships - ranging from the destroyer USS Mahan ... more

Tank Warfare On The Gaza Battlefield Part Two
Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2009
The failure of Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement, to provide any fight worthy of the name to Israeli ground forces in the first few days of operations in Gaza this week contrasted with the effectiveness of Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Party of God in southern Lebanon, in standing fast against an Israeli ground forces offensive in July 2006. The success of Israel's first ground ope ... more

Obama vows to tackle Middle East 'on day one'
Washington (AFP) Jan 11, 2009
US president-elect Barack Obama vowed to take swift action on the Middle East peace process and Iran's nuclear ambitions but played for time to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. In an interview with ABC's "This Week" program broadcast Sunday, Obama defended his reluctance to speak out on Israel's bloody offensive in the Gaza Strip before he succeeds President George W. Bush on Januar ... more

Boeing Unites UK Rotorcraft Support Business
London UK (SPX) Jan 12, 2009
Boeing Defence UK has established a new operation to focus on Boeing's rotorcraft support business in the United Kingdom. The new organization, Boeing UK Rotorcraft Support, is part of the Boeing Integrated Defense Systems business unit. Boeing's UK portfolio of rotorcraft support activities includes the Chinook Through Life Customer Support program, which received the Chief of Defence Mat ... more

 

  • Obama vows swift engagement with Iran


  • Lockheed Martin Team Wins Role In DoD Biometrics Contract Vehicle


  • Israel pounds Gaza City after warning of escalation


  • Israel begins sending reservists into Gaza: report
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    ENERGY NEWS
    Italy challenges EU over key climate tool
    Rome (AFP) Mar 6, 2026
    Italy is once again challenging the EU's green transition, pushing for an overhaul of the bloc's carbon trading scheme and changing the way the tool operates to try to cut electricity bills. ... more
    Swiss vote down proposal for massive 'climate fund'
    Geneva (AFP) Mar 8, 2026
    Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a proposal to create a multibillion-dollar climate fund aimed at combating global warming and its consequences, voting against it by a large margin. ... more
    AI giants promise Trump to pay for increased energy needs
    New York (AFP) Mar 4, 2026
    Seven US tech giants at the forefront of artificial intelligence committed Wednesday to offset the costs of their increased electricity needs through investments in energy infrastructure. ... more

    TECH SPACE
    CesiumAstro buys Vidrovr to embed AI across satellite communications
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2026
    CesiumAstro has acquired Vidrovr in a move to integrate artificial intelligence directly into its space communications systems, payloads, and satellite platforms, extending AI-driven analytics and r ... more
    Behind Space Innovation The Growing Role of Outsourcing Services
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2026
    Explore the reasons outsourcing has become the norm in space innovation. Discover how it helps teams reduce turnaround times, lower costs and improve results within a short time. ... more
    After oil, US moves to secure access to Venezuelan minerals
    Caracas (AFP) Mar 4, 2026
    US mining companies are lining up to invest in Venezuela, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said during a visit to Caracas on Wednesday as he pushed for greater access to critical minerals. ... more

    ROBO SPACE
    Left, right and faithful unite to demand human control over AI
    Washington, United States (AFP) Mar 4, 2026
    A coalition spanning US conservative figure Steve Bannon, progressives, labor unions and faith groups announced Wednesday a joint declaration of principles on artificial intelligence, framing the effort as a pushback against what they called Silicon Valley's reckless deployment of AI. ... more
    Europe should focus on industrial AI, SAP says
    Walldorf, Germany (AFP) Mar 4, 2026
    Europe should focus on competing in industrial AI, a top executive at German software giant SAP said, as the continent plays catch-up in the race for the cutting-edge technology against the United States and China. ... more
    Questions over AI capability as tech guides Iran strikes
    Paris, France (AFP) Mar 7, 2026
    The latest bout of fighting between the United States, Israel and Iran has seen AI deployed as never before to sift intelligence and select targets, although the technology's use in war remains hotly debated. ... more

     
    Israel Placing US Army At Risk Part Two
    Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2009
    An Israeli attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran could bring about the loss of the army that the United States still keeps deployed in Iraq. If I sound like the Roman politician Cato in repeating this warning endlessly, I do so with reason. The destruction of an entire American army in Iraq would mark a historic turning point. It would prove to be America's Syracuse expedition - echoing ... more

    Iran uses front companies to flout US export ban: report
    Washington (AFP) Jan 10, 2009
    Iran is successfully using front companied based in the Gulf region and Asia to import American technology that can be can have military use, The Washington Post reported on its website late Saturday. Citing US researchers and Justice Department documents, the newspaper said Iran in the past two years had acquired numerous banned items including circuit boards, software and Global Positioni ... more

    Cyber Warfare Doctrines 2009 - Part Seven
    Arlington, Va. (UPI) Jan 9, 2009
    Within the U.S. federal government, most of the funding allocated to information security and offensive cyber operations is spent by agencies of the Department of Defense. The biggest player is the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Md., which since the early days of the Cold War has been engaged in collecting and analyzing signals intelligence. The NSA appears to have lead ... more

    Bush plays joker, honors father with 'awesome' ship
    Washington (AFP) Jan 10, 2009
    Outgoing US President George W. Bush showed off his lighter side Saturday when speaking at the commissioning ceremony of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named after his father. Standing in the shadow of the USS George H.W. Bush, named after the 41st president of the United States, Bush told supporters and navy personnel he was "thrilled to be here to help commission an awesome ship and to ... more

     

  • Australian military says senior Taliban commander killed


  • DMCii and DynAgra Help Farmers Control Costs And Boost Yields


  • A tale of two museums unfolds as Taiwan-China rivalry thaws


  • Analysis: Can clean tech save the economy?
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    AEROSPACE
    Northrop Grumman moves to boost B-21 Raider output
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2026
    Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force are ramping up production capacity for the B-21 Raider to field the new bomber more quickly. The company describes the program as a demonstration of its perfo ... more
    Dubai airport briefly suspends operations after interception
    Dubai (AFP) Mar 7, 2026
    Dubai airport, the world's busiest for international traffic, suspended operations Saturday before partially resuming services, after an air defence interception in the area during attacks from Iran. ... more
    France's Dassault accuses Airbus of sabotaging European aircraft project
    Saint-Cloud, France (AFP) Mar 4, 2026
    France's Dassault Aviation on Wednesday accused Airbus, which represents Germany and Spain in the multibillion-euro FCAS warplane programme, of seeking to sabotage the project. ... more

    WATER WORLD
    Water emerges as a dangerous new war target
    Paris, France (AFP) Mar 9, 2026
    Attacks on water systems are uncommon in wartime, but they have appeared in the war in the Middle East with strikes on desalination plants - critical infrastructure for millions of people in the arid region. ... more
    Hydromea and Equinor prove subsea wireless link from seabed to cloud
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026
    Hydromea and Equinor have completed what they describe as the world's first real-time, high-bandwidth wireless data link from the seabed directly to a cloud environment, demonstrating a subsea-to-sa ... more
    Warming El Nino may return later this year: UN
    Geneva (AFP) Mar 3, 2026
    The warming El Nino weather phenomenon could return later this year as its cooling opposite La Nina fades away, the United Nations said Tuesday. ... more

    DISASTER MANAGEMENT
    Residents warned 'crocs everywhere' after north Australia floods
    Sydney (AFP) Mar 8, 2026
    Police in Australia's Northern Territory warned of 'crocs everywhere' on Sunday and said they had moved more than a thousand people across the state into shelter after massive floods. ... more
    Shelter rankings and shower-timing apps: Israelis, Palestinians adjust to Iranian rockets
    Jerusalem (AFP) Mar 8, 2026
    What is Israel's best bomb shelter? And when is the best time of day to shower without interruption from a missile alert? ... more
    Children must not be 'collateral damage' in Mideast war: UN experts
    Geneva (AFP) Mar 4, 2026
    The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child insisted Wednesday that children must be protected during the war in the Middle East, highlighting an alleged air strike on an Iranian school. ... more
     

  • Analysis: African oil faces challenges
  • Analysis: Caspian energy in 2009
  • Analysis: Central Asian energy in 2009
  • Analysis: Chevron Nigeria resumes oil flow
  • Exxon chief backs carbon tax
  • India Inc in damage-control mode after billion-dollar fraud scandal
  • New technique 'banks' wind farm energy
  • No breakthrough as Japan, China discuss gas field

  • Russian gas crisis puts a flame under nuclear debate in Europe
  • Swords and Shields: Boosting Venezuela
  • Sony debuts pocket-sized notebook computer
  • Windows 7 beta available worldwide on Friday
  • Wall crumbling between televisions and computers
  • Thompson Files: F-22 deterrent
  • Tank Warfare In The Gaza Battlefield
  • South African Arms Industry Gets Cosy With China

  • Outside View: Pakistan's terror connection
  • Pentagon denies missile defense sales talks with India
  • Outside View: Internet threats -- Part 6
  • Panel warns of weakness in US nuclear deterrent
  • North Korea nuclear ambitions will test Obama: official
  • Mumbai attackers ordered by phone to kill: documents
  • Obama to face Iran nuclear crisis in first year, ex US official warns
  • Neocons Become Neoliberals As Israel Prepares For New Admin



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