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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 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2009The 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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Press Release from Business Wire: Sun Nuclear
Iran FM says 'good progress' in talks with US Press Release from Business Wire: Proxima Fusion USS Gerald Ford leaves Crete as Iran talks begin: AFP Iran says US talks to focus solely on nuclear programme Iran insists not seeking nuclear weapon ahead of US talks Snake-like robot unveiled for Fukushima debris removal Iran president says ahead of US talks not seeking nuclear weapon 'at all' North Korea's Kim shuns South but could 'get along' with US North Korea's Kim says could 'get along' with US but shuns South 
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Washington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2009The 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  
Scottsdale, AZ (SPX) Apr 20, 2009Soldiers 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 
Marlborough MA (SPX) Apr 20, 2009Raytheon 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  
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 20, 2009Boeing 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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Moscow (AFP) April 20, 2009Russia 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  
Seoul (AFP) April 18, 2009North 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 
Seoul (AFP) April 19, 2009North 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 
Tehran (AFP) April 18, 2009Iran 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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