Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] has launched a dozen target missiles successfully since 2005, the company announced. The company did so under a targets and countermeasures contract with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Lockheed provides unarmed targets designed to represent adversary missiles to ...
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U.S. Air Force Launches Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile The U.S. Air Force launched a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with three unarmed multiple independent reentry vehicles on a trajectory of 4,220 nautical miles to hit targets in the Pacific Ocean. That ...
By Geoff Fein While Congress debates extending tax credits for companies investing in alternative energies and presidential hopefuls talk of a future free of dependence on foreign oil, the Navy has been quietly investing in a number of projects that have resulted in saving the service tens of ...
U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) recently conducted the third phase of a multi-year effort to improve the joint force commander's ability to operate with interagency, international and non-government partners during a potential attack or natural disaster on U.S. territory. "Noble Resolve" is a ...
Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said that as of June 25 the team successfully launched a total of 12 target missiles since 2005 under the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Targets and Countermeasures prime contract. The Lockheed Martin team is providing an increasing percentage of the target missiles ...
By Dave Ahearn A lopsided 87 percent of the American public supports creation of the multi-layered U.S. ballistic missile defense shield being developed by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), according to a national poll taken by a professional polling organization that was released by the Missile ...
The unofficial target for the first manned flight of the Orion next-generation U.S. space capsule will be delayed one year from September 2013 to September 2014, NASA officials told journalists in a conference call late yesterday afternoon. They said tight money problems compelled the change. ...
Further Delays Possible, Such As Any Funding Freeze Congress Sets For NASA Fiscal 2009 Appropriations NASA Leaders Reject Report That Orion Safety Concerns Trumped By Budget, Cost Concerns The unofficial target for the first manned flight of the Orion next-generation U.S. space capsule will be ...
Armed forces across the globe will spend $30.6 billion to acquire 95 military satellites over the next 10 years, according to a projection by Forecast International (FI), a Newtown, Conn., firm. The majority of this bonanza will come from the Pentagon. Satellites to be developed and procured with ...
The United States could use a modified existing Raytheon Co. [RTN] air-to-air missile to shoot down enemy ballistic missiles in their vulnerable boost phase, according to Loren Thompson, chief operating office of the Lexington Institute, a think tank near the Pentagon focusing on defense and other ...