President Obama's plan to slash or eliminate some missile defense programs survived handily in the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), but missile defense proponents are expected to launch a new offensive against authorization cuts on the House floor. Further, an opening for missile defense ...

North Korea May Be Poised To Launch Another Taepo Dong-2 Ballistic Missile Toward Japan Or Hawaii In Early July Obama Says U.S. Poised For 'Any Contingencies' Although the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) missile shield was built to take down incoming long-range North Korean missiles, the ...

Updated -- June 19, 2009 - 3:55 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: June 26 Mission: GOES-O Launch Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Delta IV Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station - Launch Pad 37-B Launch Window: 6:14 - 7:14 ...

PARIS--The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program could experience a doubling of its current expected sales as fourth-generation fighter fleets worldwide enter the end of their service life, the F-35 program manager said. "If I take a look at the entire inventory of the world--those that ...

By Emelie Rutherford Pushing back at the Pentagon's plans to shut down F-22 production after 187 jets, a House panel yesterday authorized the purchase of parts for 12 more aircraft and directed the Obama administration to study the feasibility of Japan buying the stealth fighter. Before the House ...

By Marina Malenic PARIS--The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program could experience a doubling of its current expected sales as fourth-generation fighter fleets worldwide enter the end of their service life, the F-35 program manager said yesterday. "If I take a look at the entire inventory ...

The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Supplemental Success. The House and Senate may vote this week on the final compromise version of the FY '09 supplemental war-funding bill. The $106 billion bill agreed to last Thursday night by a House-Senate conference committee ...

New Shuttle Launch Seen 5:40 A.M. ET Wednesday, Launch Of Double Robotic Lunar Craft Delayed To Thursday At Earliest; Later Windows Examined Grueling 16-Day Mission To Station At Issue; Any Further Problems Might Mean Endeavour Liftoff Could Be On Weekend: NASA Leaders Space Shuttle Endeavour ...

Tracking Laser Overcomes Atmospheric Distortion Far Longer Than Required For High-Power Laser To Demolish An Enemy Missile The Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense system scored another success, ironically just as Congress is considering President Obama's plan to turn the ABL into nothing more than ...

The Airborne Laser (ABL) is proceeding well toward a successful shoot-down of a target missile later this year, Army Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), said. "We are in very good shape in achieving that, at this time," he said. He spoke before a ...