A number of U.S. air carriers are dealing with numerous flight cancellations caused by unscheduled jetliner inspections spawned by maintenance record checks ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration in the wake of Southwest Airlines' failure to inspect some of its older Boeing 737s. And the ...
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The next Missile Defense Agency budget may switch from a focus on items such as providing more Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptors to "robust" other systems such as sea-based missile defense and land-mobile interceptors. That was the word from Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry " ...
Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England said that U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs must receive continued support. "We need to continue to support the programs" that form the layered ballistic missile defense system, England told a conference of the Missile Defense Agency ( ...
By Dave Ahearn Three recent reports confirm that multiple missile threats facing the United States are worsening, threats that years ago prompted Washington to institute a $100 billion, multi-year, multi-layered missile defense development program led by the Missile Defense Agency. Iran, North ...
By Dave Ahearn Several critics recently assailed the U.S. move to use a Lockheed Martin [LMT] sea-based Aegis ballistic missile defense system and Raytheon [RTN] Standard Missile-3 interceptor to shoot down a dead/disabled intelligence satellite, saying the action impairs U.S. moral standing in ...
MDA Deputy Director O'Reilly To Succeed Obering As Director Lt. Gen. Henry "Trey" Obering III, after providing stellar, sterling leadership for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) since 2004 that rescued troubled missile-intercepting programs, will step down from his post. Obering also ...
Space Shuttle Endeavour at 7:56 p.m. ET today will undock from the International Space Station (ISS), wrapping up a marathon 16-day mission that saw five spacewalks and myriad accomplishments. Endeavour is slated to land at Kennedy Space Center at 7:01 p.m. Wednesday, in what so far has been a ...
U.S. Satellite Shootdown May Weaken Americans' Moral Standing To Oppose Other Nations Performing ASAT Shots, Critics Say But Colonel Says United States Had 'Moral Responsibility' To Eliminate Any Level Of Hazard To Humans; Satellite Debris Will Be Gone By June Several critics assailed the U.S. move ...
Three recent reports confirm that multiple missile threats facing the United States are worsening, threats that years ago prompted Washington to institute a $100 billion, multi-year, multi-layered missile defense development program led by the Missile Defense Agency. Iran, North Korea and China ...
Space Shuttle Endeavour Takes A Punch In The Nose; Spacewalks Go Well During Marathon 16-Day Mission Some debris hit the nose of Space Shuttle Endeavour as it launched for the STS-123 Mission to continue assembly of the International Space Station (ISS), but no major damage was spotted. Astronauts ...