Balanced, Steady Funding Sought For Missile Defense As President Obama is considering whether to resurrect the former White House National Space Council, a recent report recommends just such a move, and also urged full and stable funding for space programs. That funding advice comes as Obama is ...

Report Says Iranian Satellite Launch Should Spur U.S. Move On Missile Defense An International Atomic Energy Agency report that Iran has produced 1,010 kilograms -- a bit more than a metric ton -- of low-enriched uranium (LEU) shows that Iran "has crossed a red line in its nuclear program, ...

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is acquiring 50 XPAK portable trace explosives detection systems from RedXDefense for advanced combat evaluation in Iraq and Afghanistan beginning next month. The upcoming evaluation marks the largest scale deployment of XPAKs to date, although RedX has ...

A new report from a study panel details the causes leading to the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003, with the panel recommending many corrective and preventive moves to avert further tragedies, while also concluding that some factors in the tragedy will remain unknown. As Columbia lifted off ...

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 ...

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 Geoff Fein The Department of Defense (DoD) is undertaking a number of efforts to overcome the challenegs of interoperability in information systems using a variety of commercially available technologies, a DoD official said. Additionally, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is ...

Updated -- December 12, 2008 - 3:45 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Jan. 30 * Mission: OCO Launch Vehicle: Orbital Sciences Taurus Rocket Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base - Launch Pad SLC 576-E Description: The Orbiting ...

By Geoff Fein While it might seem that advances in information technology require similar efforts to secure those systems, it is really more about policies and procedures than hardware or software, according to a Navy official. The Navy, as do all the services, have processes in place to ensure ...