April 21, 2009 Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense SpaceWar Advertising Kit
Kinetic Energy Interceptors Team Delivers Pathfinder Ground Test Missile Avionics
Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 20, 2009
Raytheon has delivered the Pathfinder ground test missile avionics module and associated support equipment to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The delivery is a key milestone in the 2009 KEI booster flight test preparation because it brings together all the major Pathfinder hardware, software and support equipment needed to verify test range preparation, integration and test processes. ... read more

Lockheed Martin SBIRS Team Advancing To Follow-On Production Phase
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2009
The Lockheed Martin Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) team has submitted its proposal for the program's follow-on production phase and has completed a major Preliminary Design Review (PDR) milestone with the U.S. Air Force. The SBIRS program is designed to provide early warning of missile launches, and simultaneously support other missions including missile defense, technical intelligenc ... more

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Northrop Grumman Urges ABM Focus On Early Engagement And Flexibility
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2009
The U.S. government can get the most from valuable missile defense dollars by focusing on early intercept of hostile ballistic missiles through mobile and flexible defenses, according to Northrop Grumman. "A mobile, early intercept system stands to make the existing layer of defense much stronger while also being more affordable for taxpayers in the long run," said Larry Dodgen, who is res ... more

US Soldiers Using General Dynamics Warfighter Information Network
Scottsdale, AZ (SPX) Apr 20, 2009
Soldiers of the U.S. Army's 4th Brigade - 2nd Infantry Division in Fort Lewis, Wash., and 3rd Infantry Division in Fort Stewart, Ga., this week completed a Limited User Test (LUT) of the Warfighter Information Network - Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2, which for the first time delivers on-the-move Internet-like broadband networking capabilities to military units dispersed across wide geographic are ... more

Raytheon Lands Army Contract To Improve Battlefield Networked Communications
Marlborough MA (SPX) Apr 20, 2009
Raytheon has been awarded an initial $12.5 million contract to supply the U.S. Army with next-generation radios that enable more efficient communication in congested battlefield environments. "The Enhanced Position Location Reporting System Extended Frequency, or EPLRS-XF, radio gives the warfighter high-speed, on-the-move video and data exchange capabilities for a broad range of applicati ... more

PDR Validates Maturity Of Future Combat Systems Common Controller
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 20, 2009
Boeing and Science Applications International have announced that the Future Combat Systems' Common Controller has successfully completed its preliminary design review (PDR). This evaluation allows the Common Controller to begin testing with the Army later this year. "The combined government and industry team delivered a mature design that meets the FCS program schedule and requirements," ... more

 

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  • Russia to send more warplanes to Kyrgyzstan: general


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    ENERGY NEWS
    France updates net-zero plan, with fossil fuel phaseout; Fight over fossil fuels nixes key text of UN environment report
    Paris, France (AFP) Dec 12, 2025
    France released on Friday a revamped roadmap to become carbon neutral by 2050, with an ambitious plan to phase out oil and gas. ... more
    Policies to expand US grid weigh cost reliability and emissions
    Boston MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
    Growing energy demand means the U.S. will almost certainly have to expand its electricity grid in coming years. What's the best way to do this? A new study by MIT researchers examines legislation in ... more
    EU agrees to weaken and delay green business rules
    Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 9, 2025
    European governments and lawmakers agreed to weaken and delay new environmental and human rights rules Tuesday, clearing a key hurdle in a push to unpick EU regulations seen as too burdensome for businesses. ... more

    TECH SPACE
    X-MAT introduces X-FOAM: A game-changing ceramic foam for extreme environments
    Orlando, FL (SPX) Dec 01, 2025
    X-MAT has announced the release of X-FOAM, a 1,300°C ceramic foam engineered for use in harsh environments demanding high thermal insulation and structural performance. ... more
    Bible 1.0: How Ancient Canon Became Our First Large Language Models
    Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 14, 2025
    Modern large language models are treated as something radically new: vast statistical machines trained on almost everything humans have written, and able to regenerate knowledge on demand. Yet in structural terms, humanity has worked with something similar for millennia. ... more
    Digital twin successfully launched and deployed into space
    Davis CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025
    A dynamic digital twin designed by UC Davis researchers was launched into Earth's orbit last week aboard a SpaceX rocket. The innovation, which will model the current condition and predict the futur ... more

    ROBO SPACE
    AI advances robot navigation on the International Space Station
    Stanford CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
    Imagine a robot about the size of a toaster floating through the tight corridors of the International Space Station, quietly moving supplies or checking for leaks - all without an astronaut at the c ... more
    Indian dance mudras yield advanced synergies for robotic hand control
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
    Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County extracted building blocks from precise hand gestures in Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance form. Their analysis revealed a richer set ... more
    MIT engineers design an aerial microrobot that can fly as fast as a bumblebee
    Boston MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
    In the future, tiny flying robots could be deployed to aid in the search for survivors trapped beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake. Like real insects, these robots could flit through t ... more

     
    Russia pulls out of NATO meeting over Georgia exercises
    Moscow (AFP) April 20, 2009
    Russia will pull out of a meeting with senior NATO military officials to protest what its envoy described Monday as "provocative" war games planned by the alliance in Georgia. "If there will be no reaction (to a Russian complaint about the exercises) we will take certain measures," the envoy, Dmitry Rogozin, said in an interview with Vesti-24 television, quoted by the Interfax news agency. ... more

    NKorea vows to build up nuclear deterrent, warns Seoul over PSI
    Seoul (AFP) April 18, 2009
    North Korea Saturday said it would build up its defence capability including a "nuclear deterrent," accusing the United States and its allies of seeking war against the communist state. A military spokesman reiterated that the North would consider sanctions or pressure following its recent rocket launch as a declaration of a war. "Now that the group officially declared confrontation and ... more

    NKorea renews threat to 'bolster nuclear deterrent'
    Seoul (AFP) April 19, 2009
    North Korea Sunday renewed a threat to "bolster its nuclear deterrent" while lashing out at the UN Security Council for condemning the communist state's April 5 rocket launch. Rodong Sinmun, the North's ruling communist party-published newspaper, denounced the UN action as a double-standard contrary to the universal right to use space peacefully. "(North Korea) will bolster its nuclear ... more

    Low-Key Parade As Ahmadinejad Says Iran Guarantor Of Regional Security
    Tehran (AFP) April 18, 2009
    Iran marked Army Day on Saturday with a low-key military parade and a speech by hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that contrasted with his confrontational addresses of previous years. Ahmadinejad hailed the Islamic republic's armed forces as the "guarantor" of regional security but refrained from the frequent tub-thumping boasts about the nation's military might in the face of enemy thr ... more

     

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    DISASTER MANAGEMENT
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  • Afghan army grapples with shortages
  • China's poor hope reforms will fix health care
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  • UBC Researchers Put A New Spin On Electrons
  • Vietnam's China mining plans spark rare criticism
  • Analysis: Caspian division inches forward
  • Commentary: Saving America's future
  • China's recovery only boosting neighbours: analysts
  • China must do more says EU as unsafe products hit record high
  • TacSat-3 To Demonstrate Rapid Delivery Of Imagery
  • Retired Major General James Armor To Serve As ATK VP For Strategy and Business Development

  • Second Advanced EHF Satellite Completes Environmental Testing
  • THAAD Launchers And Fire Control And Communications Units Rolled Out
  • Raytheon and Narus To Offer Real-time Network Traffic Intelligence For Government
  • Raven UAS Achieves 30-Hour Persistent Surveillance
  • Northrop Grumman Upgrades Ship Navigation Radars With Enhanced Naval Display Features
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  • Boeing Demonstrates Command And Control Of ScanEagle From Wedgetail
  • Boeing Awarded US Navy Contract to Develop Free Electron Laser



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