By Emelie Rutherford The missile-defense debate is heating up in Congress, with Republicans preparing to battle proposed Missile Defense Agency (MDA) cuts and a committee chairman advancing plans to collaborate with Russia on a European missile shield. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), the No. 2 Republican ...

After U.S., Japanese Forces Refrain From Downing North Korean Missile As Pyongyang Ordered, It Erupts Anyway North Lashes Out At U.N. Statement, Walks Out On Six-Party Talks; Complaints Of 'Sovereignty' Issue After U.S. and Japanese forces refrained from using missile defense systems to annihilate ...

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates refused a request from the U.S. Northern Command to use the high-powered SBX radar to track the illicit launch and flight of the North Korean long-range missile that arced over Japan April 5, The Washington Times reported. That launch and ballistic flight occurred ...

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates denied he killed the Airborne Laser (ABL) and Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor rocket programs, when he unveiled his budget proposal for President Obama to review and consider. The Gates proposal drew dismay from some lawmakers and others who favor ...

A pro-missile-defense group has swung into action to defend imperiled missile defense programs. The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) reacted to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates proposing to cut, freeze or effectively kill various defense programs, including some major missile defense ...

South Korea will launch a missile that will haul a satellite to orbit, according to Kyodo News. The missile will go over waters near Japan. That South Korean missile launch follows a North Korean missile launch just weeks ago that Pyongyang claimed was to launch a satellite but which U.S., South ...

Updated -- April 14, 2009 - 11:11 a.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: May 5 Mission: STSS ATRR - Missile Defense Agency Launch Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Delta II Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base - Launch Pad SLC-2 ...

Arianespace To Launch Satellite Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] will build a communications satellite for a Japanese firm, and Arianespace will launch it into orbit. Lockheed will provide JCSAT-13 for SKY Perfect JSAT Corp., to be launched in 2013. SKY Perfect also chose Arianespace to launch the ...

By Geoff Fein The Navy has arrived at a plan that will shift construction of all three DDG-1000-class destroyers to General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works (BIW), while giving two new-build DDG-51s to Northrop Grumman [NOC] Shipbuilding (NGSB). Additionally, the plan also provides for stable ...

The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Kennedy's Ship. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), chair of the SASC Seapower subcommittee, is lauding Defense Secretary Robert Gates' proposal last week to build a third DDG-1000, instead of fully funding only two of the destroyers. ...