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Boeing And MDA Complete Missile Defense Sensor Integration Test
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jul 24, 2008Boeing, working with industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, has successfully completed a Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system test that demonstrated the most complex integration to date of sensors required to support a missile intercept. While previous tests typically involved a single target-tracking sensor, this test used four: the Aegis Long Range Surveillance ... more US general warns Russia on nuclear bombers in Cuba 
Washington (AFP) July 22, 2008Russia would cross "a red line for the United States of America" if it were to base nuclear capable bombers in Cuba, a top US air force officer warned on Tuesday. "If they did I think we should stand strong and indicate that is something that crosses a threshold, crosses a red line for the United States of America," said General Norton Schwartz, nominated to be the air force's chief of staff ... more US: Time is tight for India nuclear pact 
Washington (AFP) July 22, 2008The White House urged India on Tuesday to move swiftly to approve a controversial nuclear cooperation agreement, warning that time was running out for election-fevered Washington to ratify the pact. "There aren't that many days left where Congress is going to be in session," said spokeswoman Dana Perino. "If their legislature lets it move forward then we can do the same here and then we'll ... more US Navy Selects Next Gen Command And Control Processor 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 24, 2008The U.S. Navy has selected Northrop Grumman to develop the Next Generation Command and Control Processor (NGC2P). The one-year contract, with four additional option years, is valued at $218 million if all options are exercised. Northrop Grumman has received $3.3 million to commence work on NGC2P. The NGC2P system is a tactical data link (TDL) communication processor that provides ... more Thompson Files: Why USAF needs F-22 Raptor 
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Jul 22, 2008 This summer marks the 10th anniversary of a powerful metaphor for the decline of U.S. air power. U.S. Air Force Gen. David Deptula was piloting his McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle fighter -- supposedly the best fighter in the world -- over Iraq in 1998 when all the cockpit instruments suddenly went dead. He feared he was going to die, but he managed to fly the crippled plane back to its ... more |
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Washington (AFP) July 22, 2008The White House said Tuesday that a planned US-Iraq strategic deal may lay out a series of target dates for handing Iraqis control over security in different parts of their war-torn country. Under pressure to explain US President George W. Bush's endorsement of an undefined "time horizon" for security in Iraq, spokeswoman Dana Perino said the accord will likely set specific dates for ... more The Sukhoi Soars Again Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 22, 2008 The first demonstration flight of the Sukhoi Su-35 combat aircraft on July 7, 2008, attracted much attention to this aircraft, which has been undergoing tests since February. The latest addition to the large T-10 -- Sukhoi Su-27 -- family is to become the interim fighter for the Russian air force before fifth-generation aircraft are launched into mass production. The Sukhoi Su-35, more ... more Test Boosts Missile Tracking Radars 
Washington (UPI) Jul 22, 2008 The U.S. Missile Defense Agency Friday carried out what it described as a successful systems test to track an intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with countermeasures with several advanced radars. The target ICBM was fired from Kodiak, Alaska, and was then located and monitored by different tracking systems on land, at sea and on orbiting satellites. They then ... more Raytheon's TCS Is First NATO Standard Unmanned Ground Control System 
Falls Church VA (SPX) Jul 24, 2008Raytheon's Tactical Control System has been certified as the first NATO standard unmanned ground control system. An industry first, it is the only ground system conforming to the NATO STANAG (Standardization Agreement) 4586 standard for the U.S. Navy Tactical Control System (TCS). NATO ratified the STANAG 4586 standard, enabling allied nations to share information from unmanned aircraft ... more Raytheon Radars Play Key Role In Missile Defense Test 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Jul 24, 2008Three missile defense radars built by Raytheon performed successfully in the latest flight test conducted by the Missile Defense Agency July 18. "The FTX-03 mission successfully demonstrated the integration of missile defense sensors required to support an interceptor engagement," said Pete Franklin, vice president, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems National and Theater Security Programs ... more |
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Washington (AFP) July 23, 2008The Pentagon is unable to send additional combat brigades to Afghanistan this year because of constraints imposed by the war in Iraq, leaving the decision on reinforcements to the next president, a spokesman said Wednesday. US commanders in Afghanistan have requested three more combat brigades, or about 10,000 troops, to deal with growing insurgent violence in the eastern and southern parts ... more Two killed in China temple blast: state media 
Beijing (AFP) July 22, 2008A Tibetan Buddhist temple in an area of China wracked by anti-Chinese unrest earlier this year collapsed, killing two monks, after a powder used in religious rituals exploded, state media said Tuesday. Four other monks were hurt in the explosion and collapse of the Gonchen monastery on July 12 in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Xinhua news agency said. The accident at the monastery ... more China says deadly bus blasts, Olympics not linked 
Beijing (AFP) July 22, 2008China said Tuesday that no evidence of an Olympic terror link had been found in a pair of bus explosions that killed two people in a southwestern city. The mysterious blasts on Monday in Kunming have added to security tensions ahead of next month's Olympics because they followed repeated government warnings that terrorists were planning to attack the Beijing Games. Authorities have ... more Analysis: Chavez, Medvedev talk oil, arms 
Miami (UPI) Jul 23, 2008 Venezuela and Russia forged new energy ties Tuesday and discussed a possible military alliance between Moscow and Caracas on Venezuelan soil. While visiting his Russian counterpart in Moscow, ever-outspoken leftist President Hugo Chavez said Venezuela's future sovereignty depended on relationships with countries like Russia, from which South America's largest oil exporter has purchased ... more China's parliament warns of runaway inflation, calls for support for exports 
Shanghai (AFP) July 23, 2008China's parliament on Wednesday urged the government to do more to curb inflation, while also calling for more policy support for the export sector. "We must closely watch price trends to avoid overly high inflation causing severe damage to the domestic economy," the financial committee of National People's Congress said in a statement on its website. The committee warned China's economy ... more
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