The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will seek approval to roughly double the production rate of new Aegis and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile interceptors in fiscal years 2010 to 2015, but that wouldn't involve doubling the money spent on interceptor missiles for the two ...

Total Destruction Of Buildings Near Blast Would Be Followed By Widespread Fatalities In Radioactive Fallout Over Many Miles Even a small, primitive nuclear bomb detonated on the National Mall in Washington would inflict enormously devastating damage over a wide area, according to information ...

Lockheed Satellite Launched Into Orbit By Ariane-5 For Vietnam The Vinasat-1 communications satellite was launched into orbit by an Ariane 5-ECA rocket provided by Arianespace, with the satellite poised to serve the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) of Vietnam, satellite builder ...

By Emelie Rutherford Two senior Pentagon officials said they are working to bolster ballistic missile defense fielding in the near term, an effort that could double the number of planned Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) assets in the coming years. ...

Worldwide Space Industry Output Increased To $251 Billion Last Year; Industry Soars A Sizzling 11 Percent, Double World Economic Growth Rate Government Spending On Satellites, Missile Defense And More Is Secure; Stable Government Support For Space Seen Continuing For Years Output of the global ...

A looming renaissance in construction of nuclear power plants may increase dangers of nuclear weapons proliferation, according to experts. Their comments came hours after Iran announced it will triple its centrifuges that process nuclear materials. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said 6,000 ...

Officials steering the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program said signs are good for Japan joining the aircraft effort, and predicted partner nations Norway and Denmark will not drop their plans. Japan has eyed the JSF program that is developing strike fighter variants for the U.S. Air Force, ...

By Geoff Fein The Navy has lifted a stop work order on a General Dynamics' [GD] effort to develop a common display system for ships, submarines and aircraft, following a reevaluation of a protest that showed the company's proposal provided advantages in both non-cost factors and the evaluated price. ...

By Emelie Rutherford Officials steering the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program said signs are good for Japan joining the aircraft effort, and predicted partner nations Norway and Denmark will not drop their plans. Japan has eyed the JSF program that is developing strike fighter variants for ...

His Warning Sounded As European Robotic Cargo Spaceship Automatically Docks At International Space Station; Griffin Hails Europe As 'Full-Fledged Space Power' Mikulski Renews Efforts To Add $1 Billion NASA Recovery Fund, But Other Lawmakers Seek Funding Cuts In Agency Programs; Spaceship ...