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Market Sectors :: Space
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July 23, 2008
By Calvin Biesecker Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday posted strong second quarter earnings due to big gains at its Space and Information Systems segments and the world's largest defense contractor raised its profit forecast for the year due to previous land...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3399.html July 21, 2008
Protection Of Czech Republic Against Missile Attack Also Assured The United States has guaranteed to protect the Czech Republic from any potential Russian attack on an envisioned European Missile Defense (EMD) system, and also has guaranteed to protect the...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3358.html July 21, 2008
NASA isn't planning to award future contracts to the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) or to the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide cargo transport to the International Space Station, NASA announced today. Rather, the U.S. space agency still wishes to obtain...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3359.html July 21, 2008
Analyst: U.S. Satellites Likely To Be Hit In A Hot War The United States must prepare for war in space, because any enemy nation will be tempted to offset the immense U.S. space dominance by attacking American satellites, James A. Lewis, the Center for...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3360.html July 21, 2008
European Missile Defense System Urgently Needed Worrisome Threats Uttered By Iranian Leader Cited European Interceptor Design Not Risky, Won't Involve Major Changes From Already-Proven Rocket Components: Obering There is no time to waste in erecting a...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3361.html July 21, 2008
Flaws persist in masterminding a multi-program, $2.8 billion yearly anti-smuggling detection system to block rogue nations and terrorists from mounting a nuclear attack on the United States, the Government Accountability Office stated in a report to Congress...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3362.html July 21, 2008
Opposition To Early International Space Station Retirement Five global space-program leaders voiced concern that the International Space Station (ISS) should be operational through the end of the next decade at least, instead of retiring by 2016 as current...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3363.html July 21, 2008
New evidence shows that Mars once had immense quantities of water, the vital and indispensable substance of life requisite for any sustained human settlement of the red planet. Water is enormously important to any colonization of Mars, because it can meet so...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3365.html July 21, 2008
Boeing 747 Does Well In ABL Work; MDA Not Seeking Different Plane Some friendly nations have shown interest in acquiring the U.S. Airborne Laser (ABL) system to defend themselves from incoming enemy missiles, according to Lt. Gen. Henry "Trey"...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3366.html July 21, 2008
The concept of operationally responsive space (ORS) is widely endorsed, but there are differences between the combatant commanders and the intelligence/space community as to just what ORS should be, according to a watchdog agency. The Government...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3368.html July 21, 2008
Sea Launch Boosts EchoStar XI Satellite To Orbit Sea Launch, the mobile seagoing launch platform, saw a Zenit-3SL rocket blast off to deliver the EchoStar XI broadcast satellite into orbit, the company said. The bird will broadcast for DISH Network. After...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3369.html July 21, 2008
The Boeing Co. [BA] completed preliminary design of a rugged beam control system for the Army High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD) program, a truck-mounted asset that counters rocket, artillery and mortar...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3370.html July 21, 2008
ATK, Lockheed, Northrop Join To Pursue Multi-Role Weapons Contracts Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK], Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] and Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced they signed a teaming agreement to jointly pursue the emerging market for advanced...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3371.html July 21, 2008
Rob Strain, head of the space department at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, will become the new Goddard Space Flight Center director, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced. Strain will assume his post Aug. 4. Earlier, Strain...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3372.html July 21, 2008
A university professor has been named president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative think tank in Washington that focuses on defense and other issues. Arthur C. Brooks, the Louis A...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3373.html July 21, 2008
The Phoenix Mars Lander is performing well, with its solar arrays generating more electricity than expected so that Phoenix hours of operation each day can be extended, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. The amount of power Phoenix solar arrays produce...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3374.html July 14, 2008
McCain Says Iranian Missile Salvo Proves Need For Construction Of European Missile Defense System; Obama Urges More Talks With Iran, Further Sanctions United States Will Protect Allies Such As Israel From Attack; Gates Says Iranian Missile Has 'Pretty...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3297.html July 14, 2008
NASA unveiled a new schedule of remaining missions for the space shuttle fleet before its scheduled retirement in October 2010, a manifest that ends with four idle months where an extra mission might be added. Some lawmakers wish to add another space shuttle...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3298.html July 14, 2008
Czech Parliament Still Has Not Ratified Deal Poland Moving To Bolster Talks On Granting Permission For Missile Interceptors Site Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed documents needed for the Czech...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3299.html July 14, 2008
Agreement Voiced On Rogue States Such As Iran, North Korea President Bush and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev discussed U.S. plans to install a missile defense system in Europe, but failed to reach agreement on the issue. Their discussion, at the Group of...http://defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3300.html
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