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LockMart Ready For Launch Of Intelsat 14 Spacecraft Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 12, 2009
Lockheed Martin is in the final stages of preparation for Saturday's launch of a commercial telecommunications satellite for Intelsat, the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, aboard an Atlas V booster provided by United Launch Alliance. The launch window opens at 12:48 a.m. EST and extends until 2:18 a.m. Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services is under contract to ... read moreBoeing Completes Key Tests Of Self-Protection System
Seattle WA (SPX) Nov 12, 2009Boeing has announced that it has successfully completed tests of the Counter Measures Dispenser System (CMDS) for Project Wedgetail, Australia's Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW and C) system. The tests were conducted in September and October off the Washington coast and over Puget Sound, Wash. Completion of CMDS testing is a key step toward verification of the Wedgetail AEW and C ... more
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Apple blocking Dalai Lama, Kadeer, iPhone apps: report
US telecom company fined for bribing Chinese officials Apple blocking Dalai Lama iPhone applications: report Detroit flight plot may prove boon for security firms AT&T wants out of landline business Apple wins iPod hearing loss lawsuit Nuance buys British voice-to-text company SpinVox Facebook, Twitter to face more sophisticated attacks: McAfee Google plans Android event in January Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case
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Israel tightens defense links with India
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Nov 10, 2009 India's military chief of staff, Gen. Deepak Kapoor, has been visiting Israel to cement his country's defense ties with the Jewish state amid reports that New Delhi plans to proceed with a controversial $1.1 billion deal for the Barak-8 tactical air-defense system. That's one of several major defense contracts Israel has concluded with India in recent years, consolidating a strategic ... more Tougher challenges face Karzai in new term
Kabul, Afghanistan (UPI) Nov 10, 2009 Afghan President Hamid Karzai's new term in office hasn't begun on a happy note as new pressures and problems, both from at home and abroad, pile on his already weakened government while his deadly nemesis, the Taliban, shows no signs of relenting on its bloodletting. After enduring nearly three months of election-related fraud and other accusations, Karzai in his new term faces a tough ... more GD Awarded Gun System Contract By Raytheon
Charlotte NC (SPX) Nov 04, 2009General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products has been awarded a $17 million contract to produce gun systems for the Phalanx Block 1B Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) and the Centurion Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System by Raytheon Missile Systems of Louisville, Ky. General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products is a business unit of General Dynamics. The Phalanx Block 1B CIWS is the most ... more |
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U.S., Israel drill for missile war
Haifa, Israel (UPI) Oct 30, 2009 Amid the uncertainty about whether a deal with Iran over its nuclear program is possible, the United States and Israel are conducting their largest-ever missile-defense exercises designed to counter an Iranian missile bombardment. The Tehran regime has conducted a string of missile test-firings in recent months that has kept tension simmering. There is no indication that the Ira ... more Japan shoots down missile in test off Hawaii: US
Washington (AFP) Oct 28, 2009Japanese naval forces successfully shot down a medium-range missile off Hawaii in a test of Tokyo's missile defense weaponry, the US military said on Wednesday. A Japanese destroyer detected, tracked and knocked out the missile in mid-flight with an SM-3 interceptor rocket, the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said in a statement. The missile was launched on Tuesday at 6:00 pm Hawaii time ... more Ball Aerospace-Built WorldView-2 Satellite Reveals First Images
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 28, 2009The first images taken by the WorldView-2 remote-sensing satellite designed and built by Ball Aerospace and Technologies for DigitalGlobe were released on October 20 - just 11 days after the satellite's successful launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. DigitalGlobe released images of Love Field Airport near Dallas and the AT and T Center in San Antonio, Texas. More refinements to ... more |
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