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 Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jul 13, 2009 
Israel Aerospace Industries, the flagship of Israel's defense industry, was "discouraged" by the United States from collaborating with Swedish plane maker Saab to develop a variant of the Gripen strike aircraft for the Indian air force, according to Jane's Defense Weekly. The London-based magazine quoted Israeli officials as confirming industry reports that pressure from the Pentagon ... read more 
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jul 10, 2009 Israel Aerospace Industries is pressing ahead with developing an advanced version of the Arrow anti-ballistic missile interceptor to counter the growing sophistication of Iran's ballistic missiles. The Arrow-3, largely funded by the United States, is designed to destroy salvos of long-range Shehab and Sejil intermediate-range ballistic missiles that are currently deployed by the Islamic ... more
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L'Aquila, Italy (AFP) July 10, 2009President Dmitry Medvedev renewed a threat on Friday to deploy missiles in Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad near Poland if Washington goes ahead with its missile shield plans in Europe. "If we cannot agree on this question (missile defence) then you know the consequences," he told reporters after a G8 summit in L'Aquila central Italy. "I have nothing to add and what I said in my address ... more  
Woomera, Australia (SPX) Jul 10, 2009The Echidna 2A Electronic Warfare Self Protection (EWSP) system that will soon protect the Australian Army's Black Hawk helicopter fleet has successfully completed another series of critical flight trials. BAE Systems has confirmed that it had jointly conducted with the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) a full airborne trial of the Echidna system over the Woomera area in May. ... more  
Washington (AFP) July 9, 2009Computer security experts were divided Thursday on whether North Korea was behind the ongoing attacks on US and South Korean websites, an assault that highlighted the vulnerabilities of the Web. "I don't think it was North Korea, but there's really no proof either way," said Johannes Ullrich, chief technology officer for the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center, which monitors cyber threat ... more 
Melbourne (UPI) Jul 9, 2009 Australia's new $46.73 billion defense capability plan has set its sights firmly on acquiring the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as central to its air defense strategy. The Labor government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will buy three F-35 squadrons, around 70 aircraft, for operational duty beginning in 2017 as part of the country's $3.9 billion annual defense spending. ... more |
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Washington (AFP) July 2, 2009President Barack Obama leaves for Russia Sunday, seeking to honor a US vow to "reset" strained but tentatively easing ties with Moscow and to muster a united front against Iran's nuclear program. With questions clouding his push for Middle East peace, and facing fresh challenges from US foes North Korea and Tehran, Obama will seek to highlight what aides hope will be an emerging foreign ... more  
Moorestown NJ (SPX) Jul 03, 2009The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $30 million contract to begin concept development for Space Fence, a system of land-based S-Band radars and supporting operations centers that will detect and report on objects and debris orbiting the Earth. Lockheed Martin was one of three industry teams to receive contracts. The Air Force Materiel Command's Electronic Systems Center at Han ... more  
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 03, 2009NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has transmitted its first images since reaching lunar orbit June 23. The spacecraft has two cameras - a low resolution Wide Angle Camera and a high resolution Narrow Angle Camera. Collectively known as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, or LROC, they were activated June 30. The cameras are working well and have returned images of a region ... more  
Huntington Beach CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2009An industry team led by Boeing has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for work on Phase 2 of the Fast Access Spacecraft Testbed (FAST) program. The $15.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is currently funded to $13.8 million. DARPA's FAST program aims to develop a new, ultra-lightweight High Power Generation System (HPGS) that can generate up ... more |
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