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" Obering III, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) ...
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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 lifting off from the Odyssey Launch ...
Australia is seeking to spend $700 million for the Aegis combat system and associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) reported. Australia has requested a possible sale of the Aegis Combat System and select combat system and communication components consisting ...
By Marina Malenic The Air Force and Boeing [BA] are wrapping up a 62-flight testing program of modifications for the service's E-3 Sentry battle management, command and control air platform. Commonly referred to as AWACS (for "airborne warning and control system"), the E-3 is a modified Boeing 707 ...
Australia is seeking to spend $700 million for the Aegis combat system and associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) reported. Australia has requested a possible sale of the Aegis Combat System and select combat system and communication components consisting ...
By Marina Malenic The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will postpone a long-range intercept test scheduled for this week until December due to receipt of faulty components from a data chip- manufacturing arm of L-3 Communications [LLL], agency director Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry Obering said yesterday. ...
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Tanker Sparks. Expect some rhetoric on the Air Force's much-scrutinized tanker competition this Wednesday when the House Appropriations defense subcommittee marks up its FY '09 defense spending bill. HAC-D Vice Chairman Rep. Norm ...
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 flight, to carry a $1.5 billion ...
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 Eight industrialized nations in Toyako, ...
Rep. Bartlett Urges Government To Counter EMP Danger EMP Would Bring Down Planes, Threaten Vehicles, Kill 90 Percent Of U.S. Population Within Year Of Attack U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems could be deployed to thwart or discourage a terrorist electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, ...