Protection Of Czech Republic Against Missile Attack Also Assured The United States has guaranteed to protect the Czech Republic from any potential Russian attack on an envisioned European Missile Defense (EMD) system, and also has guaranteed to protect the Czechs from a missile attack by nations ...
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NASA isn't planning to award future contracts to the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) or to the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide cargo transport to the International Space Station, NASA announced today. Rather, the U.S. space agency still wishes to obtain commercial transport services from ...
Opposition To Early International Space Station Retirement Five global space-program leaders voiced concern that the International Space Station (ISS) should be operational through the end of the next decade at least, instead of retiring by 2016 as current U.S. official plans envision. They also ...
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) ...
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 ...