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Last month's award of three $30-million concept development contracts for the Space Fence program will yield an outcropping of risk reduction activities designed to improve the overall space surveillance network.
"This is truly a classic multi-contractor, prototyping risk-reduction effort, and a return on the investment of the program to gather data to improve the follow-on phases," said L ... read more 
San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 07, 2009Northrop Grumman has finished assembling the first Euro Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for the German Ministry of Defence (MoD). With a wing span larger than a commercial airliner and endurance projected at up to 30 hours, the Euro Hawk will serve as the German Air Force's high-altitude, long-endurance signals intelligence (SIGINT) system. The Euro Hawk is a derivative of the Block 20 ... more
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Macron, on UAE visit, announces new French aircraft carrier
North Korea says Japan's nuclear ambitions must be stopped 'at any cost' India's parliament passes bill to open nuclear power to private firms Russian nuclear-capable missile Oreshnik deployed in Belarus Mossad chief says Israel must 'ensure' Iran won't restart nuclear programme Zelensky says Donetsk among key disagreements in peace talks Press Release from Business Wire: Helical Fusion Co., Ltd. IAEA calls for repair work on Chernobyl sarcophagus France probes mystery drone flight over nuclear sub base France takes anti-drone measures after flight over nuclear sub base 
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Clearfield Ut (SPX) Aug 07, 2009Northrop Grumman has delivered the final, first stage solid rocket motor for the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) July 23 to the U.S. Air Force under the Propulsion Replacement Program (PRP). The delivery represents a significant milestone in the continuing modernization of the ICBM land-based arsenal. The first stage rocket motor was delivered at teammate Alliant Techsy ... more  
Moorestown NJ (SPX) Aug 07, 2009The guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), recently modernized with Lockheed Martin's open architecture Aegis Weapon System, completed an operational trial of its full combat system. The Combat System Ship Qualification Trials (CSSQT) evaluated the ship's Aegis Combat Systems for combat readiness through comprehensive surface and anti-air warfare exercises, including manned raids ... more 
Yuma AZ (SPX) Aug 07, 2009Raytheon fired nine Excalibur Ia-1 precision-guided projectiles from a Paladin gun system. The test validates the increased reliability of the projectile's new Atlantic Inertial Systems inertial measurement unit (AIS IMU). Using the new IMU, Raytheon achieved a 100 percent success rate. "Excalibur Ia-1 is an extraordinarily capable weapon," said Steve Bennett, Raytheon's Excalibur program ... more |
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Berlin (UPI) Aug 3, 2009 Escorted by two Canadian Mounties, Karlheinz Schreiber is now in Germany, detained in a Bavarian prison cell in Augsburg. Never before have German media and representatives of civic society awaited the arrival in Germany of a 75-year-old businessman with such eager anticipation. Arms lobbyist Schreiber is widely acknowledged to be the key figure in a web of financial and political corr ... more 
Seoul (AFP) Aug 5, 2009Former president Bill Clinton's surprise visit to North Korea could herald direct dialogue and an easing of tensions between Pyongyang and its arch-foe Washington, analysts said Wednesday. Clinton flew home with two jailed US journalists after securing a pardon from hardline communist leader Kim Jong-Il -- a sharp turnaround from recent icy relations sparked by Pyongyang's nuclear and missil ... more 
Seoul (AFP) Aug 5, 2009Former president Bill Clinton flew home from North Korea Wednesday after winning the release of two US journalists, as the hardline communist state savoured its highest-level American visit in almost a decade. Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who faced 12 years' hard labour before they were pardoned by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, were instead headed for a reunion with overjoyed family members ... more |
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