Updated -- December 19, 2008 - 8:30 a.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Feb. 4 Mission: NOAA-N Prime Launch Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Delta II Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base - Launch Pad SLC-2 Launch Window: 2:22 - 2 ...
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) Dec. 22 denied Raytheon's [RTN] protests against several sole-source, non-competitive contracts that the Navy earmarked for Lockheed Martin [LMT] for modernization of Aegis weapon-control systems on Ticonderoga cruisers and Arleigh Burke Class destroyers. ...
By Dave Ahearn A rogue state or terrorists could launch an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack on the United States that would kill more Americans than a nuclear strike on a major city, but an EMP attack on the homeland could be defeated with a missile defense system, a noted expert said. That could ...
Lockheed Martin's [LMT] 94th Aegis System entered active service Monday under the flag of the fifth nation to join the worldwide Aegis fleet - the Republic of Korea (ROK), the company said. DDG 991, Sejong the Great, the ROK's first of three Aegis-equipped KDX-III destroyers, was built and tested ...
The year 2008 will be remembered as a time of glittering advances in space and missile defense programs, a time of bright horizons and goals fulfilled. But 2009 at this point is filled with uncertainty, with no guarantees that Democratic President-elect Obama will continue funding for space and ...
Iran and North Korea are at a tipping point, prepared to plunge ahead with nuclear programs and missile development that could lead to a cascade of nuclear proliferation across the planet, a commission report warned. But if the United States erects a robust missile defense shield against a ...
Updated -- December 19, 2008 - 8:30 a.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Feb. 4 Mission: NOAA-N Prime Launch Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Delta II Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base - Launch Pad SLC-2 Launch Window: 2:22 - 2 ...
By Marina Malenic U.S. fighter jets have been intercepting an average of 400 aircraft per year over U.S. territory since 9/11, though none of those instances has involved any hostile intent, according to the top military officer in charge of North American security. "There are a number of aviators ...
By Marina Malenic The changing landscape of the Arctic region has heightened the need for the incoming Obama administration to revise U.S. Arctic policy, the top general in charge of North American security said yesterday. "We have advocated for a re-look at U.S. Arctic policy," said Northern ...
EADS North America yesterday delivered the 50th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the Army. This delivery marks another on-time milestone in the acquisition and fielding of the UH-72A to satisfy the Army's Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) requirement. The Army plans to acquire 345 Lakotas ...